A reporter with The Nation newspaper, Ben Ogbemudia, was on Monday attacked in Benin City, Edo State by some hoodlums. Ogbemudia was inflicted with a deep machete cut in his upper left arm by his attackers. The incident reportedly occurred at Eke Street, not far from St Saviour, Upper Sokponba Road, Benin City at about…
Month: January 2014
APC Members Are Eager To Join PDP–Tukur Boasts
The National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has boasted that members of the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, are eager to join the ruling party, PDP. Tukur made this disclosure in London on Wednesday while receiving a group of Nigerian professionals living in Europe, who paid him a courtesy visit.…
ASUU Hails FG Over Payment Of Members' Salary Arrears
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has commended the Federal Government for paying the arrears of its members. Few weeks ago, the union ended its five-month-old strike action, which crippled the tertiary educational system in the country. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, the Chairman of…
Bloodshed Will Occur In Nigeria On January 25–Prophet Okafor Predicts
**Bomb Blasts, Air Crash Will Also Happen In 2014 Recently, at the beginning of every year, most men of God inform the nation of what danger lies ahead in the new year. Some of these predictions have come to pass, which have made most Nigerians to take these predictions bu the men of God very…
Jonathan Moves To Snatch Kwara From Bukola Saraki: Gbemi May Become Minister
Information filtering in from Ilorin, Kwara State revealed that the new political realignment sweeping across the nation with the massive defection of a strong and viable arm of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the new PDP to the opposition, All Progressive Congress, APC, is set to rekindle the fire of hatred in the house…
Late Chief Rhode's Family Torn Apart Over Company's Control
There is a big fight in the family of late Babashola Rhodes (SAN) over who controls one of the companies left behind by the foremost Nigerian lawyer. His family is presently torn apart over the matter. His sister, Mrs Clara Oye Otoki, and the deceased’s two daughters; Mrs Biola Babalola and Miss Mojisola Rhodes are…
EXPOSED: How Jonathan Plans To Win 2015 Election (1),–Aminu Gamawa
If you think President Goodluck Jonathan has no plan or strategy on how to win the 2015 presidential election you are dead wrong. I just finished reading a document produced by Goodluck Jonathan’s political advisers and strategists. The title of the document is “2013-2015: Political power and governance road map.” It is a carefully written…
Gunmen Abduct Ex-Bayelsa Commissioner's 6-Year-Old Son
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped the six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Godknows Powell. Information available to us reveals that the boy was abducted in the early hours of New Year day along Etegwe road in Yenagoa, the state capital. Powell was the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development during the…
Jonathan Re-Appoints NAFDAC Boss
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Paul Orhii as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Anyim Pius Anyima, on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the re-appointment of Orhii takes…
Top Fashion Designer, Toyin Lawani Gets New Year Baby
While many were celebrating crossing-over from 2013 to 2014, Lagos-based and respected fashion designer, Toyin Lawani, was celebrating the arrival of her first child into the world. For her, it was a double celebration and she could never have asked for more. Pretty Toyin welcomed a bouncing baby boy at the wee hours of Wednesday,…