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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, according to an Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, offered money to the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leaders who visited him just immediately after the demise of General Sani Abacha, the maximum dictator, to whom Major al-Mustapha was the chief security officer, CSO. But the offer was politely turned […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The family of the founding pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Late Reverend Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, has expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership of the church and the family’s role in its management. The family wants to have a representative, elected by the family, in a permanent position on the governing council […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Nigerian commercial sex workers in Sokoto State are at war with their counterparts from neighbouring Republic of Niger and Togo. Nigerian prostitutes are calling on Immigration Officials to arrest and deport the foreign prostitutes because they are snatching their customers and also operating illegally in the country. “We want them out because most of our […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), General Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Religion
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, expressed disappointment at the House of Representatives endorsement of the controversial Islamic banking in Nigeria, saying the act smacks of bowing to an already written script. Reacting to the endorsement by the lawmakers after a briefing by the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, […]
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Cross River, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
THE Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke may find it difficult to return as governor of the state in next year’s election if he does not put his house in order. The talk is that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in serious crisis due to the inability of […]
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Borno, Headlines, Niger Delta, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
FOLLOWING contined violence as a result of the war declared on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, more state governments have ordered the evacuation of their indigenes studying in the town and those on exchange programmes. The Bauchi State government, in a release signed by the Director of […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Ikenna Njoku of Auburn, Wash., says he was mistakenly jailed for four days after he tried to cash a Chase cashier’s check at a Chase bank branch. Tha bank has apologized. For 28-year-old Ikenna Njoku, what should have been the simple act of cashing a check turned into four days in jail and the loss […]
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Headlines, Ministries, Raw Politics
Friday, July 8th, 2011
A security detail attached to the Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, gave the Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Security Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Akpobolukeme, the shock of his life on Thursday when he practically bundled the man out of the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Sources confirmed that the action of the […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
True to its words, the Senate yesterday grilled the ministerial nominees for six hours and fifteen minutes, with seven of them having their nominations confirmed as ministers, by unanimous decision. Those confirmed, all former ministers, were tasked by the Senators, who bombarded them with questions bordering on their performances while in office and the state […]
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Benue, Governors, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, June 17th, 2011
The Benue State, Governor Gabriel Suswam has absolved himself of any complicity in the death of Charles Ayede, aide to the Action Congress of Nigeria gubernatorial candidate in the April polls, Prof. Torkuma Ugba. Speaking during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in New York recently, Suswan said that it was rather unfortunate for someone […]
