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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha Residents of the commercial city of Onitsha especially traders at Electronics Market, Bridge head were thrown into mourning yesterday following a late evening downpour that killed seven persons and destroyed goods estimated at over N1.5 billion. Daily Sun gathered that the downpour which started at about 7:00p.m on Sunday wreak havoc […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
From AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna Governor of Niger State and Chairman, Northern states Governors Forum, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu has expressed fears over possible international backing to the Boko Haram Islamist sect. He said there might be more to the issue of Boko Haram than meets the eye, especially the possibility of international dimension to the […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
BY DAN ONWUKWE ELECTED public office holders ought to think of their place in history. It’s because history is often in the future. But it is written by the events of today. That’s why politics matters. In that regard, in making any decision whose effects and meaning will be felt for years, or even for […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
As South-East governors work out befitting funeral rites for Prof. Chinua Achebe, former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday advised them not to tribalise the whole arrangement. Kalu specifically asked that Profs. Wole Soyinka, John Bekederemor Clark and the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola be included in the burial committee. He said: “Achebe, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Stephen Keshi has said that he had no intention to resign his appointment as the head coach of the Super Eagles. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Emmanuel Ado, the former Togo national team coach said that at no time had he planned to dump the team that won the last Africa Cup of […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013 Igbo youth leaders escape death in Abuja by Ozioma Ubabukoh, advertisement Twelve Igbo youth leaders escaped death in Abuja last Thursday while purportedly on their way to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan, The PUNCH has learnt. Leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing told our correspondent on Monday that the aborted visit […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 15th, 2013
A former servant at the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, where the mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was kidnapped has told PUNCH Metro that he gave the kidnappers the necessary information for the job. The suspect, Chiejine Onochie, said although the kidnappers collected N13m as ransom before […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, April 15th, 2013
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— RIVERS State Government, yesterday, released details of the agreement for the purchase of its two helicopters that had attracted serious media attention lately. Briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said it was important that the Helicopter Purchase Agreement was released […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 15th, 2013
By Babajide Komolafe Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, said the country earned N599 billion from crude oil in January, while Federal Government overspent its budget by N178 billion in the same month. The apex bank disclosed this in its economic report for January released yesterday, which shows that total federal revenue in January was […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States did not yet know who was responsible for blasts at the Boston marathon but he vowed to find those accountable and punish them. “We don’t yet have all the answers,” Obama said. “We still do not know who did this or why,” he […]
