Imo lawmakers seek automatic tickets
Members of the Imo State House of Assembly have demanded automatic tickets for the 2015 elections as part of the conditions
Arab Contractors Expatriate Pushes Down His Biafran Colleague From A 2 Storey Building In Enugu
A Nigerian, simply identified as Arinze, was feared dead yesterday, after an immigrant working with the Arab Contractors Construction Company (O.A.O) threw him down from the second-floor of a two-storey building undergoing construction at the new Enugu State Secretariat, Enugu.According to theParadigm, the immigrant worker, identified as Abdul Lateef, apparently from one of the Arab-speaking…
Corrupt Greedy Criminal Alhaji Aliko Dangote Says Negative perception responsible for low investment inflow in Africa
President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, at the on-going World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, decried the negative perception of socio-political situation in African countries, saying it is responsible for the low level of investment inflow into the continent.Speaking during a live telecast of a business platform “Africa’s Next Billion” alongside other…
Badeh’s promise to wipe out Boko Haram before April is unrealistic – Mohammed
Renowned northern leader and the Convener, Coalition of Northern Leaders, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen (CNLAPB), Junaid Mohammed, has described the promise of the new Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, that he will flush out Boko Haram from the north within four months as unrealistic.According to Mohammed, an ex-lawmaker, going by the history…
No Word Yet About Fashola and Tinubu’s Armored Cars, Yet Group To Sue EFCC On Oduah; Faults Budget For Ex-militants
THE Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has threatened to institute a legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) within 14 days, if it fails to investigate Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, over the N255 million armoured car saga for which the House of Reps and the Presidential committee have already indicted her. …
Hausa’s stock-piling of war weapons to limelight as DPO Blame Plateau Killings to this regard
PROLIFERATION of illegal firearms has been identified as a factor responsible for the killing of innocent people in Shendam local government council of Plateau State. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Shendam Police Station, Mr. Joseph Akpan, stated this yesterday when he held a peace meeting with people of the area. The peace, which…
Gunmen Kill Chinese Rail Worker, Injure Two Others
Unknown gunmen yesterday attacked three Chinese nationals working with a construction firm in Kirim village in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing one of them and injuring two others. The town is a border community between Kaduna and Plateau State. The three Chinese nationals were reportedly supervising an ongoing rail rehabilitation project along the Jos-Kafanchan…
Stopping Jonathan in 2015 will have grave consequences – Ezeife
A former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is angry over the current political developments in the country. In this interview, he says the panacea for a united Nigeria is the re-election of President Jonathan next year.What is your view about unfolding political events in the country?I want to use this opportunity to emphasize…
As Imo That Gave Okorocha Mandate Bleeds He Celebrates, Says His Victory at Supreme Court is an act of God.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has described his victory at the Supreme Court in a suit challenging his election as an act of God.In a statement on Friday in Abuja, and signed by his Media Assistant, Sam Onwuemedo, the Governor said: “The Supreme Court ruling is popular, godly, and people-oriented because the law is made…
Since independence, more northerners ruled Nigeria, people didn’t cause trouble – Maku.
Information Minister Mr. Labaran Maku, yesterday took on some northern politicians, for inciting the North against the administration and person of President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015 general elections.Maku, who came down hard on those he described as self-serving politicians, who spread hatred and threaten violence in pursuance of morbid personal political ambitions, spoke…