Daily Archives: November 10, 2012
Fashola, Soyinka, others plot Africa’s development
Speaking at the 2012 Lagos Kuramo Conference, yesterday, they said it was high time the African continent churned out policies to develop its potentials rather than waiting for loans and grants from other developed continents Read More »
Boko Haram invades police station, kills three
Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Lieutenant Lazarus Eli, in a statement, said three policemen were killed in the attack while some arms were carted away from the armoury of the divisional police station by the ... Read More »
Buhari can’t scuttle our peace plans –Presidency
The decision by former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to reject the proposed mediatory role for him by the islamist sect, Boko Haram, in the group’s dialogue plans with the federal government will have no effect on the commitment ... Read More »
I don’t intend to ban okada – Oshiomhole
If you ask a lady to take a ride on a motorbike it was like a taboo. Now it has became fashionable to have a woman and two children on top of a bike. It is not a culture choice. ... Read More »
Navy deploys eight warships in search of sea robbers
The Navy said eight of its combat ships, six gunboats and three helicopters would be deployed in waters around the Bight of Benin, in search of sea criminals and also to test the capability of ships and personnel of the ... Read More »
ANPP going into merger to displace PDP—Onu
National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is not known for loquaciousness, but he does not keep mum when it comes to speaking his mind on issues. He did exactly Read More »
Protest in Onitsha, Nnewi as policeman kills bus driver
The victim, Mr Nnamdi Anigbogu from Imezi Owa, Ezagu, Enugu State, who plied Nnewi-Onitsha route, according to eyewitnesses, was said to have stopped in front of the bank to pick a passenger, an action that angered the policemen guarding the ... Read More »
Sheila, Tai Solarin’s widow, goes home amid rain
Amid heavy downpour, eminent Nigerians had bade Solarin’s wife farewell at an interdenominational church service held on the open ground of Mayflower School, a school she founded along with her late husband in Read More »
Bizman cautions govt, Nigerians on Boko Haram’s peace move
A man who escaped death by the whiskers during the April 8, 2012 bombing of a church at Kaduna, by terrorists has cautioned Nigerians not to believe the peace move by the group. The international businessman, Inetianbor Anslem, in a ... Read More »
Achebe’s book pirated –Gowon
Gowon expressed shock that the book wherein he was accused alongside the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, of using starvation as a weapon of war that led to the death of about two million Biafran women and children during the ... Read More »
