Pistorius is lying, says grieving sister –‘He shot her in a fit of rage’
Pistorius, 27, denies murdering Reeva, 29, at his house on Valentines Day last year. He says he thought that he was shooting at a burglar when he blasted the toilet door. The Paralympic star, who faced...
View ArticleMissing Malaysia Plane: Oil slick found in MH370 search area
Search teams are preparing to use a mini-submarine to scan the sea bed for wreckage from flight MH370 “as soon as possible”. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, leading the search, told a news conference...
View ArticleWe will not surrender Bayelsa to vultures, buccaneers – Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson has tasked the newly sworn in Commissioners to work as a formidable team to protect the overall interest of the state as it is the only homogenous home of the Ijaws. Governor...
View ArticleTambuwal’s convoy causes accident in Kaduna, kills two
At least, two persons on Monday lost their lives in a fatal road mishap involving the convoy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal in Kaduna. It was gathered that the...
View ArticleThose accusing me of corruption should show proof – Fayose
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose says he will not join issues with the All Progressives Party as the June 21 governorship election approaches. Fayose told newsmen in...
View ArticleAbuja Blast: Obama Urges FG To Fish Out Perpetrators
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO— Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday in Osogbo, declared that the country was in need of competent leaders to confront, among others, the security challenges...
View ArticleNational unrest: Prayers alone cannot solve Nigeria’s problems – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described Nigeria as a nation in war, that needs competent leaders and not just prayers to survive. Soyinka, who was a keynote speaker at a colloquium with...
View ArticleObasanjo did not ask us to join APC – Ogun PDP faction
As the crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to deepen, a faction of the party loyal to former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied defecting...
View ArticleWenger: We assumed we’d finish in top four
Manager Arsene Wenger understands how Arsenal could have become complacent in expecting Champions League football as an automatic right, but warned it is ‘vital’ that the Gunners fight for their place...
View ArticleProphet T.B Joshua claims he prophesied about the Nyanya bomb blast
General overseer of the Synagogue Church of all Nation, SCOAN, Prophet T.B. Joshua has released a video where he claimed to had prophesied the Nyanya explosion that killed over 71 persons with 126...
View ArticleAtiku asks Jonathan to seek foreign assistance
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed anger and sadness at the bombings of the in the suburbs of Abuja that left scores dead and many injured. In a statement by his media office in...
View ArticleKwankwaso: we won’t welcome Jonathan to Kano
Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said yesterday that residents will not welcome President Goodluck Jonathan today. The governor, who spoke in Kano, said the President has done nothing to improve the...
View ArticleDelegates Disagree Over Composition Of Committees
Amina Alhassan, Bode Gbadebo, JOE Dudun Some delegates at the National Conference yesterday disagreed with the composition of the 20 Standing Committees of the conference, saying the memberships of...
View ArticleAPC governors console victims of bomb disaster
The All Progressives Congress Governors Forum (APCGF), on Wednesday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to intensify effort to fish out the perpetrators of the Nyanya bomb blast. The Chairman of...
View ArticleDavid Cameron says Christians should be ‘more evangelical’
David Cameron says that in a secular age Christians should be even ‘more evangelical’ about their faith and says he has felt the ‘healing power’ of the Church. Christians should be “more evangelical”...
View ArticleEmergency Rule Extension: Why We May Need A Kanuri Warrior
By Dr. Peregrino Brimah I was invited to join a team to brainstorm on the security situation in Nigeria early last year when Boko Haram had made its most dangerous advances, occupying most of Borno...
View ArticleBAYELSA GOVERNMENT TO INJECT N20b TO SMEs FUND, HOSTS 2014 INTERNATIONAL SMES...
As part of efforts to boost small and medium scale enterprises in the state, the government of Bayelsa state has concluded plans to inject N20bn into an SME’s fund. This will be done during the...
View ArticleTerrorism: Jonathan summons security chiefs, governors
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to a meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at the Presidential Villa against the background of recent events and...
View ArticleHappy Easter! Beware, Lucifer at Work
TOMORROW is Good Friday, and Monday, Easter Monday. Yet, another Easter would go by quietly, as often, like a Book of Seven Seals for many Christians. For them, the season, often no more than a period...
View ArticleConfab delegates protest c’ttees’ composition
BY Henry Umoru & Joesph Erunke ABUJA— IT was a stormy session, yesterday, at the Andrews Otutu Obaseki Auditorium, venue of the ongoing National Conference, as delegates protested the composition...
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