Anambra Elections: The past, present and future
By Chioma Gabriel As the clock ticks for the exit of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state from office, the issues in the politics of Anambra state of South-East Nigeria are becoming more intriguing by...
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... of America at a very young age. Precisely, at the age of 12 and I have been there since then. I finally returned to Nigeria in the year 2009 though I was not sure if I was going to stay then. I...
View ArticleNo apologies
... to all the members of the Boko Haram, deserves a second look. As the acknowledged spiritual leader of all Muslims in Nigeria, his word counts for much on such an issue which mingles the activities...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Mixed reactions trail call for Amnesty
Speaking recently at the annual central meeting in Kaduna of Ja'matu Nasril Islam, JNI, the umbrella organisation of all Muslim associations in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III,...
View ArticleUS denounces pardon for Alamieyeseigha, others
... of America yesterday joining the league of those opposed to the Federal Government's action. The US Embassy in Nigeria made the country's position on Alamiesiegha's pardon known on Twitter in Lagos...
View ArticleA question of immunity for Nigeria's National AssemblyMICHAEL NNEBE,...
Contrary to what I have heard from some of the talking heads on AIT and other Nigeria television stations, section 4 does not confer any immunity to any member of any legislative house anywhere in...
View ArticlePresident Goodluck Jonathan and his retinue of advisers/aides: Not a...
... than pardon those who force otherwise decent Nigerians to take to crime as a way of life. The Reuters wrote that 'Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has pardoned a former state governor...
View Article400-member homosexual club found in Benue State
As Benue state continues to grapple with the rising figures of HIV/AIDS in the state, Executive Secretary of the Benue State Agency for the Control of Aids , Mrs.
View ArticleWoman electrocuted in Abeokuta
By Daud Olatunji Abeokuta Tragedy struck on Thursday evening when a middle- aged woman ,Mrs. Comfort Bitrus was electrocuted in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, while spreading her clothes on a rope...
View ArticleNigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon Nigeria's foreign...
Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, centre, stands outside his house guarded by policemen in Yenagoa, Nigeria, in this file photo dated Sunday, Nov.
View ArticleNigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon
Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance -- on Twitter.
View ArticleDelegates from 46 countries attend Global Education Conference
... Planning and Economic Development,Uganda, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, H, H.E. Cirino Ofuho, Minister of Youth, H.E. Chilundo Arlindo, Deputy...
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... 1976. Such deaths are rare, with typically just one to three cases diagnosed per year in the U.S., the CDC said. Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's foreign...
View ArticleSleiman urges expats to refrain from voting if 'sectarian law' passed
... and security sources say. Two Lebanese were not in a video of executed hostages distributed by kidnappers in Nigeria, the Lebanese Embassy in Lagos says. Senegal have been disqualified from the...
View ArticleGunmen raid prison, free inmates in Nigeria
Gunmen have raided a prison in a northern Nigeria border town with Cameroon, freeing 170 inmates and killing a civilian, officials and residents said on Friday.
View ArticleLet us beware of Abia State University degrees
... State Governor had made its own verdict known on it! The episode can be likened to a local government election in Nigeria in which results are collated and declared at the Government House by the...
View Article2015: Promotion scandal rocks INEC
Attahiru Jega. The affected staff, who had taken their promotion examination since May 2012 and had been expecting their promotion letters having passed the test, are angry that the Commission has not...
View ArticleChief Sam Odighi Udinyiwe Igbe - A Cultural Icon, A purist
Today, this Column is taking time off from politics and all the associated issues of corruption, to treat our esteemed audience to the profile of a great personality who, if we were asked, would be the...
View ArticleNew Pontiff, old challenges .10 facts you must know about Pope Francis
CATHOLICS in Nigeria harbour no ill-fillings that one of their own did not emerge pontiff and have cheerfully received the news of the emergence of an Argentine cardinal as the 266th pontiff of the...
View ArticleSports Guard: Who will help coach Izilein?
Since this is a period of granting of amnesty or presidential pardon by those in authority, I beg today to make a case for one who has no godfather but worked tirelessly to place Nigeria's name on the...
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