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Daily Archives: July 3, 2016

Buhari Panics as Obama Raises Deadly Alarm

President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama, has raised alarm over the spate of hunger and starvation especially in the North East of Nigeria, triggered by the on-going war against Boko Haram, under the watch of President [...]

July 3, 2016 Government and politics
US Congressman, Frank Wolf

Syria crisis a child’s play in the event of full-blown crisis in Nigeria – US Congressman warns

PARIS, JUNE 27, 2016: (DGW) The  humanitarian crisis in war-torn Syria will be a child’s play compared to the crisis that is gradually brewing in  Nigeria with a population of over 180 million former  US Congressman, Frank Wolf has warned. [...]

July 3, 2016 What Te Papers Say
Nigeria Jobs

Jonathan govt. created 469,070 jobs in 2015 before leaving office – NBS

Nigeria generated nearly half a million job in the first quarter of 2015, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday in its new report. The report said between January and March, 469,070 jobs were created in all sectors of the [...]

July 3, 2016 Economy
Tinubu Private Jet 7

Too Much Money: Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu Acquires Another Private Jet Worth $60million [PHOTOS]

Former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has acquired for himself a new private jet, a source, who is a close friend of the leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed. According to the source, the jet is [...]

July 3, 2016 Government and politics
fake_diploma

Bauchi MP Faces Forgery Charges

The Bauchi State Commissioner of Justice has indicated interest to take over criminal prosecution of certificate forgery charge earlier filed by Ibrahim Angale of Congress for Progressive (CPC) against Yakubu Ahmed Mohammed of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Bauchi Central [...]

July 3, 2016 Education
American government

US Laments: Nigerians Dying Of Starvation In Their Own Country

The American government has urged its Nigerian counterpart and other partners to redouble efforts at ending the humanitarian crisis in the insurgency-ravaged North-East geopolitical zone.   The outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, said more needed to be done [...]

July 3, 2016 Health issues, International
Niger Delta Avengers

Niger Delta Avengers Announces New Attacks On Chevron, NNPC Facilities

  The Niger Delta Avengers has announced fresh attacks on major oil and gas installations in Nigeria.   The militant group said it carried out attacks on facilities operated by Chevron and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. It said [...]

July 3, 2016 Societal issues
Dr Fredrick Fasehun

You Voted For Change, Don’t Complain About Hardship – Fasehun Tells Nigerians

The founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, has charged Nigerians to stop complaining about the present economic hardship in the country since it was them that voted for change.     Speaking in an interview with the [...]

July 3, 2016 Government and politics
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Buhari Destroys Nigeria Again. People Exchange Kids, Clothes For Food To Survive.

History is repeating itself again in Nigeria, as the second coming of Muhammadu Buhari as Nigerian leader has ushered in a level of hardship last experienced in 1984 to 1985 Buhari’s military regime and the Biafra war. President Buhari who [...]

July 3, 2016 Documentary
Governor Akin Ambode has vindicated me (1)

Governor Akin Ambode has vindicated me (1)

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s first year in office is a resounding success by widespread acclamation. Nothing today gives me more joy. Had he failed, I would have been inundated with phone calls and text messages mocking me for calling for a [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Herdsmen Attack: Enugu Catholic Bishop blasts security agencies

By Francis Igata,Enugu The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Calistus Onaga, on Saturday at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, slammed security agencies in the state, for not doing enough to curb the incessant menace of herdsmen which has created [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say
Rivers APC chieftain charged afresh with murder

Rivers APC chieftain charged afresh with murder

By Jimitota Onoyume A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Mr Ojukaye Flag – Amachree, has been slammed a fresh five-count charge bordering on the alleged murder of one Iminabo Dokubo, attempted murder of Ipalibo Jackson [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say
How Oyo lawmaker was murdered

How Oyo lawmaker was murdered

By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A member of Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Gideon Aremu, representing Oorelope  constituency, has been reportedly murdered by  unknown gunmen. He was said to have been killed on Friday night in his Alakia residence in [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Kuje: ‘It took nearly 24 hours to discover Okah was not among dare-devil inmates who escaped’

By Omeiza Ajayi Was it a jail-break. Was it an invasion? Whatever it was, the evening of Friday, June 24, is certainly one that residents of Kuje, a sub-urban town of nearly 43 kilometres from the Abuja city-centre, are not [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Senate Forgery Trial: Turbulent relationship ahead for Presidency/National Assembly

*Charge constitute abuse of judicial process — Court By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Ikechukwu Nnochiri Senator Ita Enang, the presidential liaison officer to the Senate, was like a fish out of water, penultimate Saturday, at the opening of the Senate [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Avengers, Tompolo disown alleged bombers in DSS custody

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Egufe Yafugborhi, Perez Brisibe & Kingsley Omonobi THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, yesterday, denied that two suspects, Christian Oluba, alias Sensor, and Selky Kile Torughedi, arrested by the Department of Security Service, DSS, in [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Edo: We will surmount PDP crisis to beat APC — Ize-Iyamu

By Gabriel Onogholase, Benin-City Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State. In this interview, Ize Iyamu speaks on his ambition to govern the state, his [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

DEADLY MIX: Hypertension plus cataract

SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Mrs Ann Valentina Ideh, a renown ophthalmologist in Edo State,  Is the  proprietor of Prime Opticals and Eye Clinic in Benin City. Every year,  Ideh embarks on free eye treatment which includes surgery for indigent patients. [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say

Anarchy looms in Abia as third contender emerges, challenges court ruling affirming Ogah as gov-elect

By Ugochukwu Alaribe and Omeiza Ajayi The confusion, triggered by Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, who obtained a court order which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and affirmed him as governor-elect, expanded, at   the weekend, as the third contender to the [...]

July 3, 2016 What the papers say