Daily Archives: December 17, 2012
Gunmen kidnap four Koreans, two Nigerians
The Hyundai Heavy Industry Construction Yard was initiated by the administration of former Governor Timipre Sylva as part of efforts to create employment in the state Read More »
Nkiru Sylvanus kidnapped …Nollywood star actress and Gov Okorocha’s aide…
The Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on Public Affairs and popular Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus has been kidnapped in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Sources close to the actress said she was kidnapped last Saturday night around Concorde ... Read More »
2015: S’East needs other zones to produce president – Mbadinuju
'I do not think that the constitution is our problem. Our problem is that we have not imbibed the spirit of running a democracy' Read More »
Buhari at 70, says… I weep for Nigeria
Former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, clocks 70 today, full of gratitude to God for his life, but also filled with anger and regrets over the country’s decline in all spheres of life. In an exclusive interview with ... Read More »
Yakowa, Azazi’s death painful –Northern govs
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has received with shock and sadness the news of the passing away of the Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Andrew Owoye Azazi following a ... Read More »
Yero sworn in as gov
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, deputy governor to the late Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was yesterday sworn in as the substantive governor of the state following the death of Yakowa in a helicopter crash last Saturday in Bayelsa State. Yero, ... Read More »
News Review: The Kamene Okonjo kidnap saga
The kidnap and release of professor Kamene Okonjo, wife of the obi of Ogwashi Uku His Royal majesty Professor Chukwuka Okonjo last week has forcibly brought to the front burner an ugly trend which was thought to be receding. The ... Read More »
Chime shakes off death rumour, condoles with Yakowa, Azazi’s families
Barely six hours he was rumoured dead in an Indian hospital, Governor Sullivan Iheanacho Chime of Enugu State has condoled with the governments of Kaduna and Bayelsa states, as well as the relations of the late Governor Patrick Yakowa and ... Read More »
Fayemi shocked by Yakowa, Azazi’s death
Kayode Fayemi, has said he was “extremely shocked” by the death of his Kaduna State counterpart, Mr. Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Andrew Azazi in a helicopter crash in Okoroba community in Bayelsa State on ... Read More »
2013 project: Fresh row brews between senators, presidency
A fresh row is brewing between the National Assembly and the Presidency over the removal of 90 ongoing road projects from the 2013 Budget proposal. Although, for now it appears only the northern Senators are angry over the development and ... Read More »
