Month: March 2014
Dickson: We didn’t sue EFCC over Alamieyeseigha loot
The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday denied media reports that it had filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Recall Youth Corps Members Posted To War-Torn States
Days ago, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, shocked Nigerians by posting of 820 graduates to war-torn Borno State to…
Ukraine: A Country Divided Between Selfish Interests 1
By John Tosin Ajiboye On January 21, 1990, over 300,000 Ukrainians organized a human chain for Ukrainian independence between Kiev…
World Cup: $100,000 bonus awaits each member of Super Eagles
Nigeria’s footballers stand to gain more than $100,000 each, should the African champions win every game at the World Cup…
Bomb scare at NNPC headquarters
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Heightened security measures around the four towers of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation headquarters located in the Central Business…
30 Petrol Stations Shut Over Illegal Hike In Fuel Price
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DRP) has shut 30 filling stations in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states for selling petroleum…
OPC Rescues Raped Teenager
Falobi Moses Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was…
Boko Haram: 250 Female Students Relocated
At least 250 students of the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Monguno, Borno, have so far relocated to the Federal…
Fashola Okays Jail Term For Hazardous Product Sellers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Manufacturers and sellers of fake products to consumers in Lagos State will now face a three-month jail term…
Slavery: Britain, Spain others to be sued for reparations
A coalition of Caribbean leaders will meet today in St. Vincent to discuss a landmark legal claim for reparations over…
UK sacks asylum judge living with Nigerian lady
A Nigerian lady has thrown a British asylum judge into trouble after police arrested her in the judge’s home, not…
Why did Amstel make Mikel Obi drink straight from the can?
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Amstel Malta may have triggered a controversy in the subliminal message it passed across with its new ambassadors,…
Nadal, Sharapova ousted in Indian Wells
It was a night of two stunning upsets in Indian Wells ATP Masters and WTA hardcourt tournaments as defending champions…
Chinese woman cuts off ex-boyfriend’s penis with scissors
.Afterwards, she flushes it down the toilet and later killed the man with hammer blows A Chinese woman chopped off…
Atiku commends Jonathan on second Niger Bridge
Nigeria’s former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the ground breaking ceremony that kick-started the construction of…
Football: Russian club Zenit sack Italian coach
Top Russian Premier League side Zenit St Peterburg, owned by state-controlled gas giant Gazprom, have sacked their Italian manager Luciano…
Petrol tanker burns power transmission line
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it had lost one of its 330KV transmission lines from Sapele to Ughelli,…
APC urges Jonathan visit Yobe
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has, for the second time, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Yobe to commiserate…
Boeing joins probe of missing Malaysian plane
Boeing said Monday it has joined an official US team investigating the still-mysterious disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines 777 aircraft,…
North korean leader scores perfect vote—100%
North Korea’s state media confirmed Monday what was never in doubt — a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader…
World Bank offers $3billion aid to Ukraine
The World Bank said Monday it is prepared to offer $3 billion in aid to Ukraine this year to support…
EFCC denies holding seized Alamieyeseigha loot
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said described as blackmail the allegations that it is holding on…
Fayose, Olubolade, Adeyeye cleared for Ekiti governorship primary
Nigeria ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday cleared 13 aspirants to contest the primary of Ekiti State gubernatorial election scheduled…
Ex-SSG remanded in prison custody for fund diversion
A Nigerian High Court in the city of Benin, Edo state, has remanded in prison a former Secretary to Edo…
Northern Nigeria accuses Jonathan of neglect
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Leaders and elders of northern Nigeria raged on Monday in Kano northwest Nigeria with a total resolve that…
Plot To Bomb Synagogue Church Foiled
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba A plan by the Boko Haram terrorist sect to bomb Prophet T.B. Joshua’s church in…
Lagos Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over FERMA Thugs
Eromosele Ebhomele There is serious unease in the political circle as well as among residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria,…
Driver Bolts With Boss’ $50k
Paul Iyoghojie A driver, Festus Chiukwuemeka, 32, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $50,000, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin…
Begin Campaigns, Get Sanctions, Jega Warns Politicians
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday read the riot act to…
Stop Dehumanising Women
The International Women’s Day was celebrated worldwide on 8 March, a day the United Nations set aside to draw attention…