NAF deploys F7 Supersonic, Alpha jets to Mali
ABUJA — Following the directive by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Armed Forces to commence the deployment of 900 troops to participate in the military operation to liberate Mali from Islamist...
View ArticlePDP bigger than you, Tukur tells govs
ON a day governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP largely boycotted a peace parley scheduled to resolve their face-off with their National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,...
View ArticleNFF steps down bogus bonuses for Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are broke and have therefore been forced to put aside proposed enhanced win bonuses for the AFCON. Head of NFF finance committee Shehu Adamu informed...
View ArticleWe Live By Hope
SENATE President David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark has another message of hope. “We will seek to bring succour to our nation and re-energise our people’s faith in one indivisible nation and in...
View Article38 cleaners earn salaries as Headmasters in Delta
A startling revelation was made yesterday when a total of 38 cleaners, two accountants and a driver were discovered in the payroll of a primary school in the riverine area of the State in which some...
View ArticleAFCON: Sports minister promises live telecast
Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi said on Friday in Lagos that efforts were still on to ensure that Nigerians watched the live telecast of matches of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
View ArticleCBN to mop up N826bn from circulation in first quarter
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said it will mop up about N826.31 billion from circulation in the first quarter of 2013, through the sale of Treasury Bills, T-Bills, with different maturity...
View ArticleGunmen, Kidnappers on rampage in Gombe
A state of uneasy calm has enveloped Gombe state arising from the killing of the Minority Leader of the State House of Assembly and others. Security situation in Gombe state has taken a down turn....
View ArticleJonathan approves new boards for teaching hospitals, NAFDAC
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution of the boards of Federal Government University Teaching Hospitals and NAFDAC.
View ArticleN60m cell phone project: Activist calls for sack of Agric Minister, others
Human right activist, Alhaji Joseph Atseyinku, has lent weight to growing criticisms against the plan by the Federal Government to purchase cell phones for ten million rural farmers across Nigeria. The...
View ArticleEid-El-Maulud: FG declares Jan. 24 as public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, Jan. 24, as public holiday to commemorate the Muslim celebration of Eid-El-Maulud.
View ArticlePolice parade 80-yr-old man for robbery
Kogi State Police Command yesterday arrested and paraded an 80-year-old man, Momoh Rapheal along with 14 others for different robbery cases.
View ArticleMan, 85 disappears from home
As she walked into the Corporate head office of Vanguard Media in Lagos, it was obvious that all was not well with Miss Perpetua Amaefule , as she later identified herself.
View ArticleAviation minister earmarks another 11 airports for remodelling
The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Odua, has said that the second set of 11 airports have been earmarked for remodelling.
View ArticleBoko Haram leader Shekau shot, escapes to Mali
THERE were indications yesterday in Abuja, that the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau was wounded during a gun battle with security men.
View ArticleCalabar kingmaker raises alarm over another attempt to raid palace
CHAIRMAN of Efut Combined Assembly, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Ndabo Obo Obo has raised an alarm over alleged attempt by some unscrupulous elements to raid the palace of...
View ArticleOkonjo-Iweala mother’s kidnapper arraigned, remanded in prison
ONE of the suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Kamene Okonjo was yesterday arraigned before an Asaba Chief Magistrate’s court on a 4-count...
View ArticleSelling fuel above N97 is criminal – Maku
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, says is it is criminal for the petroleum marketers to sell the product above the official pump prize of N97.
View Article‘Psychic’ favourites Ghana begin Africa Cup quest
Ghana, picked by psychics in South Africa to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, kick off their campaign Sunday against DR Congo, a side never far from confusion and controversy.
View ArticleGood books generate constructive criticisms – Promise
Ogochukwu Promise (Phd) is a Fiction writer, playwright, poet and essayist. She is the founder and coordinator of The Lumina Foundation which instituted the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa....
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