Daily Archives: December 11, 2012

Jaji blast: Air force officer dies in Cairo

Jaji blast: Air force officer dies in Cairo
December 11, 2012 3 Comments »

Air Commodore Alechenu Ekagbo, the senior military officer who sustained serious injuries in Jaji military church bombing in Kaduna about two weeks ago is dead. Although, the military authorities did not make any official statement Read More »

PDP partners with persons with disabilities

PDP partners with persons with disabilities
December 11, 2012 5 Comments »

The International Community marked the International Day for Persons with Disabilities last Monday 3, 2012. The theme of the day’s event was “Removing Barriers to create an inclusive and an accessible society for all” The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Read More »

Fallacies on tithes, pastors and private jets

Fallacies on tithes, pastors and private jets
December 11, 2012 24 Comments »

Last week, I pointed out that the rejoinder to my column by Mr. Chike Ndigwe, on “Pharisees, Judas and Private Jets”, was based on several scriptural errors that needed to be corrected, lest the unwary swallow them as true. But ... Read More »

2015: What we are doing to reposition ANPP – Moghalu

2015: What we are doing to reposition ANPP – Moghalu
December 11, 2012 1 Comment »

Chief George Moghalu is the secretary, National Rebuilding Inter-party Contact Committee, set up by the All Nigerian Peoples’ Party, (ANPP) as part of the process towards ensuring that it regains its voice as a formidable opposition party in the country. ... Read More »

Tower of Babel, sorry Ubang

Tower of Babel, sorry Ubang
December 11, 2012 8 Comments »

When the sons of men were building the tower of Babel in their attempt to get to heaven and see God, believed to live, somewhere up there, beyond the sky, the good Lord, the Bible records, frustrated the effort by ... Read More »

Amosun sacks LG boss, others

Amosun sacks LG boss, others
December 11, 2012 1 Comment »

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun yesterday sacked the leadership of Ijebu-East Local Government Area for undisclosed reasons. However, sources close to the governor’s office, Oke Mosan linked the governor’s action to a fraud and distrust among principal officers of the ... Read More »

Promo: NCC blanket ban may be a ruse – Subscribers

Promo: NCC blanket ban may be a ruse – Subscribers
December 11, 2012 3 Comments »

Following the recent ban on consumer promotions and lotteries by telecommunications operators almost five weeks ago by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),an increasing number of phone users are lamenting their ordeal while also not sure what NCC tends to achieve Read More »

N100bn not enough to fix Nigerian roads – Onolomemen

N100bn not enough to fix Nigerian roads – Onolomemen
December 11, 2012 No Comments »

Minister of Works, Mike Onolomemen, disclosed yesterday that the average budget of N100 billion to fix the nation’s deplorable roads is rather insufficient and grossly inadequate. According to him, over N500 billion is required annually in the next four years ... Read More »

Lagos State’s worrisome crime statistics

Lagos State’s worrisome crime statistics
December 11, 2012 3 Comments »

The Lagos State Police Command, last week, released frightening statistics of crime situation in the State in the past one year and 11 months of this year as well as efforts of the police in checking the rising crime trend ... Read More »

Nigerian ongoing story: A tragicomedy

Nigerian ongoing story: A tragicomedy
December 11, 2012 5 Comments »

Emeka, my profoundly gifted younger brother travelled to one of the upwardly mobile Asian countries for his masters degree in Information Technology after he rounded up his university education in one of the Federal universities based in the South-East Nigeria Read More »