DETROIT (AFP) – A Nigerian man dubbed the “underwear bomber” pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims. In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Michigan, Umar […]
In what appears to be subtle indictment of the Congress for Political Change (CPC), presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), for the post 2011 elections that erupted in some parts of the country, the Federal Government investigation panel on the 2011 Election Violence and Civil Disturbances, during it’s presentation of final report to President Goodluck […]
FORMER Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and his two other erstwhile colleagues, Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo) and Aliu Akwe Doma (Nassarawa), may be arraigned today at an Abuja High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud committed against their states while at the helms of affairs there. […]
Beauty queens reign for some time and then, they disappear into the thin air. But some daring ones hardly leave the scene as they enlarge their territories, break records and make something fantastic out of themselves. These queens are not just winners of beauty pageants, they are equally legends of our time, and they are […]
Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, told SaharaReporters this morning that the former governors are currently undergoing interrogations surrounding corruption allegations in Abuja. The anti-graft agency is targeting some nine ex-governors who may have mismanaged billions of naira within their respective states. Those arrested today include Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and […]
Dare-devil robbers yesterday stormed the Lagos residence of Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state in Victoria Island and shot dead one of his domestic staff, Michael Ogbonna, and carted away N2 million. The robbers were said to have trailed the deceased and two others, who had gone to the Adeola Odeku branch […]
THE anniversary celebrations are over but the bickering over the venue continues. While the Federal Government considers the celebration of the nation’s Independence Day inside Aso Rock as a cost-saving measure, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and other political leaders insist it was a serious error of judgment. The opposition party said yesterday that […]
Federal Government has said it has begun the process of laying out a plan to restrict government officials from travelling abroad for medical treatment. The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, told newsmen that a policy is in the offing to compel every public official to get medical attention here in Nigeria if government was going […]
The new Christian terror group in the North, Akhwat Akwop, which was apparently formed to checkmate the activities of the extremist Muslim Boko Haram sect has asked nationals of five Islamic countries suspected to be funding the Boko Haram to leave the country. Akhwat Akwop alleged that the Islamic republics of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, […]
A group of Niger Delta militants, on Monday, threatened retaliation against the Boko Haram sect if it refused to stop its violent activities within 14 days. The Ohanaeze Indigbo has also told the Boko Haram sect to stop all its violent activities, saying enough is enough. The Ijaw militants, under the aegis of a little […]
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