Month: April 2015
Jonathan’s aide, Oronto Douglas is dead
Oronto Douglas, a top presidential aide and the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, is…
Nuhu Ribadu dumped 2 days to polls
Nuhu Ribadu’s chances of winning the Adamawa governorship election was left in tatters today, following the desertion of his Peoples…
Obama and Castro to break Cold War ice in person
US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro will have a historic face-to-face encounter at the Summit of the Americas…
Buhari to unfold APC’s job creation master plan
Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari will unfold the All Progressives Congress (APC) master plan on job creation and social security related…
PDP loss, Nigeria’s gain, says Senate Leader
The Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the loss of the PDP was the gain of Nigeria.…
Prophets of doom should apologise to Nigerians – Mark
Senate President David Mark on Wednesday called on all those who prophesied that the outcome of the Presidential election would…
Man who filmed police shooting ‘knew the magnitude’
The bystander who shot video apparently showing a white police officer fatally shooting an unarmed black man, said he knew…
PDP Gov. aspirant, others switch to APC in Edo
Former Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives and one-time governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo…
Woman, 27, jailed 20 years for poisoning son
A 27-year-old US woman from New York state who killed her five-year-old son by poisoning him with salt was jailed…
Obama lands in Jamaica in first US presidential visit since 1982
Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to set foot in Jamaica since 1982 on Wednesday — and made…
District head kidnapped in Sokoto
Alhaji salihu Barade, a district head in Wammako local government of Sokoto State, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped Wednesday…
Why I dumped PDP, ex-Gov Osunbor
A former Governor of Edo State, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor said he decided to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for…
Fashola charges Lagosians to vote the right party
PUBLIC ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN TO LAGOSIANS ON THE APRIL 11 2015 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS Dear…
Lagos Trade Unions Endorse Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, JNC, the umbrella of all civil servants in Lagos State…
Hundreds of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike
Hundreds of flights to and from France were cancelled Wednesday as air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike over working…
Lagos Liberal Ethos
By KANMI ADEMILUYI Lagos has always being accommodating to all comers. In its long and rich history, there is no…
Gabon to host 2017 Africa Cup of Nations – CAF
Gabon won a three-country contest against Algeria and Ghana on Wednesday to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations football…
All Africa Games: It’s Over For Siasia’s Eagles, Zambia Coach Boasts
Zambia U-23 team coach Fighton Simukonda has declared that Nigeria will not qualify for the All African Games football event…
Flying Eagles Hit Camp Sunday For U-20 World Cup
With just 51 days to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup billed for New Zealand, coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles,…
Adamu Back In Football Politics
There are strong indications that Dr. Amos Adamu is gradually having his way back to the politics of world football.…
Why Igbo Should Vote For APC
By Prince Olusegun Ologbese As a progressive group, we the Association of Good Leadership Advocates Peace Development Lagos, an offshoot…
Embracing A Great Tradition: Ambode In The Eye Of The Storm
By Mac Durugbo Given the eye-catching and life-fulfilling infrastructure already put down by the present administration in Lagos State as…
Need For A New, Virile Opposition Party
With the sudden transformation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from an opposition party to the ruling party come 29…
Driver Admits Filming Boss’ Wife In The Bathroom
A 31-year old man has admitted recording a video of a woman getting undressed to take a shower while he…
Police Reform Group Begs Buhari To Sack IGP Abba
Eromosele Ebhomele The Network on Police Reform In Nigeria, NOPRIN, on Wednesday demanded the sack of the Inspector-General of Police,…
NDLEA Steps Up War Against Drug Traffickers At Seme Border
Jeff Ezemadu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at Seme border has stepped up its war against drug traffickers…
Fashola Mobilises 100,000 Civil Servants For Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Ahead Saturday’s governorship poll in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola is mobilising over 100,000 civil servants for the All…
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting
Two soldiers and a pro-Russian rebel were killed in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where isolated clashes continue…
Ugbojiaku: Oba Akiolu Has Been Kind To Igbo
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has been wrongly vilified by a section of the populace in Lagos over an…
INEC Sacks 2 Officials Over Electoral Fraud
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon Local Government…