Daily Archives: January 7, 2013
7 killed, 7 injured, as bandits raid Zamfara
Bandits raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State last Saturday, leaving seven people dead and seven in hospital, an official said. The area sees frequent clashes between criminal gangs and vigilance groups. “A group of gunmen launched coordinated attacks ... Read More »
2013 budget: The deal Jonathan made…Over constituency projects
Ashowdown is imminent between the Presidency and the National Assembly over the N100 billion constituency projects of federal lawmakers not incorporated in the 2013 Appropriation Bill. The projects are reportedly incorporated in the N1. 34 trillion capital projects of the ... Read More »
Jonathan blames Nigerians for challenges
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday blamed the behaviour of some Nigerians and some of the vices they engage in on the current challenges facing the country, urging religious groups to play more critical role in moulding the character of their followers Read More »
15 die in petrol tanker, bus accident
No fewer than 15 persons lost their lives in a multiple auto crash along Ogbomoso-Oyo-Ibadan road on Sunday morning. The accident which specifically occurred at Odo-Oba village few kilometres to Ogbomoso, according to eyewitnesses involved a fully loaded petroleum tanker ... Read More »
PDP BoT: Obasanjo insists on Ahmadu Ali
Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will tomorrow meet at the Presidential Villa in a historic session to pick a new chairman to preside over the affairs of the advisory organ of the party. Whoever emerges tomorrow will administer ... Read More »
Bamidele faults endorsement of Fayemi for second term
Ekiti State Governorship aspirant, Hon Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, has faulted the endorsement of the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi by a section of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the state. Bamidele, a chieftain of the ACN, and the Chairman, ... Read More »
Apo 6 killing: MASSOB threatens fire, orders sit-at-home on June 8
Eight years after their children and wards were killed in Apo, Abuja, extra-judicially, the parents and relations of the popular Apo 6 victims have stormed the Owerri home of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign ... Read More »
Constitution review: Single term not on agenda –Ekweremadu
The single term proposal of seven years for the offices of the President and his vice, governors and their deputies is not on the card of the National Assembly, it has been revealed. Shortly after the April 2011 elections, the ... Read More »
…Deputy Senate President explains opinion poll
Deputy Senate President and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review (CRC), Ike Ekweremadu, has called on Nigerians to take advantage of the on-going Short Message Service (SMS) and online opinion poll in its Constitution review project Read More »
Oshiomhole retires perm sec, seals off museum
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the immediate retirement of the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities, Mr. H. A. Ikhelowa for dereliction of duty. The governor also ordered the immediate sealing off ... Read More »
