By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO— A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdul Inyass to death for blasphemy. The verdict ends nine months of secret trial of the cleric. Inyass and 13 others were arrested May last year, in Kano during a religious function in the city for blasphemy. An Upper Sharia court […]
Monday, January 4, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Nigerian (PICTURED) who scammed 17 companies of $600,000 in US faces 30 years in jail Nigeria is too small for Igbo – Adamu Ciroma Speculators make huge profits as dollar scarcity persists Emir defends Buhari’s appointment of minister, INEC chief from one family Buhari […]
More than 750 foreigners from eight west African countries, stranded in the southeastern Nigerian port of Calabar since Christmas after their ferry broke down, left by road Saturday, a statement said. The 758 people were onboard a ship making stopovers along the coast of west Africa “when their passenger vessel… made an emergency berthing” after […]
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed Tunde Odesola The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has indirectly challenged Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, to visit the north-eastern parts of Nigeria where the war on terror is ongoing. Mohammed, who spoke in an interactive session with journalists on Wednesday, in Ikeja, […]
NAN The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5metres (28ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah, Imo. The statue made of marble is bigger than the 20 metres (66 foot) Ramesses II Abusimbel statue in Egypt. Ukwuoma Performed the ceremony shortly […]
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | January 2, 2016 – The economic downturn in Nigeria has become so drastic that almost every state is faced with severe economic woes. Many states are heavily indebted with little coming into their coffers after the mandatory deductions to service loans they have taken are made. Driven to […]
OKONJO-IWEALA REQUESTS FG TO CALL RECKLESS GOVERNOR OSHIOMHOLE TO ORDER – FORMER MINISTER HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH $2.1BILLION ARMS ISSUE Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has requested the Federal Government to call Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole to order over the Governor’s recent efforts to link her name […]
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has flagged off the construction of the Ivo Water Project estimated to cost over N1.2bn. Speaking at the ceremony in Amagu Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, Umahi disclosed that the project which was conceived when he was a deputy governor was a Federal Government-assisted project. […]
Owerri—The Governorship Election Appeal Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has nullified the election Governor Okozie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The court also declared Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections. The five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, annulled the election […]
The convoy of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday apprehended two Airforce cadets in Mile 12 area of the State while dehumanizing an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV. The cadets – Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad, who […]
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