The Super Eagles of Nigeria is now one leg in the FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014. The national football team mauled the Flames of Malawi by two goals to nil in Calabar on Saturday evening. Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses shared the two goals by Nigeria against Malawi at the…
Year: 2013
Boko Haram Kills Borno Gov's Aide, 8 Others
Some suspected terrorists believed to be Boko Haram members have killed an aide to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State along with eight others. The governor’s aide, identified as Muhammad Sani, was shot dead by the gunmen on Friday at Bulabulin-Ngabura village, which is about 50km from Maiduguri, the state capital. The attackers stormed the…
Police Seals New PDP Abuja Office
Some security operatives, on Saturday afternoon, stormed the secretariat of the Atiku Abubukar led faction of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed some days ago. The heavily armed and battle-ready policemen sealed off the office of the faction of the ruling party located at Plot 320, off Onyi River Crescent, in Maitama area of the…
Tambuwal Throws Weight Behind New PDP
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has thrown his full weight behind the new Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. This was made known by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Zakari Mohammed, while addressing some journalists in Abuja. The…
Clark Attacks Anenih Over PDP Crisis
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Anenih, has now come under attack for supporting the governors under the new PDP led by Atiku Abubakar. Anenih had stated on Tuesday that some of the grievances of the governors under the new party’s faction against Bamanga Tukur and President Jonathan…
Fani-Kayode Withdraws Indiscreet Comments On Bianca
Controversial former spokesman of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn his ‘indiscreet’ statement on Bianca Ojukwu claiming that he had an intimate relationship with her many years ago. In his write-up titled ‘Neither a Tribalist Nor a Hater,’ published in the Leadership Newspaper of August 16, 2013, to defend himself over his earlier article…
PDP Crisis: Baraje Faction Threatens Tukur With Jail
The PDP under the leadership of Abubakar Baraje has said it has asked its lawyers to press a contempt charge against Bamanga Tukur for flouting the orders of a Lagos High Court which asked both sides to maintain the status quo pending the resolution of the case before it on who should lead the party.…
Amaechi's Life Under Threat As Mbu Redeploys Gov's Escort Commander
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari, has disclosed that the life of her boss, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, is under threat. In a statement signed by the Commissioner on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Semenitari alleged that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mbu, redeployed the governor’s Escort Commander, in charge…
Generator Fumes Suffocates Young Couple To Death In Calabar
Tragedy struck in Ikot Omin area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Sunday night when a young couple died after being suffocated by generator fumes. The husband and wife died along with the wife’s teenage sister, who lived with them. The couple recently moved into their yet-to-be completed house. On the fateful day,…
Offa Re-Run: PDP Candidate Rejects Victory, Says APC Won
A councillorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Afolabi Olawole, at last Saturday’s re-run election in Offa, Kwara State, has rejected his victory at the poll as announced by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWASIEC. Speaking on Wednesday in the state, Olawole noted that he was rejecting the result based on his religious…