President Jonathan We must use national confab to build a new Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, urged Nigerians to seize the opportunity of the national conference at the beginning
HORRID, HOSTAGES & MODERN SLAVERY: Okorocha orders Imo APC women to sweep foot-prints of PDP out of Dan Anyiam stadium.
As early as 7.00a.m. on Monday, February 24, 2014, thousands of Imo women stormed the streets of Owerri to protest against the PDP and its leaders over the provocative statements they had made during their party’s rally last weekend, with the women saying that the PDP leaders had come to provoke Imo people.The women who…
Fuel Scarcity: Petrol Sells For N125 per Litre In Umuahia
The price of premium motor spirit, popularly called petrol has risen above the approved pump price of N97 per liter to N125 in Umuahia and its environs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that apart from few major marketers that occasionally sell at the regulated pump price, independent marketers have hiked the price to between…
S’East govs end meeting without communiqué
The Governors in the South East zone met in Enugu on Tuesday to discuss issues of common interest. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting, which lasted for seven hours, ended without a communiqué. The meeting, which held at the Governor’s Lodge in Enugu, was attended by the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi,…
Nigerian Army has taking over Ohore village. All the houses where marked for demolition
UGHELLI—THE Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Abe 1, has condemned the planned demolition of buildings in Ohore village, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State by men of the Nigerian Army, describing it as oppressive. The monarch, who addressed women of the kingdom, who embarked on a protest against the alleged harassment and dispossession of…
Missing $20b: I want the whole truth, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has demanded to know the whole truth about the alleged missing $20b which the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi said is missing from the federation account. A statement Wednesday from the finance ministry to the BBC, said the minister,…
Again, gunmen kill 43 students in Yobe •245 people killed from Jan 14 to date
GUNMEN suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect, on Tuesday, opened fire on students of Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, in their sleep at their hostel, with over 40 students said to have been killed in the attack.ADVERTISEMENT Casualty figures from the attack in the town, about 60 kilometres from the…
JTF, police, SSS comb creeks for Jonathan’s cousin
SECURITY outfits operating in Bayelsa State have been on their toes following Sunday’s abduction of the 70-year-old Inengite Nitabai, the cousin of President Goodluck Jonathan.ADVERTISEMENT Forty eight hours after 10 heavily armed men stormed the expansive compound of Nitabai at Otuoke, hometown of President Jonathan in Ogbia Local Government Area and whisked the old man…
Sanusi drags Jonathan to court over suspension
SUSPENDED Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has dragged
Boko Haram: “By the Grace of Allah We Rape, Pillage, Burn And Kidnap
Up north in Borno the local governor and the federal government are arguing over why Boko Haram has managed to kill so many people in the last few weeks. Over 400 have died in a series of spectacular raids. The governor made headlines by declaring that the Islamic terrorists were better armed, equipped and more…