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Rivers PDP reject plans to conduct LG polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has rejected plans conduct of the Local Government Council…
The Power of Social Media in the Nigerian Election
By Jerelyn Eddings The recent election of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria has been hailed internationally as a historic…
Imo Re-run: APC set to boycott governorship polls
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to boycott Saturday’s rescheduled election in the eastern state of Imo over the…
Buhari lobbies for Adesina as AfDB President
Ayorinde Oluokun General Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect of Nigeria, has requested the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to…
Neymar double eases Barcelona past poor PSG
Barcelona cruised into their seventh Champions League semi-final in eight years as a double from Neymar handed them a 2-0…
Africa market of future for illegal drugs – UN official
Africa is the market of the future for illegal drugs, a top UN narcotics official said Tuesday, predicting the continent…
Asia, Africa to mark summit that forged post-colonial unity
The leaders of China and Japan arrived in Indonesia ahead of a summit beginning Wednesday to mark a crucial gathering…
Bayern demolish Porto to reach semis
Robert Lewandowski scored twice on Tuesday as Bayern Munich powered into the Champions League semi-finals for the fourth year in…
Buhari to Politicians: Make sacrifices for the people
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the time had come to make more sacrifices and deliver…
Ondo deputy governor to be impeached for APC switch
Ondo lawmakers have begun impeachment proceedings against the deputy governor, Ali Olanusi, a move widely believed to be politically motivated.…
Okupe’s unending insult against Muhammadu Buhari
Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Assistant, to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs easily picked the gold medal for…
Tinubu to Kashamu: I do not need your ‘Fake Praise Singing’
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has told Ogun central senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu that he does…
Stephen Keshi signs two-year deal
Stephen Keshi has signed a two-year contract extension to manage Nigeria’s national mens football team, ending months of topsy-turvy speculation…
How Court Registrar Aided Ajudua To Defraud General Bamaiyi
Henry Ojelu Former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, today told an Ikeja High Court how a court registrar,…
Read Suleiman Abba’s maiden speech…did he deliver on his promises?
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba with immediate effect but reasons for relieving him of…
Meet the new IG of Police, Solomon Arase
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate…
Jonathan Sacks IG Of Police, Appoints Arase
Seun Bisuga President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and has immediately appointed Deputy Inspector General…
Mediterranean Sea: Over 5,000 migrants drown since 2014
Over 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of the year — more than 30 times higher…
Three killed in restaurant car bombing in Somali capital
Three people were killed and six wounded in a car bomb blast outside a popular restaurant in the centre of…
Tinubu: The Quintessential Political Strategist
The evolution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the governing party and the emergence of its candidate, Gen. Muhammad…
HSBC sorry for website porn link
Banking giant HSBC apologised for a website blunder on its Hong Kong page which directed unwitting visitors to a pornographic…
Egypt’s Morsi risks death penalty in first trial verdict
An Egyptian court could sentence deposed president Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday in the first verdict against the Islamist…
Chukwumerije was a Presidential Material – Obiano
Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano has paid tribute to late Senator Uche Chukwumerije, saying he was a presidential material that…
S. Korea to punish firms who bowed to North’s wage pressure
South Korea said Tuesday it would punish three factory owners for bowing to North Korean pressure in a wage dispute…
Zenith, Sterling record Q1 pretax profit rise
Nigeria’s Zenith Bank said on Monday its first quarter pretax profit rose 14.5 percent year-on-year to 33.12 billion naira ($166…
US set to sanction Patience Jonathan, Orubebe, others
First, it was the extradition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun central senator-elect Buruji Kashamu to the United States but…
Cattle breeders urge Buhari to end cattle rustling
A Fulani community leader, Alhaji Dodo Oroji, has appealed to the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to address the…
Top Muslim body, Egypt condemn Ethiopia Christians killings
The Cairo-based top Muslim body Al-Azhar on Monday condemned the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya by…
Politics Of Fuel Stares at Buhari
The politics of fuel ignited the downfall of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The politics of fuel will ultimately ignite the…
New York Times wins three Pulitzers
The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news…