Truck load of explosives seized in Jos

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: Amaechi slams opposition

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 […]

Daniel begs Obasanjo

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 […]

16 dead, 6 injured in Edo, P/H accidents

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 […]

Lagos, one of the worst cities to live in

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 […]

EFCC seals off Igbinedion’s Abuja houses

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 2011: Kwankwaso, Gwarzo, Abacha clash in public debate

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 […]

Jos: An Unending Carnage?

The unending massacre of human beings and total destruction of property, including churches and mosques, have continued to be a source of major concern to all well-meaning Nigerians and her allies all over the world. Of recent, there have been reports that the ugly incident has resonated again in some parts of Jos metropolis, the […]

INEC to Court: Uduaghan’s tenure expires in May

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State’s bid to continue in office beyond April  without the conduct of   gubernatorial election in Delta State  suffered a  major setback  when the  Independent National  Electoral Commission (INEC)  told  a Federal High Court sitting  in Asaba  that  Uduaghan’s tenure expires in May  2011. […]

Oil Find Likely in Niger State

A strong indication emerged weekend on the possibility of crude oil reserves in the flood plain of the river Niger around Bida area of Niger State. The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) gave the indication in Minna.The society’s president, Professor Anthony Azubuike Elueze, in a press briefing, said investigations into the samples of the […]

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