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MEND changes gear, vows to strike without prior notice

Posted by admin Niger Delta, Top Stories Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, said, yesterday, that it would now carry out bombing and attacks in Lagos, Abuja and Niger-Delta without prior notification as promised earlier since the government was treating its threat as a joke. The militant group in a statement by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, also said the news […]

Okonjo-Iweala blasts corrupt leaders

Posted by admin National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Managing Director of the World Bank, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has taken a swipe at corrupt public office holders, whom, she said, have become bad influences on the youths. Besides, the former minister of finance traced the spate of unrests in the country to the neglect of the youths. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke at the weekend, shortly […]

Tsunami: 10,000 feared dead in Japan

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Saturday, March 12th, 2011

As Japanese officials continued to grapple with the threat of a major nuclear meltdown, the rescue effort intensified in the northeast of the country following the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit last Friday. Speaking at a meeting of the emergency disaster headquarters on Saturday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said that at least 1,000 people […]

Nigeria: I will jail corrupt party leaders, says Ribadu

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Top Stories Friday, March 11th, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu, said yesterday that he would not spare any corrupt leader in his party if elected president in next month’s presidential election. Mr. Ribadu spoke yesterday at a forum organised by the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in Abuja for five presidential candidates who presented their plans to […]

Lagos, one of the worst cities to live in

Posted by admin Lagos, National Politics, State News, Top Stories Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

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 […]

Army restates commitment to end kidnapping in S-East

Posted by admin South-East, Top Stories Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

OWERRI – The Nigerian Army has reassured the citizenry that it will intensify efforts to arrest the ugly incidents of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the South East geo-political zone. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, stated this when he paid a courtesy call on Imo State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, […]

Amnesty: FG sends 74 ex-militants to Malaysia for varsity education

Posted by admin Niger Delta, Top Stories Sunday, March 6th, 2011

The Federal Government on Sunday sent 74 ex- militants from the Niger Delta region to University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a three-year degree programme. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Kingsley Kuku, while speaking prior to the departure of the transformed ex-militants said the 74 men, in line with the […]

Tinubu sent me to jail – Bode George

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and a strong pillar of the rulling party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, seems to have put his recent jail experience behind him. He has returned to the political turf and resumed the battle for the soul of Lagos. In this interview with Magazine Editor, SOLA OSHUNKEYE, he talks […]

Libyan soldiers kill 6 Nigerians

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Top Stories Sunday, March 6th, 2011

INDICATIONS emerged, weekend, that no fewer than six Nigerians had been killed in the ongoing political crisis in Libya while more than 12,440 others were trapped in Tripoli and Benghazi. This came as 1,243 Nigerians who had been stranded in Tripoli were evacuated, yesterday, with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, using three aircraft for […]

Bode George’s Reception: Celebration of Criminality • ‘I Was Tricked To Attend’

Posted by admin Raw Politics, Top Stories Friday, March 4th, 2011

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said that he was tricked to attend a reception organised for former chairman of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George, who was recently released from prison. Obasanjo, who is the chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), added that his attendance at the reception was in […]