Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd) and former Minister of Defence, Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), have berated former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, describing it as being capable of breaching the peace in the country.The duo stated this yesterday at the 6th edition of the Abuja Festival…
Kingsley Ubani, 26, from Eziama Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abi, has admitted selling his three-year-old son to raise money to bury his father.Mr. Ubani said this on Thursday in Umuahia when the Abia State Police Command paraded two child trafficking suspects and 19 pregnant young ladies.He said that he sold…
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) released November/December 2013 result, Only 86,612 ( 29.17 per cent) out of the 296,827 candidates that sat for the November/December 2013 made the minimum benchmark of credits in five subjects including English and Mathematics.Mr. Charles Eguridu announced the result on Thursday at the council’s headquarters in Yaba, Lagos,…
The Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, on Friday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to faithfully implement the agenda of the proposed national conference.The group led by its National Chairman, Chief Reuben Fasoranti and the Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, made the call at a meeting with the President at the State House.Addressing State House correspondents…
The Bureau of Public Enterprise, on Friday in Abuja announced that President Goodluck Jonathan had approved the privatisation of the nation’s four refineries.This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of Public Communications of BPE, Mr Chigbo Anichebe.It quotes the President as saying that privatisation of the refineries was in keeping with the…
The Abia State Police Command yesterday paraded 19 pregnant girls in Umuahia, the state capital. The rescued pregnant teenagers are: Mercy Francis, 18; Valentine Ikediora, 18; Martha Joseph, 19; Tina Inau, 20; Oluomachi Friday,19; Nkechi Eze, 22; Chidinma Andrew, 19; Grace Bassey, 23; Ifunaya Chika,19; Ibe Amarachi, 18; Uduak Thomas,19; Favour Sunday, 21; Caroline Peter,…
Rivers State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has again been speaking on why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Amaechi said he joined the APC to protect the interests of Rivers State that has been neglected by the PDP Federal Government.…
The House of Representatives today has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to fire the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, over her purchase of two luxury and overpriced bulletproof cars through a department under her, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The recommendation came today as the House adopted the report of its Committee on Aviation which…
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IT was a grim verdict yesterday on the fate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by one of its governors. The ruling party is dead, waiting to be buried, declared Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido. Lamido, one of the founding fathers of the PDP in 1998, was one of the Group of Seven (G7) aggrieved…