Umbrella body of Muslims in the North, the Jama’atul Nasril Islam on Wednesday in Kaduna faulted the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejiafor, over comments credited to him on the failed dialogue between the Federal Government and Boko Haram. The CAN President last week kicked against any form of dialogue between […]
caption: Pastor David Oyedepo By SaharaReporters, New York The rising cost of maintaining four private jets has forced flamboyant Nigerian pastor, Bishop David Oyedepo, to set up a commercial airline that uses four airplanes that had hitherto served as part of his private fleet. Last year, as staff costs, fuel prices and landing fees escalated, […]
PRETORIA (AFP) – Nigeria’s finance minister will run for the World Bank top job, her South African counterpart announced on Friday, the deadline for nominations to succeed Robert Zoellick. “We are proud to confirm that the Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be a candidate,” Pravin Gordhan told reporters at a press conference, standing alongside […]
Despite a denial on Wednesday, it has emerged that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and former Colombian Finance Minister, Jose Antonio Ocampo, are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank. Reuters, which reported the impending nomination of the duo, credited the information to sources with knowledge of emerging market’s efforts to […]
By Dan Udoh Abuja — As violence continues to rock parts of the North, the Federal Government may have opted to appease some northern states with the payment of 13 per cent derivation on solid minerals with immediate effect. A competent source told Vanguard that government was worried about rising insecurity in the northern part […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Popular Nollywood actor, James Ikechukwu Esomugha, a.k.a Jim Iyke, who is facing trial over his alleged involvement in a N15 million share scam, has begged a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja to allow him to settle the case out of court. The controversial actor, who often plays bad boy role in […]
Newly promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police, John Haruna was among several other senior police officers confirmed dead in a Surveillance helicopter that crashed at noon today in the crisis ridden Jos, North Central Nigeria. The police helicopter which crashed into four houses in Kabong on a security facility occurred just as it was conveying […]
The timely intervention of security operatives prevented another bloodbath in Jos on Monday following Sunday’s bombing of the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, even as the death toll rose to 19. Tension mounted as the hostilities between Christian and Moslem youths that started on Sunday, escalated on Monday with unconfirmed reports of the disappearance of […]
Fears have gripped ministers over President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to reshuffle his cabinet and drop three members of the Federal Executive Council. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigations in Abuja showed that the ministers and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have been pressurising the president since they got the information about the planned cabinet reshuffle. It […]
By LAWANI MIKAIRU & DANIEL ETEGHE The British government yesterday deported about 120 Nigerians from the United Kingdom over alleged immigration offences, including lack of valid papers and stay permit among others. The deportees were said to have arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos aboard a chartered cargo aircraft in the early […]
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