Mimiko delivers pregnant women with the GSM
The woman looks excitedly at the phone as it rings. She had wanted to call the man at the other end of the phone, but he has now beaten her to it.
View ArticleEmperor's new clothes
"We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights."-Kofi Annan So the President has urged...
View ArticleChopper carrying Nigerian officials crashes
A helicopter said to be carrying high-ranking Nigerian government officials has crashed in the southern delta region of the country.
View ArticleTennessee basketball notebook: Yemi steps up
... lingering knee issues of senior Jeronne Maymon and Jarnell Stokes' foul trouble, Makanjuola, the native of Lagos, Nigeria, delivered nine points, eight rebounds, and assist and a blocked shot in 20...
View Article2015 PRESIDENCY: Why Nigeria needs an alternative platform, by Hon Obahiaghon
He was recently appointed as the Chief of Staff to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, after the victory of his boss in the July 14, 2012 governorship election in Edo State.
View ArticleObi condemns govt take-over of schools
GOVERNOR Peter Obi has condemned government take-over of schools in the old East Central State after the Nigerian civil war, saying the present administration in the state felt scandalized at the...
View ArticlePHCN: N170 billion ready for pension disbursement to workers
As the transfer of ownership of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria successor companies draws near, about N170 billion is now ready to be paid to workers of the PHCN by the Federal Government after...
View ArticleThe sad end of seven students, nine others on the highway
They were 16 with different missions but ended up the same way - tragically. Seven students were crushed by a granite-laden truck as they were returning home after school in Ewekoro local government...
View ArticleOwumi hails Baribote's sack, praises club bosses
Former Nigeria Premier League board chairman, Davidson Owumi has commended Nigerian club chairmen for rescuing their league from the jaws of decay.
View ArticleApostle Anselm Madubuko: If you're against your pastor divorcing, remarrying,...
... Born of Ihiala, Anambra State parents who were civil servants, Madubuko studied Architecture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. OLAYINKA LATONA was there. Excerptsa The church started on...
View ArticleOritsejafor asks Islamic youths to shun fundamentalist ideologies
WORRIED by the growing trend of terrorism in northern Nigeria, a coalition of Christian and Muslim youths paid a courtesy visit to the National President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and...
View ArticleAt the Achebe colloquim
I was present last weekend at the Achebe Colloquium in Providence, Rhode Island, and I was struck once more by the irony of the situation, and the incongruity of Nigeria's neo-colonial situation.
View ArticleGovs vs FG: The SWF $1 billion question
... of the 36 states brandish at will with a view to getting the Federal Government to succumb to their demands. The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, now provides a veritable platform for them to...
View ArticleNigerian governor, ex-security head die in air crash
The governor of Nigeria's volatile Kaduna state and a former national security adviser were among six killed when a helicopter crashed in the southerly oil-producing Bayelsa state on Saturday,...
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... adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, also died in the crash. Azazi was fired in June amid growing sectarian violence in Nigeria, but maintained close ties with the government. Four other bodies had been...
View ArticleNigerian governor killed in helicopter crash
The central north Nigeria's Kaduna State government on Saturday announced the death of the state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, who died a helicopter crash in southeast Bayelsa State.
View ArticleNigeria governor killed in chopper crash - Indiatalkies.com
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was the governor of Kaduna state. The accident took place in Bayelsa state, Xinhua reported.
View ArticleAtiku back in presidential race?
... the land in 2015. At the 13th anniversary lecture and National Conference of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) at Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, Atiku, the 2007 presidential...
View ArticleNigerian Governor, Senior Officials Die in Helicopter Crash
The governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state and five more people, including a former Nigerian national security adviser, were killed on Saturday in a helicopter crash in the country's Bayelsa state, Al...
View ArticleNigeria air crash kills governor
The governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state has been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern delta region along with other senior officials, his party says.
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