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February 1, 2014

Ex-VP, Atiku ends nationwide consultations, set to declare for APC

by Akan Ido After an elaborate round of political consultative meeting which took him round the country including a well-publicized session in Edo State, former Vice-President and chieftain of the…

January 28, 2014

Bloody Sunday: Boko Haram attacks church, massacres 90 in Adamawa, Borno

File photo by Akan Ido The dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect again caused carnage in the North Central part of Borno State killing about 50 people on Sunday. Reports say…

January 24, 2014

Fit or not? SEE pictures of ailing Taraba governor, Danbaba Suntai (PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido Online news website, SaharaReporters have released recent pictures of ailing Taraba governor, Danbaba Suntai who survived a plane crash in October 2012. Reports say the governor who…

January 21, 2014

Gusau, Obanikoro, others named among Jonathan’s ministerial nominees

by Oge Okonkwo The names of the 12 new ministerial nominees have been submitted to the Senate for consideration and confirmation by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday. In a letter read by Senate President,…

January 18, 2014

He’s a Gunner! You won’t believe the Nigerian leader spotted at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium (PHOTO)

by Akan Ido Nigeria's ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar today dropped the toga of a politician to join tens of thousands of others to watch London team, Arsenal play bitter rivals Fulham…

January 10, 2014

Jonathan orders release of 165 Boko Haram suspects

by Oge Okonkwo File photo There has been an order by Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, to release a fresh batch of over 165 persons apprehended by security agencies in connection…

January 8, 2014

Opinion: The APC should be wary of spoilers like Obasanjo

by Bello Destiny APC hobnobbing, winning and dinning with Obasanjo, is like to rub body and put on cloth, wet with petrol and playing with fire. Obj, that I know…

January 2, 2014

It gets worse: Another 2,300 PDP members decamp to APC in Kaduna

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The list of 'defectors' never stops this time with a record breaking exodus again in Kaduna involving 2,300 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The decamping…

January 1, 2014

Aw, sweet: Read what the Nigeria Police donated to widows in Adamawa

by Oge Okonkwo The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has led his men to donate foodstuff to widows of dead policemen in Adamawa State. The materials were presented at a ceremony…

December 24, 2013

Opinion: Come on Mr. President, Bamanga Tukur is dispensable

by Tosin Fatoyinbo It is instructive to note that Mr. Chairman has failed woefully first to manage the Jonathan-Amaechi debacle and then the nPDP circus that has brought the party…

December 11, 2013

Don’t spend nation’s resources on PDP states- APC warns President Jonathan

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The President, Goodluck Jonathan received a warning message from the All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday that he shouldn’t try to spend the nation’s resources on the Peoples…

December 1, 2013

Simon Kolawole: We have every reason to cheer about the APC merger

by Simon Kolawole You don’t move from being a “bad” governor to a “good” governor simply because you defected from one party to the other yesterday. You don’t suddenly become…

November 24, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan to meet with G-7 governors today

All is set for today’s meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the G-7 governors at the presidential villa, Abuja. The president who travelled to London for the international investors’ conference…

November 19, 2013

You’d have been nothing without the PDP – Presidency tells aggrieved govs

by 'Jola Sotubo The already torn veil of peace within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) seems about ready to be ripped apart as there is still no hint of any…

November 15, 2013

Terrorism: Boko Haram secret training camp revealed + links with al-Qaida

Boko Haram fighters train with al-Qaida’s North African branch in northern Mali, France’s Foreign Minister said yesterday. Citing documents recovered in the remote Ifoghas mountains in northern Mali, following the…

November 6, 2013

Not yet Uhuru: Jonathan extends emergency rule by 6 months

by Oge Okonkwo The on-going state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states has been extended by an additional six months by the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. In a…

September 21, 2013

Naomi Lucas: The upside of getting my fingers burnt during my NYSC days

by Naomi Lucas To cut a long story short, accounts were never reconciled, I didn’t see our third partner until we left camp; and till this day, I can’t tell…

September 18, 2013

Boko Haram: 16 soldiers killed, many others missing in deadly ambush in Borno

Army authorities disclosed, yesterday, that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road in Borno State, while 150 sect members were killed…

September 12, 2013

Gunmen attack police station in Adamawa killing 2 policemen

by Oge Okonkwo The Adamawa Police Command said that two policemen attached to their command were killed in an attack by gunmen at a police station in Lala, Gombi Local Government Area…

September 8, 2013

Opinion: Lessons from the great PDP implosion

by Muyiwa Adetiba The founding fathers of the PDP wanted a broad based party that could capture power while providing the ‘dividends of democracy’ on its own terms. In its…

September 7, 2013

Opinion: The zoning controversy inside the PDP

by Seyi Olu Awofeso But despite Nigeria’s local media getting ahead of itself, neither the north-west dissenting members nor those others from Rivers, Kogi and Adamawa, have yet announced any…

August 31, 2013

It gets worse: Atiku, 7 governors walk out of PDP convention (PHOTOS)

by 'Jola Sotubo One major aim of this year's Peoples Democratic Party convention, which began today, was to make peace between the many warring factions within the ruling party. Unfortunately…

August 22, 2013

Opinion: The dilemma of FG’s emergency rule in the north

by Amanze Obi Three months down the line, I am of the considered opinion that the emergency rule which government embarked upon may turn out to be the ultimate dilemma…

August 18, 2013

End game? Jonathan sends 8,000 troops after Boko Haram

by Isi Esene The state of emergency declared by the federal government against the dreaded Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram has reached another level as President Goodluck Jonathan takes actions…

August 10, 2013

Great news: Baby born with ‘four limbs’ undergoes successful surgery in Adamawa

by Oge Okonkwo Murtala Nyako A two-months-old baby with four limbs had been successfully operated upon. The baby girl who was born with a rare congenital defect called “dipygus;” having small…

August 6, 2013

SHOCKING: Man beheads his 5-year-old son for money in Adamawa

by Oge Okonkwo A middle aged man (name with-held) in Ganji village of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa, has been arrested by the Adamawa Police Command on Tuesday, for allegedly…

August 5, 2013

Opinion: Reassessing president Jonathan’s leadership options

by Labaran Saleh Mr President has indeed been presidential and statesmanly in calming frayed nerves as well as taking punches from all spheres with equanimity. But for last week’s ill-fated…

August 4, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Now that the APC has been registered

by Simon Kolawole With the fusion of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the emergent APC is still less…

July 23, 2013

Opinion: Jonathan, Boko Haram and the game of musical chairs

by Obademi Ayodeji Until recent times, it seemed to the public eye that the Nigerian government, in all its colossal might, was flagrantly defied by a sect; in the paradoxical…

July 19, 2013

Chido Onumah: So, who killed Kudirat Abiola?

by Chido Onumah If al-Mustapha didn’t kill Kudirat Abiola or order her assassination, it would be nice to know what al-Mustapha and the regime he served so faithfully did to…

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