Let Nigeria be
THE drumbeats reminiscent of those heard before the civil war are again threatening, discordant and sometimes frightening. One sometimes cannot decipher whether we are preparing for an election or a...
Police chase, mob on the run as controversy trails Sunday killing of Suspect suicide bomber
Police in Bauchi , today, Wednesday said they were hunting the mob who beat a woman to death and burnt her body after suspecting that she was a suicide bomber....
Alleged defamatory comments: Osinbajo demands N2bn damages from Fani-Kayode
LAGOS—Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has demanded N2 billion as damages from the presidential spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode...
Many corruption allegations against my government are politically motivated – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has berated internal and external criticisms of his administration as corrupt asserting that a significant proportion of the allegations has beenpolitically motivated. President Goodluck Jonathan speaking at...
Buhari’ll turn Nigeria’s misfortunes around – Amaechi
With few weeks to the presidential election, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has again assured that the All Progressives Congress, APC, under Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will turn the country’s...
Mercy Johnson, daughter avoid Lagos traffic by riding GEJ’s train
Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson and her daughter Purity avoided the incessant traffic gridlock on Lagos roads, especially the Ikeja axis, on Monday, by taking a ride on one of the...
US Feds Raid California ‘Maternity Hotels’ for Birth Tourists
Southern California apartment complexes that doubled as "maternity hotels" for Chinese women who want made-in-America babies were raided early Tuesday, capping an unprecedented federal sting operation, officials said. NBC News...
Netanyahu Has Been Talking About Iran’s Imminent Nuclear Program For 25 Years
WASHINGTON -- In July 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress, warning that Iran was "extremely close" to developing nuclear weapons and that if the...
Elections postponement ‘ll cost Nigeria N400bn, says NAHCO boss
LAGOS—The acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, Plc, Mr. Nobert Bielderman, Monday, said that the postponement of the 2015 general elections for six weeks by the...
Pray for fall of Boko Haram, Ekweremadu urges pilgrims
ABUJA – AS Christians embark on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has tasked them to pray fervently for the fall of the dreaded Islamist terror group,...