by: Yusuf Alli Govt to release 18 key sect membersDHQ probes report on Shekau’s conditionAfter much persuasion, Boko Haram has agreed to release the abducted 219 Chibok girls if the Federal Government will simultaneously set free its 18 key commanders.The two parties have asked their representatives to go back to their leaders on the new…
The move by Peoples Democratic Party to present President Goodluck Jonathan as it’s sole candidate for the 2015 presidential election is set to cause a serious storm in the party, as some are alleging injustice. The son of Nigeria’s first Republic Prime Minister, Dr. Abdul-Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, has said whether the PDP likes it or not,…
(JOHANNESBURG, South Africa)The death toll from the collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos has risen to 115, South African minister Jeff Radebe said on Monday, urging the heavily-criticised Nigerian government to investigate the “tragedy”.Minister in the Presidency Radebe said 84 South Africans who were part of visiting church groups had died in the Sept.…
by: Musa Odoshimokhe The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to probe its erring governors for endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 election is an endorsement of corruption by the ruling party.Addressing reporters yesterday at a rally to…
By Anolu Vincent Senior Correspondent, Owerri Barely one month after the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, reportedly endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential race, a chieftain of the Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP), Onyedika Paulinus Asiegbu, insists that the apex Igbo umbrella body, acted like a pressure group due to selfish interest.Asiegbu…
Lanre Adewole – LagosTHE controversial CCTV footage of the collapsed guest house of Synagogue Church of All Nations is reportedly serving minimal assistance to the six different agencies that are investigating the tragedy.A leader of one of the investigating agencies told Sunday Tribune that only the probe body from the aviation sector was possibly finding…
Stephen Gbadamosi and James BwalaTHERE is hope in the horizon that the over 200 Chibok school girls in the captivity of terrorist group, Boko Haram, may regain their freedom soon.This is following reports that the Federal Government and the leadership of the insurgent group may have finally begun a process of negotiating the release of…
…Declare 2 days of national prayersCatholic Bishops across the country have expressed concern over the alarming spate of violence, bombings and killings of innocent citizens in the North Eastern part of Nigeria and beyond.The bishops under the aegis of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) declared in a communiqué that while Nigeria bleeds and burns,…
By HENRY UMAHI (KINGHENRYSUN@YAHOO.COM)Owed salaries for months, tertiary institutions crumbling“All is not well in Abia State Polytechnic, Aba. If you are owing me salary arrears, I can’t say all is well.” This was how the chairman of the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Precious Nwakodo, in capsule form, described…
By Our ReporterAt a time when the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the 2015 elections, a top leader and one of the party’s founding fathers, Chief Abu King Shuluwa, has said any attempt by the President to run for another term…