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ACN under threat i in Ogun –Senator Kaka

ACN under threat i in Ogun –Senator Kaka
May 19, 2013 No Comments »

Another Democracy Day is here again. As an annual ritual, all the present elected public officers would be giving account of their stewardship to the electorate on May 27. In this interview, Senator Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka takes an appraisal ... Read More »

Why I oppose state of emergency –Junaidu Mohammed

Why I oppose state of emergency –Junaidu Mohammed
May 19, 2013 1 Comment »

National Chairman of the defunct Peoples Progressive Party (PSP), Dr. Junaidu Mohammed has criticized the declaration and implementation of the state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan on Borno,Yobe and Adamawa States Read More »

Military imposes curfew on Maiduguri

Military imposes curfew on Maiduguri
May 19, 2013 1 Comment »

•Blocks movement of foods, consumables Read More »

Don’t mortgage Osun, PDP tells Aregbesola

Don’t mortgage Osun, PDP tells Aregbesola
May 19, 2013 No Comments »

Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the state’s House of Assembly against further approval of loans for the government, just as it advised the legislature to have a rethink over the N10 billion loan being ... Read More »

Ekwueme, Clark, Gbonigi, others meet on Boko Haram, corruption

Ekwueme, Clark, Gbonigi, others meet on Boko Haram, corruption
May 18, 2013 17 Comments »

Leaders of the Southern Nigerian Peoples Assembly will tomorrow begin a two-day conference on some issues affecting the country including the threats posed by Boko Haram Islamist sect and corruption, among others. It was gathered that the meeting, Read More »

APGA: Umeh appoints Anyanwu, Ogene, 18 others to rebuild party

APGA: Umeh appoints Anyanwu, Ogene, 18 others to rebuild party
May 18, 2013 14 Comments »

• Hails emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa Read More »

Ancestral tree kills 31 in Imo

Ancestral tree kills 31 in Imo
May 18, 2013 10 Comments »

No fewer than 31 persons have been killed, following the fall of a 400-year-old ancestral tree, in Umudagu, Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State. Some of the victims were crushed while others were buried in the rubble caused by ... Read More »

Bakassi monarch kidnapped by gunmen in C’River

Bakassi monarch kidnapped by gunmen in C’River
May 17, 2013 No Comments »

Palpable fear now grips residents of Bakassi community of Cross River State as one of its traditional rulers, Etubom Nyong Okon Effiom and one other person have allegedly been kidnapped by gunmen. This is barely one week after another prominent ... Read More »

Post-election violence: FG disburses N5.74bn to states

Post-election violence: FG disburses N5.74bn to states
May 17, 2013 No Comments »

The Federal Government yesterday disbursed N5,747,649,780.00 to the states affected by the 2011 post-election violence and civil disturbances Read More »

UNN holds special Senate session for Achebe

UNN holds special Senate session for Achebe
May 17, 2013 No Comments »

The academic community would pay special tributes to the late Prof. Chinua Achebe as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), hosts a special Senate session and academic procession for the late faculty member on May Read More »