Jonathan offers amnesty to Boko Haram members Posted: 29 May 2014 10:41 PM PDT President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday promised to deradicalise, rehabilitate and reintegrate into the society Boko Haram insurgents who renounce violence. "My government while pursuing security... |
Ex-Oyo governor, Ladoja, loses son in auto crash Posted: 29 May 2014 10:45 PM PDT A former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, on Thursday lost one of his sons in an auto crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The deceased, identified as Adebola Ladoja, was driving a Golf saloon... |
President Museveni and his hypocritical attack on Nigeria, By Femi Falana Posted: 29 May 2014 11:32 PM PDT President Yoweni Museveni attended the grand finale rally for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) woman flagbearer, Mrs Rebecca Nalwanga at Kalanga in Uganda last week. In condemning the... |
Akpabio signs controversial pension bill into law Posted: 29 May 2014 11:12 PM PDT Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has signed into law the Amended Pension Bill for former governors and former deputy governors as well as their spouses. Its implementation begins on June... |
Herdsmen kill two policemen, three others in Taraba Posted: 29 May 2014 11:06 PM PDT Fulani herdsmen have killed five persons, including two policemen, in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The marauders also injured dozens, torched over 100 homes and displaced thousands... |
Don’t vote for PDP, Fashola tells Lagosians Posted: 29 May 2014 11:02 PM PDT Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has advised residents against voting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led Federal Government in 2015. He said the party has not done anything tangible... |
Nigerians in Diaspora prays for girls’ safe return Posted: 29 May 2014 10:58 PM PDT Nigerians in the Diaspora have called for safe rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls' Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, by the Boko Haram sect. The abduction... |
31 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Borno Posted: 29 May 2014 10:53 PM PDT Soldiers repelled a Boko Haram attack at Kawuri village, Konduga local government Area of Borno state. They killed 31 insurgents. Two soldiers however died. Kawuri is 40 kilometers from... |
Man flogs 16-year-old son to death in Lagos Posted: 29 May 2014 10:49 PM PDT The Lagos State Police command has arrested a father, identified simply as Benson, for allegedly flogging his son to death with a belt. It was gathered that Benson, an indigene of Ishan in Edo... |
At last, fact-finding committee visits Chibok Posted: 29 May 2014 10:44 PM PDT The members of the Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls on Thursday finally visited Chibok, Borno State, in continuation of their investigation into the April 14... |
Nigerians speak on Democracy Day Posted: 29 May 2014 10:23 PM PDT As the nation marked another Democracy Day on Thursday Nigerians have expressed divergent views on the progress recorded in the last 15 years of the return to civilian rule. However, majority of... |
PDP okays Wike for Rivers gov election Posted: 29 May 2014 10:19 PM PDT AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has said that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, is qualified to contest the forthcoming... |
Security alert in Abuja, bomb scare rocks community Posted: 29 May 2014 10:15 PM PDT This year's Democracy Day celebration was on Thursday marked by high security alert and deployment of soldiers and policemen in and around the Federal Capital Territory. The tension in the FCT was... |
Obasanjo warns Nigerian military against propaganda Posted: 29 May 2014 10:12 PM PDT Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday warned the Nigerian military not to "play Public Relations propaganda" with the abduction of over 200 female pupils of the Government Secondary School,... |
Professors, perm secs to earn full salaries as pension Posted: 29 May 2014 10:09 PM PDT Pension stipends received by professors and permanent secretaries will be augmented by the Federal Government when the new Pension Reform Act is eventually passed into law, investigation has... |
Super Eagles in USA with Mba Posted: 29 May 2014 10:01 PM PDT Super Eagles left London for Philadelphia, USA on Thursday with Sunday Mba as part of the team. In the USA Nigeria will play against Greece in Chester, Pennsylvania on June 3 and the United States... |
Democracy Day: Jonathan ‘drives’ Made-in-Nigeria car Posted: 29 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT President Goodluck Jonathan, today, as part of activities to celebrate the country's Democracy Day 'drove' a Made-in-Nigeria car by Nissan. In a series of tweets shared by the... |
Rival group takes over #BringBackOurGirls protest venue Posted: 29 May 2014 02:08 PM PDT A rival group to the #Bringbackourgirls coalition, has taken over the regular protest site of the civil movement at Unity Fountain park, Maitama, Abuja. The group,which goes by... |
Nollywood stars march for release of Chibok girls Posted: 29 May 2014 02:06 PM PDT Some Nollwood stars led by Patience Ozokwor on Thursday marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa Secretariat soliciting for the release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls. The actors included... |
Gov. Amosun weeps in Ogun prison Posted: 29 May 2014 02:01 PM PDT Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday broke into tears at the pitiable sight of inmates at Oba prison in Abeokuta. Amosun, who had earlier granted amnesty to 15 inmates at Ibara prison also... |
Democracy Day Tragedy: 14 die in auto crash in Edo Posted: 29 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT No fewer than 14 persons on Thursday lost their lives in an auto crash on the Benin-Okene Highway. NAN reports that the incident, which occurred around the Ewu slope in Esan Central Local... |
Nigeria affiliated with Al-Qaeda -UN Posted: 29 May 2014 01:59 PM PDT The United Nations has added the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram to its list of terrorist organizations formally recognized as being associated with al-Qaeda, according to a report by... |
APC condemns attack on #BringBack Our Girls’ protesters Posted: 29 May 2014 01:58 PM PDT The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the attack by apparently-sponsored thugs against the 'bring back our girls' protesters who have hitherto conducted themselves in a... |
Jonathan orders 'Total war' against Boko Haram terrorists Posted: 29 May 2014 09:24 AM PDT President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday directed the security forces to launch a full-scale military operation to put an end to the impunity of terrorists in the country. The president gave the... |
Read Jonathan’s 2014 Democracy Day full broadcast speech Posted: 29 May 2014 09:24 AM PDT DEMOCRACY DAY BROADCAST BY H.E. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA MAY 29, 2014 Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark... |
Jonathan, most democratic President in Nigeria’s history - Dickson Posted: 29 May 2014 09:23 AM PDT As Nigeria marks 15 years of democratic rule, Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has called on Nigerians to be supportive of the policies and programmes of President Goodluck... |
Gunmen abduct former Delta HOS Posted: 29 May 2014 09:20 AM PDT Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a member representing the South-South region in the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Dr. Sylvanus Mordi. Meanwhile, The Nation gathered on Thursday that the... |
Two girls raped, hanged in India Posted: 29 May 2014 09:12 AM PDT Two teen girls have been gang-raped and hanged in northern India, authorities said. The deadly attack happened Tuesday night at a village in Uttar Pradesh state's Budaun district, said R.K.S.... |
Sisi headed for big win in Egypt election Posted: 29 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former Egyptian army chief, is on course for a sweeping victory in the country's presidential election, early provisional results suggested. Sisi won 96.2 percent of about... |
We’re not gamblers we’re footballers, says Keshi Posted: 29 May 2014 08:31 AM PDT Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi launched a furious defence of his players following Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Scotland in a match whose build-up had been disrupted over a matchfixing investigation being... |
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