Edwin Clark’s bombshell: Northern govs stealing their people’s money and Aso...
Northern govs stealing their people’s money ■ Aso Rock not birthright of the North ■ APC is an expired drug Foremost Ijaw leader and President Goodluck Jonathan’s kinsman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark...
View ArticleChibok Girls: Allow Obasanjo Negotiate With Boko Haram, MURIC Tells FG
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Friday, urged the Federal Government to grant permission to former President Olusegun Obasanjo to go- ahead and prevail on the Boko Haram extremists to release the...
View ArticleBusinessman urges APC to make Governor Okorocha their presidential flag bearer
An Onitsha based businessman, Chief Herbert Nnadi has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to consider making Governor Rochas Okorocha the flag bearer of the party for the 2015 presidential...
View ArticleCorruption is corruption, says Bisi Akande
SPEECH BY CHIEF BISI AKANDE, INTERIM NATIONAL CHAIRMAN,ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, AT THE INAUGURAL CONVENTION HELD IN ABUJA ON JUNE 14TH, 2015. Fellow party men and women, Let me start by...
View ArticleUPDATED: Worshippers escape death in Owerri as police uncover deadly...
The Police in Imo state have arrested six suspects over the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices in a church in Owerri, the state capital, the Commissioner of Police, Abdumajid Ali, and...
View ArticleChibok Abduction: Obasanjo’s Comments Dampen Parents’ Hopes
By Senator Iroegbu John Shiklam , Michael Olugbode and Chiemelie Ezeobi Recent comments by former president Olusegun Obasanjo that some of the schoolgirls abducted at Government Secondary School,...
View ArticleInside story of rebellion in Edo House
By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City Bloodbath was averted last Wednesday at the hallowed chambers of the Edo State House of Assembly by the state Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo. It was a day Adebanjo...
View ArticleRegionalism no longer viable option for Nigeria, says Bode George
A former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Olabode George, spoke on critical national issues on Saturday, warning that regionalism was no longer a viable option for Nigeria. George also...
View ArticleWill Emir Sanusi Lamido be controversial?
By Tonnie Iredia The expectation in some circles, the other week, that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the immediate past Governor of our Central Bank may not be selected as the new Emir of Kano because of his...
View Article15 killed in fresh Borno market attack
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri No fewer than 15 people including traders were on Sunday killed when some suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists stormed a local market in Daku village of Askira Uba...
View ArticleWike vows to fight Amaechi to finish over appointment of Chief Judge
The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has added his voice to the recent High Court Law passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly, which gives powers to the Chief Registrar to assign...
View ArticleUS lawmakers, in Nigeria, urge fund for Boko Haram victims
ABUJA (AFP) – Four visiting US lawmakers called during a visit to Nigeria on Sunday for a special fund for victims of the Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and seen the...
View ArticleJune 12 election was free, fair and credible – Babangida
A former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has stated that the June 12, 1993, presidential election was free, fair and credible because of what he tagged as a ‘comprehensive civic...
View ArticleWike claims Amaechi is guilty of financial crimes
Former Chief of Staff to Governor Amaechi and current Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike says the administration of Amaechi is guilty of financial crimes. Wike, who disclosed this during a...
View ArticleI Can’t Play Politics When My Girls Are In Captivity – Shettima
Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, Sunday said the rescue of the 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls remained his major concern and not politics. The governor had explained in a press statement issued...
View Article100 days after MH370, Malaysia vows to keep searching
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s government pledged Monday it “will not rest” until missing flight MH370 is found but relatives said on the 100th day since the plane’s disappearance that they wanted answers,...
View ArticleBOKO HARAM: Chibok Girls Will Be Rescued Soon – Obanikoro Assures
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has assured that the over 276 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State would be rescued and return...
View ArticleParadox of Sanusi’s emirship
THE appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano last weekend was a fulfillment of the former CBN governor’s long-standing craving for that symbol of traditional power. It is at once...
View ArticleCAN declares ‘war’ on boko haram
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Imo has called on Christians to embark on fasting and prayers to fight terrorism spiritually. The Chairman of CAN in Imo, Bishop Stanford Nwogu, made the...
View ArticleEXPLOSION: ‘ We targeted 5 churches in Imo State’ – Bombers confessed
But for the timely intervention of the security agencies, five churches in Imo State would have been bombed on Sunday morning, police sources have said. On Saturday night, church security men at the...
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