| RIVERS CRISIS: Senator Magnus Abe shot by trigger-happy policemen Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:33 PM PST The tense political crisis Rivers State boiled over today as Senator Magnus Abe was shot twice in the chest and leg with a rubber bullet by some men of the River State Police command, which knocked... Click the topic above to view more |
| IN PICTURES: Rivers State Senator Attacked By Police Moved To London For Treatment Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:33 PM PST A Rivers State senator who was reportedly shot with a rubber bullet and teargas cannisters earlier today by the Nigerian police in the state is on his way to London for further treatment... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jonathan weighs up South-West candidates to replace Sanusi as Central Bank Governor Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:00 PM PST Amid intense lobbying by candidates hoping to succeed the incumbent Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan is looking... Click the topic above to view more |
| N255m car scandal: Presidential panel indicts Oduah Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:52 PM PST The committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the N255m bulletproof car scandal in the aviation ministry has indicted the Minister, Ms. Stella Oduah. It was gathered in Abuja on... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jonathan phones Obasanjo, begs ex-President to reconsider decision on PDP Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:34 PM PST President Goodluck Jonathan has telephoned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to deny responsibility for promoting a controversial member of his Peoples Democratic Party, Buruji Kashamu, as an... Click the topic above to view more |
| Death of 2 Nigerian students in Ukraine causes uproar Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:52 PM PST Two Nigerian students at the Donetsk National Technical University, Ukraine, have died, after what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources described as circumstances bothering on alleged negligence... Click the topic above to view more |
| PDP is now dead in Jonathan’s home state – APC chairman Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:53 PM PST In this interview with PUNCH, the Interim Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Richard Kpodo, says APC is the party to beat in President Goodluck Jonathan's home... Click the topic above to view more |
| Under-Fire pastor, Sign Fireman turns bail into money spinning prayer point in church Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:17 PM PST According to reports, Pastor Sign Fireman, who was released on bail on Saturday Jan. 11th days after being implicated in an alleged ritual murder of a 12 year old girl, turned his arrest and ... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jonathan blasts nation’s elders over provocative statements Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:53 PM PST President Goodluck Jonathan again on Sunday carpeted some unnamed senior citizens in the country who he said were fond of making provocative statements capable of promoting violence. He urged the... Click the topic above to view more |
| Senator Ali Ndume’s convoy bombed by fighter jet Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:10 PM PST Senator Ali Ndume's convoy was bombed on Saturday by a fighter jet of Nigeria's military , the senator said today. Ndume was on his way to the scene of an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants... Click the topic above to view more |
| Yet another petrol tanker crash kills eight-month-old baby Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:03 PM PST The season of fire in Lagos State continued on Sunday morning by claiming the life of an eight-month-old baby, identified simply as Ibukunoluwa, in the Oworonshoki area of the state. The incident... Click the topic above to view more |
| JTF acquires equipment to check illegal refineries Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:51 PM PST The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta on Sunday said that it had adopted a new strategy in destroying illegal oil refineries in the region. Lt.-Col. Olusegun Oladuntoye, the... Click the topic above to view more |
| They want to kill me - LASU-SSANU leader cries out Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:47 PM PST It is an unfolding drama. It began last Monday and the dramatis personae were: The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof John Oladapo Obafunwa, and the Senior Staff Association of... Click the topic above to view more |
| 24-hour power supply is coming soon - Minister assures Nigerians Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:40 PM PST Minister of Power Prof Chinedu Nebo yesterday said the Federal Government was targeting a 24-hour power supply. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kande Daniel, quoted the minister:... Click the topic above to view more |
| Police disrupt church service in search of suspect Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:31 PM PST There was commotion yesterday at Issah Amujegye in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State when policemen stormed a church in search of a suspect linked with the attack on the Emir of Jere, Dr.... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jang blasts CBN gov: You are not bigger than govt Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:28 PM PST Factional chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, and governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, yesterday told the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that he was... Click the topic above to view more |
| 'Boko Haram kills Eight in Borno' Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:25 PM PST Suspected Boko Haram members yesterday killed eight people in an attack on Sabon Gari village in Hambagda Jaji Ward of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack occurred barely four... Click the topic above to view more |
| DELTA: 10 passengers burn to death in auto-accident Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:13 PM PST TRAGEDY struck in Effurun, Delta State, yesterday, as a Delta City 14-passenger town service commercial bus caught fire, killing 10 passengers including a pregnant woman. Four people, including... Click the topic above to view more |
| Femi Fani-Kayode blasts Jonathan on PH shooting: 'Jonathan is leading Nigeria on the road to hell' Posted: 12 Jan 2014 02:25 PM PST A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the shooting that took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the rally organised by the Save Rivers Movement, a... Click the topic above to view more |
| Another Man Drowns At Lagos Bar Beach; 5th person in 12 days Posted: 12 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST An adult man in company of friends was on Sunday evening, January 12, drowned at the Lagos bar beach. The Public Information Officer, National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Mr. Farinloye... Click the topic above to view more |
| Teenager dies in Lagos shanties fire Posted: 12 Jan 2014 01:40 PM PST A teenager was on Sunday confirmed dead in an early morning fire, which razed some shanties in the Oworonshoki neighbourhood of Lagos State. Mr Rasaq Fadipe, the Director of Lagos State Fire and... Click the topic above to view more |
| Popular Dancer, Kaffy welcomes baby girl Posted: 12 Jan 2014 01:06 PM PST Popular Nigerian dancer and Guinness book of records recipient, Kaffy and her husband Joseph Ameh on Saturday, January 11, welcomed a daughter. Her excited husband broke the news via photo... Click the topic above to view more |
| BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP: NFF demand 40-man list from Keshi Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:01 AM PST The Nigeria Football Federation has demanded a 40-man list from Stephen Keshi preparatory to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. MTNFootball.com gathered that the NFF technical committee asked Keshi to... Click the topic above to view more |
| Police deny shooting Senator Magnus Abe Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST The Rivers Police Command on Sunday denied allegations that its personnel shot and wounded a member of the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe. Its spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad, a Deputy... Click the topic above to view more |
| 100 Nigerians languish in Moroccan Prisons, says Ambassador Posted: 12 Jan 2014 09:48 AM PST Sen. Abdallah Wali, Nigeria's ambassador to Morocco, on Sunday said no fewer than 100 Nigerians were currently languishing in Moroccan Prisons. Wali told Newsmen in Sokoto that most of them were... Click the topic above to view more |
| Again, Maheeda goes unclad in new videoshoot, features OJB Posted: 12 Jan 2014 04:06 AM PST Maheeda has been very busy since she returned to Nigeria from the Netherlands. The controversial Pop singer shot her first music video two weeks ago. We've been told she's now shot another ... Click the topic above to view more |
| Manchester City want another Nigerian under-17 star, Musa Yahaya Posted: 12 Jan 2014 03:59 AM PST Manchester City are poised to secure a deal for Nigeria under-17 star Musa Yahaya. Yahaya scored four times in seven matches at the U-17 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, with Nigeria... Click the topic above to view more |
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