House of Representatives Summon JAMB Registrar Over Mass Failure
The House of Representatives Thursday summoned the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde, over mass failure by candidates in the last Unified Tertiary...
View ArticleIf I’m arrested, Nigeria will be history – Dokubo-Asari
Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has dared the House of Representatives and leaders of northern Nigeria to arrest him if they can. Dokubo-Asari, who...
View ArticlePresidential Committee Meets Kabiru Sokoto, 39 Other Boko Haram Suspects
As part of its consultations with stakeholders in the country over the violence engineered by insurgents, the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the...
View ArticleNigerian Police promise to fish out killers of officers in Nasarawa
The Nigeria Police have promised to do everything within their powers to fish out and bring to book all those involved in the killing of their men in Nasarawa State on Thursday. Over 30 police...
View ArticleDon’t waste taxpayers’ money on amnesty – Oritsejafor
Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday said granting amnesty to Boko Haram members was akin to wasting taxpayers’ money. The association, which said the exercise would fail also warned President...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Michelle Obama: Beyonce is Not a Role Model
By Rakhi Kumar Dear Michelle Obama, I’m addressing this to you because I admire you. Because you’re smart and a mum to two young girls. And you’re the First Lady of the USA. And because you were...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Vast Of Bracket Diagnosed With Cancer Of The Blood
Nwanchukwu Ozioko, popularly known as Vast from the popular singing group, Bracket, has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, a type of cancer of the blood.The singer was diagnosed in February this year after...
View Article7 Things You Need To Know About Your Nails
You spend so much time trimming, shaping, buffing, and painting your nails (or having someone else do all of that for you), but you probably don’t spend much time looking at them bare. And that means...
View ArticleCourt Orders Farouk Lawan, Emenalo To Answer $620,000 Bribery Charges
A member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, on Friday failed in his bid to quash the seven counts brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences...
View ArticleNasarawa killing: 28 policemen found alive, death toll rises to 43- Police...
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Akeremale, has confirmed that 28 policemen have been found alive, following the attack by a militia group on May 7. Mr. Akeremale told the News...
View ArticleTraffic Law: Lagos Bans Tri-cycle Operators From Major Roads
Lagos State government Friday banned the activities of Tri-cycle popularly called Keke Napep from the major roads in the state, saying, “it is meant to protect the lives and property of the residents...
View ArticleOgun shuts 160 illegal schools
The Ogun State Government said on Friday in Abeokuta that it had closed 160 schools operating illegally in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Segun Odubela, said in...
View ArticleMerger: ANPP, CPC Hold Conventions Today
The All Nigeria People’s Party, (ANPP) as well as the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) will hold their conventions today May 11, 2013. The conventions are to ratify the decisions of the parties...
View ArticleBangladesh Factory Collapse: Woman Found Alive After 17 Days,Death Toll...
Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Friday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage...
View ArticleI Wished I Had Played For Sir Alex – Mikel Obi Confesses
Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has confessed that he had wished he played for retiring Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. Recall Mikel was a subject of a transfer tussle between...
View ArticleWigan Athletic Stuns Manchester City To Win FA Cup
Wigan Athletic has pulled off one of the greatest FA Cup final upset in the history of the competition when a 90th minute header from substitute Ben Watson gave them a 1-0 win over highly-fancied...
View ArticleHow We Were Lured Into ‘Baby Factory’ Machines – Pregnant Teenagers
The Imo State police command rescued 17 pregnant teenagers from a baby making factory in the state this week. Below is an update on the story from The Nation.. Nine girls, forced into pregnancy at a...
View ArticleKidnappers Snatch Wife, Daughter And Driver Of Supreme Court Justice...
Kidnappers in Nigeria yesterday night snatched the wife, daughter and driver of Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour in Benin Edo State. The gunmen reportedly waylaid the woman, her daughter and...
View ArticleJonathan nominates PDP member as EFCC secretary, then drops him
When Senate President, David Mark, read the letter sent by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Senate on April 23, one name was notably contained in it. Mr. Jonathan asked the Senate to confirm...
View ArticleCPC, ANPP Dissolve, Merge with APC
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC on Saturday held its National Convention in Abuja during which the party was formally dissolved, and merged into the new All Progressive Congress. The motion...
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