Boko Haram: Ihejirika accuses Northern elders of insensitivity
By Ben Agande Abuja — The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, COAS, General Azubuike Ihejirika, has accused some northern elders of insensitivity to the sacrifice being made by the country’s armed...
View ArticleAny unforgiving politician is an impostor, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that any unforgiving politician is an impostor. Speaking during the post- National Pilgrimage Thanksgiving Service at the Aso Villa Chapel, Abuja, he noted...
View ArticleWe Will Not Return To PDP – Saraki
The chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied rumour of plan by him to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki dissociated himself from any link...
View ArticleAmalgamation: When Will Lord Lugard Rest in Peace?
By Dapo Thomas Amalgamation was a contingency of history. Nigeria was, and still is, a contraption of the incompatibles. Frederick Lugard was the lord of the confusion. The likes of Prof. Richard...
View ArticleIssues, tension, intrigues as House resumes today
Members of the House of Representatives will face an avalanche of touchy and thorny issues as they resume today. Talks about the sack of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership of the House...
View ArticleFinally, Lagos Unveils Electronic Certificate of Occupancy
By Gboyega Akinsanmi The Lagos State Government Monday finally unveiled the electronic certificate of occupancy (e-C of O), which it said, would phase out the yellow paper format that had been in use...
View ArticleGay-Marriage Law: US threatens to sanction Nigeria
BY OKEY NDIRIBE, Sam Eyoboka & Victoria Ojeme Abuja—Leading western countries piled pressure on the Federal government, yesterday, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex...
View ArticleReps vow to change House leadership despite court order
EAGLES ONLINE – Despite a court order on Monday, the House of Representatives has vowed to change its leadership. Sequel to a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party, an Abuja Federal High Court on Monday...
View Article2015: Ndigbo must support Jonathan –Uwazuruike
FROM GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has urged Ndigbo to support the second term ambition of...
View ArticleBudget For Aircraft, Seaboat, Railways Was Systemic Error - Budget Office
The federal government has blamed the inclusion of allocations for fuelling and maintenance of aircraft, boats and railway equipment made by some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the 2014...
View ArticleIHEJIRIKA: Anglican bishop warns Northern elders
BY Tony Edike ENUGU — The Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, yesterday, expressed dismay over the threat by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to drag the immediate past Chief of Army...
View ArticleMassacre in Borno and Benue: Boko Haram kills 18 in Borno, as Fulani herdsmen...
From ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi & MOLLY KILETE, Abuja (with agency report)Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen in Borno and Benue States massacred 30 people including five soldiers on Sunday. In the Borno...
View ArticleBoko Haram Insurgency Must End By April 2014, says new CDS
Ayorinde Oluoku/Abuja To avoid creating constitutional problems in the polity, the Boko Haram insurgency that has been ravaging the North East part of Nigeria must end by April this year, Nigeria newly...
View ArticleNigeria won’t break, even if Jonathan loses 2015, says Mohammed
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA—Second Republic federal lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday dispelled fears that Nigeria would break if President Goodluck Jonathan was not allowed a...
View ArticleOkorocha knocks Obi
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The war of words between Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State and his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, over the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),...
View Article2015: Electoral Act May Be Amended – Jega
The chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega yesterday said ahead of the 2015 general elections, there is likely going to be an amendment of the existing...
View ArticleRivers crisis: Police arrest pro-Amaechi council chairmen
THE PUNCH – The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two local government chairmen in the state in connection with the violent disruption of a rally by the Save Rivers Movement in Bori, Khana Local...
View ArticleRecuperating Senator Abe writes Senate from sick bed, accuses govt of plot to...
Rivers state Senator and chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Magnus Abe, has written to his colleagues in the Senate, recounting how the police shot him and wounded several...
View ArticleAssad will not be in Syria’s new government – Kerry
MONTREUX (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will not be part of any new transitional government, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday at the start of a peace conference. “We need to...
View ArticleWithout Goodluck, Nigeria would have disintegrated— Smart Adeyemi
Senator Smart Adeyemi, was a former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ before his entry into the political arena. Senator Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial District is also...
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