FOUR members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State have been arrested in connection with the alleged plan to stone President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo during their campaign visit to the state on Monday, last week. Investigations carried out by the Nigerian Tribune showed that a tailor was given a contract […]
Three persons were at the weekend shot dead while seven others suffered gunshot wounds, when gunmen opened fire on them in Somolu area of Lagos. The motive of the killers is not yet known, but the police are working on the theory that the killings may have been politically motivated. The killed and injured were […]
The Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was on Saturday, booed at the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Daniel, who accompanied President Goodluck Jonathan to the MKO Abiola Stadium, venue of the rally, was heckled on the few occasions his name was mentioned by some speakers. […]
The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau State has intercepted a truck loaded with explosives on its way to Jos from Kaduna. The truck with registration plate number XH 379 KMC was arrested early Thursday with a police escort. The policeman was in mufti. Captain Charles Ekeocha, spokesman for STF said the interception […]
Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has slammed his opponents in the April 2011 governorship race in the state on the use of character assassination rather than issues of what they intend doing for the State and how they want to go about it. He insisted that they shut their mouths, if they have nothing […]
Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, yesterday made a surprise visit to the Abeokuta residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and begged him for forgiveness. The visit came barely 20 hours to the Presidential campaign visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the state. It will be recalled that Daniel has had a strained relationship with […]
No fewer that 14 persons lost their lives on Tuesday night along the Benin-Ore federal highway. Five others who sustained serious injuries are in hospital. In another accident, a car knocked down three primary school children yesterday in Port Harcourt. Two of the children-a boy and a girl- died on the spot while the third […]
The 2011 Liveabililty Ranking and Overview has rated Lagos city as the fourth worst city to live in. Last year, the city ranked fifth after an assessment of living conditions in 140 cities around the world using 30 indicators across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. This was revealed in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed off two choice houses of former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion. The properties are those on 7, Justice Fatai Williams Street, Asokoro Abuja and 5 Danube Crescent, Maitama Abuja. The exercise was carried out on the heels of a forfeiture order granted the EFCC on […]
KANO – Former defence minister and PDP governorship flag bearer, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, is to lock horn with Muhammad Abacha of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, the incumbent Deputy Governor, Tijjani Gwarz, ACN, and Sagir Takai, ANPP, in a public debate organised by the Kano chapter of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR. The two […]
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