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Nigeria: Boko Haram – Obasanjo Is Confused – Presidency

President Goodluck Jonathan has lashed out at former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused and inconsistent man in his views regarding the federal government’s handling of Boko Haram activities. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, was [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics, What the papers say
Buhari's Certificates Were Stolen During IBB Coup. - Alhaji Lai Mohammed

Buhari’s Certificates Were Stolen During IBB Coup. – Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Buhari’s Certificates Were Stolen During IBB Coup. – Alhaji Lai Mohammed. – The General has no Secondary school certificate to show to the INEC as requested. The leadership of the App Progressive Congress (APC) has reacted officially to the “Buhari [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics
Hunger Will Lead Nigerians to Revolution – Bola Tinubu.

Hunger Will Lead Nigerians to Revolution – Bola Tinubu

Hunger Will Lead Nigerians to Revolution – Bola Tinubu – The Owner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that the high level of hunger, deprivation and inequality in the country would soon cause a violent revolution [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics
Army ’Not In Possession of Buhari’s Original Certificates’

Army ’Not In Possession of Buhari’s Original Certificates’

Army ’Not In Possession of Buhari’s Original Certificates’ – Buhari can access to credentials within 24hrs if he actually have the certificates demanded by INEC. To assert its innocence that the original credentials of former Head of State and presidential candidate [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics
Asking Buhari To Rule Nigeria Is like Asking A Rapist To Watch Over A Virgin – Fani-Kayode.

Asking Buhari To Rule Nigeria Is like Asking A Rapist To Watch Over A Virgin – Fani-Kayode.

Asking Buhari To Rule Nigeria Is like Asking A Rapist To Watch Over A Virgin – Fani-Kayode. – Former Minister of Aviation and Publicity Director of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode has once again ruled out the possiblity of Muhammadu Buhari [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics
Truck crushes parents and 2 kids to death

Truck crushes parents and 2 kids to death

Truck crushes parents and 2 kids to death –  Tragedy ensued lately along Iwo-Ibadan Road in Osun right after 4 family members- a father, mother and 2 kids- were crushed to death by a truck laden with bags of rice. [...]

January 5, 2015 Incidents
Ladoja assures to make councils centres of devt

Ladoja assures to make councils centres of devt

Ladoja assures to make councils centres of devt –  Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, former Governor of Oyo State and governorship candidate of Accord Party, has promised that if he is re-elected as state governor, he would help make local councils [...]

January 5, 2015 Economy
Bakare advises Fed Gov to postpone general elections to avoid bloodshed

Bakare advises Fed Gov to postpone general elections to avoid bloodshed

Bakare advises Fed Gov to postpone general elections to avoid bloodshed – Pas­tor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday advised the federal government to postpone 2015 general elections to prevent upcoming bloodshed. He made this comment while delivering a sermon enti­tled: “A Gathering [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics
Father Christmas Defiles 5-Yr-Old Schoolgirl in Lagos

Father Christmas Defiles 5-Yr-Old Schoolgirl in Lagos

Father Christmas Defiles 5-Yr-Old Schoolgirl in Lagos – Definitely, Father Christmas is acknowledged for bringing goodness as well as merriment however, if it becomes the opposite way round, what can we say?  A nursery and primary school in Ojodu-Abiodun area of [...]

January 5, 2015 Incidents
FG to start work on 3 coal power plants

FG to start work on 3 coal power plants

FG to start work on 3 coal power plants – The Federal Government is about to start work at 3 coal-fired power plants situated across the nation in 2015. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo who disclosed this did not [...]

January 5, 2015 Economy, Power
Why Mother Killed her 1-Day-Old Baby In Eboyin

Why Mother Killed her 1-Day-Old Baby In Ebonyi

Why Mother Killed her 1-Day-Old Baby In Ebonyi – A woman from Ebonyi sate, only identified as Ugochukwu, Otu killed her 1-day-old baby girl soon after being discharged from a maternity home. The 25-year-old woman committed the crime December 22, 2014 [...]

January 5, 2015 Incidents
Bankole step-mother dies, on the wedding day of her daughter

Bankole step-mother dies, on the wedding day of her daughter

Bankole step-mother dies, on the wedding day of her daughter – The Oluwo part of Adigbe community located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the former Speaker of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole’s hometown was placed into mourning on Saturday because [...]

January 5, 2015 Technology
UN Intervenes to help save the fate of 54 condemned Nigerian soldiers

UN Intervenes to help save the fate of 54 condemned Nigerian soldiers

UN Intervenes to help save the fate of 54 condemned Nigerian soldiers – Concerned by the overall effects of the probable execution of the 54 soldiers condemned by the Nigerian Army Tribunal, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary [...]

January 5, 2015 Government and politics, Military
Adamawa Explosion kills 2

Adamawa Explosion kills 2

Adamawa Explosion kills 2 – A blast suspected to be from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), on Sunday, claimed two lives in Dahlehi Community in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The chairman of the local government, Alhaji Mohammed [...]

January 5, 2015 Incidents
Son of Former Kenyan Prime Minister Found Dead At Home

Son of Former Kenyan Prime Minister Found Dead At Home

 Son of Former Kenyan Prime Minister Found Dead At Home – The former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga’s son was found dead inside his home in Nairobi early on Sunday, according to Xinhua news agency. Authorities have not established the [...]

January 5, 2015 Africa
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Briton With Dodgy Past Acquires Nigeria’s Prolific Oil Blocks

BY CHIKA AMANZE-NWACHUKU AND EJIOFOR ALIKE WITH AGENCY REPORT On November 9, 2012, Heritage announced the successful completion of the acquisition of a 45 per cent interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30, with effect from November 1, 2012. In [...]

January 5, 2015 Business