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Private Jet: El Rufai dismisses CAN’s threats

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

-Punch A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the opposition All Progressives Congress, Nasir el-Rufai, says he is not perturbed by the seven-day ultimatum given to him by the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria. El-Rufai had, in an interview with a national newspaper (not The PUNCH) […]

Undergraduates, others, arrested for stealing N2b from bank

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

-Punch The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two young men who claimed to be undergraduates of the University of Jos, Isaiah Friday and Azzaior Samuel, for an alleged N2.05bn fraud. Two bureau de change operators, Salihu Mahmoud and Dan Ibrahim, were also arrested in connection with the alleged crime. The suspects were […]

World Cup Play-off: Nigeria gets Ethiopia, Ghana gets tough Egypt

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, September 16th, 2013

By Ian Hughes BBC Sport Ghana will play Egypt in the pick of the ties in the 2014 World Cup play-offs which decide who reaches Brazil. Egypt, the only side on the continent to have a 100% record in qualifying, were the one non-seeded team all the seeds would have hoped to avoid. African champions […]

TIFF 2013: Nollywood never had it better at an international film fest

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, September 15th, 2013

The Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF, which opened on Thursday, September 5 and will close this Sunday, is sure to go down in the annals as one of the best for Nigeria. Not only have several of the country’s filmmakers showed up at the annual event, many Nigerians are beating their chests over the premiere […]

Ex Ondo Gov., Dr. Olusegun Agagu, dies at 65

Posted by segun General Politics, Headlines, Ondo, State News, Top Stories Saturday, September 14th, 2013

The former governor of Ondo state, south west Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Agagun is dead. Report reaching African Examiner says Chief Agagu who just returned to the country from United States died Friday evening in his Ibadan residence after a brief illness. Chief Agagu was born 16 February 1948. He was Governor of Ondo State from […]

Press Release: The Days of Abacha Are Here – Breakaway PDP

Posted by admin Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98) Friday, September 13th, 2013

13-09-13 PRESS RELEASE The Days of Abacha Are Here Again With Us – Breakaway PDP It started like a joke. After the State Governors elected their leader, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in a vote of 19 to 16, defeating Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau State to retain his position as Chairman […]

Canada’s romance with Nollywood at Toronto International Film Festival

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, September 13th, 2013

-Punch The 2013 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival may be one of the most memorable Nigerian film practitioners have been part of. This is not just because Half of a Yellow Sun, a film adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie’s novel that goes by the same title, was premiered there on Sunday. Perhaps more important is […]

Two Foreign Journalists Held In Rivers State

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, September 13th, 2013

By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has learned that John Vidal, a correspondent with The Guardian newspaper in London, has been arrested by overzealous local police men in Eleme, Rivers State. Sources said he was seized along with his photographer, who was identified simply as Noah. Both British nationals were said to have been taking pictures […]

FIFA fines Kenya for attack on Eagles in World Cup qualifier

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, September 13th, 2013

-Punch FIFA has slapped a $5,370 fine on Kenya for the improper conduct of fans during the 2014 World Cup Group F qualifier return leg match against Nigeria in Nairobi on June 5, reports in Kenya say. In a letter to Football Kenya Federation, FIFA stated that the federation was liable for the improper […]

Opinion: PDP crisis, a citizen’s perspective

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 13th, 2013

The fully unravelling Peoples Democratic Party represents two unwholesome legacies of prolonged military rule; namely, the politics of violent subjugation in which dissent and treason are synonymous; and the politics of what Chinua Achebe called “the juicy morsel”, which speaks to a terrain in which state power is viewed cynically as a loot sharing instrument […]