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National Politics, Plateau, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
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 […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
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 […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 9th, 2012
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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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
ABUJA (AFP) – A British and an Italian hostage killed on Thursday were murdered by “their Boko Haram captors” and those responsible have been arrested, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement. Jonathan “condemned the killing of two kidnapped foreigners — an Italian and a British citizen — in Sokoto state Thursday by their […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Fed Govt issues five conditions to end diplomatic row FIFTY-Six South Africans were barred last night from entering Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Twenty-eight were stopped on Sunday – in retaliation for the deportation of 125 Nigerians last Friday – as reported exclusively yesterday by The Nation. The government […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Fed Govt demands review of Yellow Fever certificate policy NIGERIA hit back at South Africa last night. Twenty-eight South Africans were denied entry into Lagos – a tit for tat that has deepened the row between the two countries. South Africa last Friday deported 125 Nigerians from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
The remains of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu were yesterday interred in the marble mausoleum at his ancestral Umudim Nnewi home, in Anambra State at exactly 2:18 p.m, which overwhelmed his widow, Bianca and she broke down in tears. The burial ceremony witnessed an unprecedented turn- out of people from all walks of life, with many […]
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Bayelsa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Four policemen and three military personnel among them a Lieutenant Colonel were yesterday, killed by unidentified gunmen along the waterways of Nembe and Brass local government council areas of Bayelsa State. While four policemen were reportedly killed at the Marine Police Checkpoint in the Nembe Creek at about 7am, the […]
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Delta, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A few years after quitting his £5,000-a-year job as a cashier for Wickes, Ibori had become one of Nigeria’s most influential and richest politicians. He wasted no time spending his new-found wealth on luxury homes, top-of-the- range cars, five-star travel and fees at exclusive boarding schools. But on Monday the 49-year-old stood shame-faced in the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Reports out of London are indicating that former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori has pleaded guilty Monday to 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud in his UK trial. Initially the former number one citizen of Delta State had been insisting that he was innocent of the charges and was ready to […]
