Corrupt, Incompetent Judges Should Be Sacked – Lawyers
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Sunday urged the National Judicial Council (NJC) not to relent in its effort to sanitise the nation’s judiciary. The lawyers spoke in interviews with the News Agency...
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Same-sex Act has strengthened Nigeria’s sovereignty –Obende
Senator Domingo Obende’s law on the Anti Same-Sex Prohibition legislation assented to in the Seventh National Assembly by President Good-luck Jonathan. In this interview with ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI,...
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Fashola, Obi Win 2013 Silverbird Man Of The Year Award
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his Anambra counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, were on Sunday night in Lagos named joint winners of the 2013 Silverbird Man of the Year Award. The governors received...
View ArticleNational Dialogue and ‘no-go areas’
BY OKORO NDUKWE The quest for social order and political coherence has remained a recurrent issue in Nigeria’s political history. This quest is seen in the various constitutional and political...
View ArticleBomb death toll hits 90
SECURITY agents are holding an elderly man who was found last night allegedly with eight guns hidden in his pick up van in Maiduguri, the troubled Borno State capital. No fewer than 90 – up from 35...
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‘I heard a woman screaming… and I can’t understand how Pistorius didn’t':...
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius launched an aggressive defence on the first day of his murder trial, tearing into a witness who claimed to have heard a woman’s screams as his girlfriend was killed....
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Army working hard to tackle insurgency -CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, on Monday said the Armed Forces and other stakeholders were working round the clock to tackle insurgency. Badeh, represented by the Chief of...
View ArticleEFCC seeks arrest of Cross Country boss, Okorodudu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday asked a Lagos High court sitting in Ikeja for a bench warrant for the arrest of the Chairman of Cross Country boss, Chief Bube Okorodudu....
View ArticleSURE-P: Kaura LG empowers 100 cripples, 270 others
One Hundred physically challenged persons on Monday received tricycles donated under the SURE-P by Kaura Local Government Council in Kaduna State. About 270 other persons, including women received...
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Don’t try to profit from Boko Haram insurgency – APC warns presidency
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the failed attempt by a presidential aide, Reno Omokri, to link suspended CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to the heightened attacks by Boko Haram, has...
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War! War!! Russia gives Ukrainian forces in Crimea ultimatum to surrender
Moscow — The Russian Black Sea fleet based in Crimea denied Monday there were plans to storm Ukrainian military positions on the peninsula, calling reports of an ultimatum “nonsense,” Interfax said....
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Putin like Hitler in 1930s: Former Czech foreign minister
VIENNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin is repeating history by acting in Crimea much like Adolf Hitler did in central and eastern Europe in the late 1930s, a former Czech foreign minister said in an...
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Oyinlola: I Remain the Authentic PDP National Secretary
Yinka Kolawole Former Governor of Osun State, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has again made it clear that he remains the only authentic National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that...
View ArticlePutin warns West & U.S against sanctions
Vladimir Putin has warned the U.S. and the EU of “consequences’’ if they impose sanctions on Russia over its military intervention in Ukraine. “What could trigger the possible use of force? It’s only...
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Ohanaeze, others hold colloquium on Igbo question in Nigeria March 11
By Tony Edike ENUGU – THE pan Igbo socio-cultural organization and 16 pan Igbo organizations across the globe have concluded arrangements to hold the first international colloquium on Igbo question in...
View ArticleInsecurity: First Lady To Organise Peace Concert For Youths
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has concluded plans to host Nigerian youths on peace concert in Abuja on Saturday to reduce the rate of killings in the North East. Mr Mike Omeri,...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis: Nigerian Students Safe, Confine To Campuses – Envoy
Amb Frank Isoh, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ukraine has advised students studying in that country to remain calm, and be confined to their campuses. Isoh, who spoke against the backdrop of recent...
View ArticleJonathan launches 2nd Niger bridge on Monday
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday in Abuja that he would do the “real ground-breaking” ceremony for the second Niger Bridge in Anambra on March 10. The president said this on Tuesday when he...
View ArticleGunmen Abduct Bauchi Assembly Member
Bauchi, By Obed Minchakpu A member of the Bauchi House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Nuhu is reported by the Bauchi State Police Command to have been abducted by unknown gunmen. Nuhu who represents Lame...
View ArticleFuel Scarcity: Overcrowding at LAGBUS, BRT stations
The current fuel scarcity in Lagos has increased overcrowding of commuters at the bus stops of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and LAGBUS. The scarcity resulted in about 100 per cent increase in...
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