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Daily Archives: July 10, 2016

Bailout for States

Bailout For States A Fraud, Says Balarabe Musa

FORMER governor of old Kaduna State and National Chairman, Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said that the financial bailout for some state governments by the Federal Govern­ment amounted to a fraudulent prac­tice, capable of wrecking the nation’s [...]

July 10, 2016 Economy
fulani herdsmen

Herdsmen Attacks Leave 81 Dead In Benue

Survivors and victims of herdsmen attacks in Logo and Ukum council areas in Benue State have been recounting how 81 persons were killed in the last two weeks. The traditional ruler of Logo, Chief Jimmy Meeme, who spoke to Channels [...]

July 10, 2016 General
$40m Fraud Case

$40m Fraud Case: Jonathan’s Cousin Innocent, As Contract And Payment Followed Due Process. – Court

The incarcerated former Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s Cousin, Mr. Azibaola Robert received a reprise as the award of the contentious Security contract and the payment of the $40million fee to his company, OnePlus Holdings Limited has been attested to [...]

July 10, 2016 Government and politics
How Buhari Ruined Nigeria

How Buhari Ruined Nigeria in 1yr and bankrupted 34 states despite Fuel Price Hike

“What amazed me about Goodluck Jonathan was how he was able to bribe the World Bank, IMF, CNN and everyone to ensure all our Financial Ratings were positive for 5years. One of the major wonders of his Transformation Agenda”   [...]

July 10, 2016 Government and politics
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Begins Tour of West Africa

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Begins Tour of West Africa  – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, is beginning a visit to West Africa that will take him to Benin, Ghana and Niger, the world’s fourth-largest uranium producer, Iranian media have reported. The Fars [...]

July 10, 2016 Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari

‘Only Few Nigerians Are Complaining Of Hardship’ – Buhari Adviser Says

The Nigerian presidency has said the support base of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is still enormous, insisting that those complaining of the present tough times are “in the minority”.     This out-of-touch remark was made by presidential spokesperson, [...]

July 10, 2016 General
mud houses

FG To Phase Out Mud Houses – Minister

The Federal Government is developing a draft action for the phasing out of mud houses across the country.     The minister of science and technology, Dr Ogbannaya Onu, disclosed this on Saturday during a visit to the Nigerian Building [...]

July 10, 2016 Government and politics
Senator Joseph Kennedy Waku

North Can Feed Nigeria, Break Up Let’s See Who Will Survive – SEN. WAKU

Senator Joseph Kennedy Waku would easily be remembered for calling for a coup against the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the controversial politician who represented Benue Northwest Senatorial District in [...]

July 10, 2016 Government and politics
Yoruba

Yoruba Is Fast Becoming A Lost race: Losing Rational Thinking. – By Gboyega Adejumo, Lagos

Now I really have to just say this to the Yoruba of the APC about your Buhari!!!     The DSS invaded the hallowed chamber of the Ekiti state Assembly, abducting members, locking them up for 3 weeks without trial…! [...]

July 10, 2016 Government and politics
Buhari Abandon Campaign Workers

Buhari Abandon Campaign Workers: Bloggers Out Of Job And Not Paid For Months

Buhari Abandon Campaign Workers – Most campaign workers especially those in the social media are out of job, and those who were retained after the election in 2015 have not been paid for months International Guardian gathered.     Some of [...]

July 10, 2016 Economy
Femi Adesina

People Complaining of Hardship Are In The Minority – Says Femi Adesina, Buhari’s Spokesman

The special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has disclosed that Nigerians complaining of hardship are in the minority.   [...]

July 10, 2016 General

Two Soldiers, 16 Terrorists Switched Off As Troops Repel Boko Haram Attack In Borno

  The Nigerian Army said last night that remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in their numbers attacked troops location at Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State and that, after a heavy gunfire confrontation, 16 of the terrorists [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

I solved scientific problem that defied classroom solution in church — Archbishop, Prof. Akinde

By Sam Eyoboka and Olayinka Latona BORN in Kaduna on August 25, 1946, Archbishop (Professor) Adebayo Dada Akinde spent his formative years there even though his parents were of Egba (father) and Sierra Leonean (mother) extractions. Akinde, an electronics engineer [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

PDP’s Ize Iyamu or Iduoriyekemwen is no match for APC’s Obaseki – Charles Idahosa

Says Ikimi must apologise for anti-Oshiomhole’s comments BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN – CITY Charles Idahosa is one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and currently the Political Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole. In this interview, he [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

How Buhari dumped dialogue with N-Delta militants 

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South & Perez Brisibe When  Nigerians woke up, last Monday, to find that Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, had bombed about five oil facilities belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, and Nigeria National Petroleum [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say
Gani Adams

Ikorodu massacre: Why OPC won’t confront militants —Gani Adams

The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, says recent killing of the Yoruba in some Lagos and Ogun communities by   suspected Ijaw militants was unfortunate but said the OPC will not confront them. By Dapo [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

Niger Delta billion Naira projects under probe

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani, says no project embarked upon by the ministry under his predecessors was completed, explaining that the worrisome development forced him to raise a technical committee to audit the billion Naira projects [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

N-Delta billion Naira projects under probe

• Preliminary findings shocking – Usani, Minister By Emmanuel Una, Calabar The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani, says no project embarked upon by the ministry under his predecessors was completed, explaining that the worrisome development forced him [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say
Grazing law will not stand in southern Nigeria— Igbo leader

Grazing law will not stand in southern Nigeria— Igbo leader

By Tony Nwankwo Chief (Dr.)  Sylvan Olisanye Ebigwei  (MON), consultant dental surgeon, is President-Emeritus, Aka Ikenga, the Igbo socio-political organisation. In this interview, he reacts to the menace of herdsmen in Igbo land and South of Nigeria generally.  He says [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say

I told my wife ‘Get pregnant or forget marriage’ – Nollywood producer, Fidelis Duker

Nollywood producer and founder of Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker, is  enjoying the benefit of early marriage. He kept his vow  when he impregnated hiswife,Temitope, at a very young age, and went ahead to marry her despite the odds. [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say
There is no thirteenth Apostle

There is no thirteenth Apostle

By Femi AribisalaPaul claims to be one of the apostles of Christ. But the truth of the matter is that he is not. Jesus says if a man witnesses about himself, his witness should not be believed: “He who speaks [...]

July 10, 2016 What the papers say