Arrangements have been concluded by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to receive two former governors of the state, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Senator Isiaka Adeleke and their supporters into the ruling party in the state next Saturday. Apart from the two governors, also set to defect are the former member of the House of Representatives, ... Read More »
Vincent Enyeama became the first Nigerian, the first goalkeeper and first player from English speaking Africa to be named France’s Ligue 1 African player of the season on Monday. The 31-year-old, who is set to feature at the World Cup finals for his country in June, has played all 37 championship games for his club Lille this season conceding just ... Read More »
AMIDST the raging outrage over the abduction of over 200 Chibok school girls, Ohaneze Youth Council has given the nation’s Security Service Chiefs seven days to locate and rescue the girls or resign their appointments just as it has raised the alarm over the influx of illegal immigrants in South East zone of the country. According to Ohaneze Youths, it ... Read More »
When the platform on which the PDP candidate Ayo Fayose and others stood on collapsed last week some may have thought it to have been an accident. But not so, for the APC candidate who has described it as an act of God reflective of God’s rejection of Fayose and the PDP. Speaking during a fund raising dinner for his ... Read More »
Men of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a middle aged man, suspected to be a Boko Haram member, was who caught allegedly spying on policemen at the Mobile Police Barracks, Sector 8 in Jos. The recent incident followed persistent complaints by members of the public on the existence of some strange persons in some parts of Jos and ... Read More »
The Federal government on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the insurgents. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro told ... Read More »
Seven Nigerian girls currently stranded in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire have called on the Nigerian embassy in that country to assist them return to their families. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigerian at the embassy premises on Monday, the girls said they were brought to Cote d’Ivoire by three persons they identified as Dele, Rose and Cynthia. They claimed that ... Read More »
As we count down to 2015 election year, there seems to be a new twist with respect to who succeeds the incumbent Governor of Akwa Ibom State. It is no longer news that Governor Akpabio has anointed his successor and the people of Akwa Ibom State have also drawn a line between Akpabio’s inordinate disguised third term ambition. What is ... Read More »
Boko Haram releases new video showing missing Nigerian girls wearing Islamic hijab headdress and reciting Quran under duress. boko-abducted-girlsBoko Haram released a new video today, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, speaks on the video obtained by AFP for 17 minutes before showing what ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday thanked Nigerians for their unison in support of Federal Government’s efforts to rescue abducted Government Secondary School girls in Chibok, Borno, by Boko Haram. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, made the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja. He said the demands of Nigerians in the past weeks had ignited ... Read More »
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