The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South East geopolitical zone, yesterday, unanimously urged President Goodluck Jonathan to re-contest for a second term in 2015 assuring him of their total support for the race. President Jonathan responding to the request assured Nigerians and the South-easterners in particular that he would never disappoint…
The dreaded terrorists group, Boko Haram, launched attacks on troubled Borno villages and highways killing more than 30 people including residents, motorists and passengers. The sect, in the latest attacks on Thursday evening and Friday morning, invaded three towns of Borno; Dikwa (in the central), Gwoza and Kalabalge council area (both in South) as well…
A 23-year-old pregnant woman, Jennifer Ogbonna, raised the emotion of people recently at Zone 2, Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State, when she narrated how her sister tricked her into slavery and sold her off with her 7-month old pregnancy. She was then transported from Aba to Abeokuta after a couple who allegedly specialized in buying…
In view of the insurgency championed by the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, in the north, the Nigerian military has concluded arrangements to give full scale special protection to former Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, Muhammadu Buhari and some other prominent politicians ahead of the 2015 elections. Saturday Mirror gathered that the arrangements…
Ambassador Bola Dada shares his experiences in international affairs as a former diplomat with ADEOLA BALOGUN and JESUSEGUN ALAGBE When did you retire and how are you spending your time now? I retired from the federal civil service in June 2009, and since my retirement, I have been working in the farm. I am a…
The federal government yesterday said it had paid the sum of $5,000,000 (about N800,000,000.00 at N160 per
Socres of students travelling to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Borno State have been reportedly killed by the Boko Haram sect. They were among several persons that lost their lives in multiple attacks unleashed by the dreaded sect in four communities. The Senator representing Borno Central in the Senate, Zannah Ahmed, on Friday,…
THE World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, yesterday, at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings restated that Nigeria is one of the top five countries that has the largest number of poor. Nigeria, he said ranked third in the world while India ranked number one with 33 per cent of the world poor. China is…
Barely twelve months, precisely 11th April, 2013, when the former police commissioner, Imo command, Mr Muhammed Katsina led a crack police squad to Nzurum Ejemekwuru community in Oguta LGA, to recover the remains of one Mrs Lucy Osuigwe who was allegedly killed by her son for ritual purposes and kept her in wardrobe for thirteen…
Trumpeta can reveal that one of the legislators who has the mandate of his constituents to speak their voice in the state Assembly is alleged to have defaulted a loan agreement he has with a commercial bank (names withheld).It was learnt that the House of Assembly member with controversial profile, judging from his shoddy antecedents…