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Daily Archives: July 11, 2016

Baga Attack Repealing Boko Haram Attack

Baga Attack: Repealing Boko Haram Attack On People Watching A Football By Soldiers Was The Cause of the Baga Attack.

The clash between the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram and the Nigerian soldiers was set off when Boko Haram attacked Baga residents who were watching a soccer match on an open-air television (gidan TV). The rocket-propelled grenades fired by the [...]

July 11, 2016 General
Prof Jerry Gana

STATE OF THE NATION: Releasing Nnamdi Kanu Is The First Step To Restructuring Nigeria – Prof Jerry Gana

The formal Minister of the defunct Ministry of Information and National Orientation, Prof Jerry Gana at the 17th anniversary of Igbo Youth Movement in Enugu, called on Muhammadu Buhari to release the leader of indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) who [...]

July 11, 2016 Government and politics
President Muhammadu Buhari

NNPC BOARD: ‘Go to Court if You’re Not Happy’ – Buhari To Akwa Ibom APC

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to agitations by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom state that their members have again been overlooked in the reconstituted board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).     [...]

July 11, 2016 Government and politics
Rowland Jide Macaulay

I’m Not Ashamed To Be Gay – Nigerian Pastor Says God Ordained Him

Nigeria’s first gay pastor, founder of secret gay church, House of Rainbow, Rowland Jide Macaulay, says he is proud to have come out in the open, even though he is still trying to get over his families’ rejection.     [...]

July 11, 2016 Religion
Niger Delta Red Squad

Niger Delta Red Squad Issues Fresh Threats, Says Nigeria Will Be Shocked By Next Attack

The Niger Delta Red Squad has sent a threat and warning across Nigeria and particularly Imo state government that the next phase of their operation would take the country and state by storm.     The group warned that their [...]

July 11, 2016 Military
Ike Ekweremadu

Forgery Suit: APC Asks Ekweremadu to Retract Letter to UN, EU

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday asked Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to retract his letter to the international community in connection with his ongoing forgery trial alongside Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and two others.     The party [...]

July 11, 2016 Government and politics
FATHER MBAKA PROPHECIES

There Is Going To Be Crisis In Nigeria, Under Buhari’s Government – FATHER MBAKA PROPHECIES

Father Ejike Mbaka clearly stated that the beginning of Muhammadu Buhari’s Government will be difficult. And there will be suffering and crisis but the end it will be joyous and great.     Below is what Mbaka Said. “Listen fellow [...]

July 11, 2016 Religion
Joseph Mbu ( RTD)

I’m Leaving Police Force With Shoulders High- AIG Joseph Mbu ( RTD)

Joseph Mbu ( RTD) – AIG Mbu, former Police Commissioner of Rivers State; the man who came, saw and conquered. The man whose ” Mbulity” withstood all entreaties and antics of undemocratic forces as spearheaded by then governor, in concert [...]

July 11, 2016 Government and politics

N750m car scam: Group asks indicted officers to resign

By Peter Duru MAKURDI— Worried by the abandonment of the Benue state House of Assembly following the intermittent detention of the principal officers of the Assembly by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N750 million car purchase [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say
Chief Vincent Ogbulafor

Jonathan responsible for PDP crisis —Chief Vincent Ogbulafor

Former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has blamed the party’s crisis on former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. By Gbenga Oke He also said PDP had a zoning pattern that had worked for it in the last [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say
Rev. Fr. Chiedozie Modestus Chilaka

Rev. Fr. Chiedozie Modestus Chilaka, Prays For A Dead Man That Was About To Be Buried

Rev. Fr. Chiedozie Modestus Chilaka, prays for a dead man that was about to be buried and the God of resurrection brought the man back to life. Just as God brought back Lazarus to life. God said ” I will [...]

July 11, 2016 Religion

Those who brought Buhari ‘ll end up in his stomach — Gov Fayose

The temptation to believe that Ayodele Fayose was now also among the prophets of God was a serious temptation last Friday at the rally ground at the centre of Ado Ekiti. On the rostrum was Fayose attired in a flowery [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

HIJAB: Aregbesola’s neutrality doused tension over court ruling — OBJ

By Gbenga Olarinoye Osogbo—Former President Olusegun Obasanjo  weekend commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State for his neutrality in the crisis in the state following recent court ruling permitting the use of female head scarf “hijab” in Osun State  public [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say
Kerosene

Rising kerosene misery index

Kerosene is largely the preferred domestic energy supply for the lower class in Nigeria, mainly for cooking. The landmark deregulation policy has led to a steady rise in pump prices which was the consequence of persistent scarcity. As at last [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

Nigeria’s unity negotiable —Ex gov Obong Victor Attah

ABUJA—Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has, in apparent response to President Muhammadu Buhari, said that the country’s unity was negotiable. By Omeiza Ajayi   In an interview with Vanguard in Abuja weekend, the former governor said [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

Aliko Dangote seeks aid to combat hunger in IDPs camps

Worried by the reported unhealthy conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in various camps across the country, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to rise up to the occasion and assist the government in [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

N-Delta Crisis: Why we won’t allow Buhari export crude oil —AVENGERS

WARRI—Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, weekend, said since President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to shun the demand for legitimate dialogue with militants and stakeholders on the Niger Delta question, it would continue to encumber all avenues by him to export crude [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

Nigeria’s inflation rate to return to stability —Economic research

Nigeria’s inflation readings may close first half positive as research reports indicate a moderation to 15.4 per cent in the month of June 2016, down   from 15.6 percent recorded for the preceding month, May 2016. By Emeka Anaeto, Economy [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say

300 shoreline communities accuse Shell of ‘divide and rule tactics’

By Emma Amaize WARRI—OVER 350 shoreline communities in Delta, Ondo and Bayelsa states affected by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, Bonga oil spill of December 2011, weekend, accused the oil multinational of using divide and rule tactics [...]

July 11, 2016 What the papers say