The Federal Government has ordered 53 custom made goldplated iPhones from a United Kingdom-based company, Gold and Co, to commemorate the country’s 53rd independence anniversary on October 1. A Bristol-born businessman based in Dubai, Mr. Amjad Ali, who runs the luxury goods firm, disclosed this in an interview with The Independent of London.
A pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Forum (NDA), has condemned the threat of bloodshed by a former Niger Delta militant, Mujaheedin Asari-Dokubo, if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned in the 2015 election. It said the Presidency should call him to order. The group, in statement in Minna, the Niger State capital, by its National…
Ex-militants in the Niger Delta have told the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) that there will be no peace for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar until he leaves President Goodluck Jonathan alone. The former freedom fighters, led by ‘General’ Reuben Wilson, declared Atiku persona-non-grata in the…
A middle-aged woman identified as Magdalene Malachy Udoekpong, 42, from Ukara Odoro in Ika Local Government of Akwa Ibom State was, on Monday, beheaded in her farm in Ohambere, Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State. Udoekpong, mother of nine, was alleged to have been murdered by unidentified indigenes of Azumini at about 8.00am…
Suspected kidnappers and secret cult members have relocated to villages in Imo State.
As part of efforts to douse the tension in the polity arising from the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and former national chairman of the party, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, yesterday met with President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors at…
President Goodluck Jonathan is strengthening his camp, in anticipation of more onslaught by the members of the Kawu Baraje faction, it was learnt yesterday. Also, the mainstream Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, is preparing for its suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the determination of the legality or otherwise…
AFTER a long break, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, seem set to renew their hostilities. Obasanjo is insinuating that ex-Vice President Atiku is corrupt, saying he was investigated by his administration following alert from the United States. He said Nigerians should ask Atiku why he has not visited the United States…
We’re toying with God’s design — Ezeife Our country is blessed! Climate: no extremes, no tornadoes, no hurricanes. The geographical structure of Nigeria is very stable no volcanoes no earthquake. There are abundant material resources in flora and fauna. The ones we know already are surplus; there are many we have not yet discovered. Our…
The ongoing peace talks on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may suffer a setback following plans by ex-President Ibrahim Babangida to pull out of the mediation over threats from a former Niger Delta warlord, Mujaheedin Asari-Dokubo. Gen. Babangida was alleged to have described Asari-Dokubo’s threats as insulting to eminent leaders on the…