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Imo Still Reeks of Filth, As Garbage Heaps Take Over Owerri

Imo Still Reeks of Filth, As Garbage Heaps Take Over Owerri

Before the inception of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s government in 2011, the  city of  Owerri, the Imo State capital, was variously adjudged to be the cleanest state capital in Nigeria, but Damian…

April 18, 20141 CommentRead More

In Pictures: Jonathan Visit To Kano To Receive Former Kano State Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau To PDP

In Pictures: Jonathan Visit To Kano To Receive Former Kano State Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau To PDP

President Jonathan’s visit to Kano to officially receive the former governor of Kano State,Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau  into the PDP is presented below.…

April 17, 20141 CommentRead More

Reports

Yargaladima Killing: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Condoles With Zamfara

Yargaladima Killing: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Condoles With Zamfara

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has condoled with the government and people of Zamfara over…

April 18, 2014No CommentRead More

NSCDC Officials Batters Journalist In Umuahia

NSCDC Officials Batters Journalist In Umuahia

Officials of the Abia State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)…

April 18, 2014No CommentRead More

Gunmen Kills Emir Of Gwoza In His Palace

Gunmen Kills Emir Of Gwoza In His Palace

The Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji  Idrissa Timta, who last Sunday raised the alarm about the…

April 17, 20142 CommentsRead More

Another Recruitment Scam:How NSITF Used Consultants To Curiously Employ ‘Fresh’ Workers

Another Recruitment Scam:How NSITF Used Consultants To Curiously Employ ‘Fresh’ Workers

Even as the dust over the Nigeria Immigration Service’s tragic recruitment exercise is yet to…

April 17, 20141 CommentRead More

Guest Viewpoint

‘On On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in ‘Northern Nigeria’ – A Memo By Murtala H. Nyako (rtd.), CFR, GCON, rcds

‘On On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in ‘Northern Nigeria’ – A Memo By Murtala H. Nyako (rtd.), CFR, GCON, rcds

A Memo to the Northern Governors Forum by: His Excellency, V/Admiral Murtala H. Nyako (rtd.), CFR, GCON, rcds Executive Governor Adamawa State   On On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in…

April 19, 20141 CommentRead More

Addressing The Scourge Of Fulani Herdsmen In Benue State – By John Akevi

Addressing The Scourge Of Fulani Herdsmen In Benue State – By John Akevi

john4akevi@gmail.com   Apart from Boko Haram,one recurrent security challenge that confronts many States in the country is the scourge of fulani herdsmen. The attacks by the herdsmen on…

April 19, 20141 CommentRead More

Abia Power Rotation And The Plight Of The People Of The South – By Eddie Onuzuruike

Abia Power Rotation And The Plight Of The People Of The South – By Eddie Onuzuruike

          According to Charles Caleb Colton, ‘Law and equity are two things God hath joined but which man hath put asunder.’ Viewed from all prisms of life, the absence…

April 18, 2014No CommentRead More

Ohanaeze Youth; Of Presidential Arrest And The Gambit Of  Fraudsters – By  Odozi Nwodozi

Ohanaeze Youth; Of Presidential Arrest And The Gambit Of  Fraudsters – By  Odozi Nwodozi

Odozi Nwodozi udaikoro16@gmail.com. 08095495123   It is common knowledge that one of the greatest problems besetting the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been the omni-presence of…

April 18, 2014No CommentRead More

Interviews

Governor Yari And APC Destroyed Zamfara State Economically – Hon. Muhammadu Bello Matawalle

Governor Yari And APC Destroyed Zamfara State Economically – Hon. Muhammadu Bello Matawalle

Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Matawalle, is a member of the House of representative representing Bakura and Maradun Federal constituency from Zamfara State…

April 12, 2014No CommentRead More

Delta 2015: “I Believe In Competition, Zoning Promotes Laziness and Mediocrity” – Speaker Ochei

Delta 2015: “I Believe In Competition, Zoning Promotes Laziness and Mediocrity” – Speaker Ochei

  Rt. Hon (Engr.) Victor Onyekachi Ochei, FNSE, need no further introduction, he is the current speaker, Delta State House of…

March 10, 2014Comments OffRead More

Rhodesians’ assassination attempt on President Mugabe

Rhodesians’ assassination attempt on President Mugabe

During the struggle for independence, Rhodesian forces had on…

4,000 illegal African immigrants enter Europe in just two days, hundreds of thousand more lined up – Colonel Gaddafi was right.

4,000 illegal African immigrants enter Europe in just two days, hundreds of thousand more lined up – Colonel Gaddafi was right.

In 2010, deceased Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi made a…

Ebola Fatalities in West Africa Reach 83

Ebola Fatalities in West Africa Reach 83

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West…

Asian Awards to honour South African freedom fighter

Asian Awards to honour South African freedom fighter

Former Robben Island political prisoner Ahmed Kathrada is to…

Marley grandson on gun charge

Marley grandson on gun charge

MATTHEW Prendergast, the grandson of reggae legend Bob and…

Founding Members Of Hitmakers UB40 Reunite

Founding Members Of Hitmakers UB40 Reunite

Adam Zacharias (adam@khaleejtimes.com) / 1 April 2014 Ali Campbell…

Jamaica’s Football Prowess

Jamaica’s Football Prowess

WHEN DANIEL Sturridge headed the winner against Denmark at…

Rasta Ganja Cartel – Group Threatens Pandemonium If Gov’t Doesn’t Grant Exclusive Marijuana Rights To The Poor, Rastafarians

Rasta Ganja Cartel – Group Threatens Pandemonium If Gov’t Doesn’t Grant Exclusive Marijuana Rights To The Poor, Rastafarians

WESTERN BUREAU: Members of the newly formed Westmoreland Hemp…

Iran’s Supreme Court Sentences CIA Spy to 10 Years behind Bars

Iran’s Supreme Court Sentences CIA Spy to 10 Years behind Bars

On Saturday, Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the death penalty…

Iran’s oil shipments at highest level since start of sanctions

Iran’s oil shipments at highest level since start of sanctions

London: Iran’s crude shipments in February were the highest since…

British woman jailed in Iran ‘fears execution’

British woman jailed in Iran ‘fears execution’

Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht was jailed for posting derogatory…

Iran marks Islamic Republic Day

Iran marks Islamic Republic Day

By Sara Rajabova Iran celebrates its Islamic Republic Day…

Mozilla CEO Resigns over Opposition To Gay Marriage

Mozilla CEO Resigns over Opposition To Gay Marriage

  Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down,…

U.S. House Votes to Force President Obama to Crack Down on States That Have Legalized Cannabis

U.S. House Votes to Force President Obama to Crack Down on States That Have Legalized Cannabis

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 233 to 181…

Obama plunging world into Armageddon

Obama plunging world into Armageddon

By Dr Paul Craig Roberts Does Obama realize that he…

Jury convicts reputed white supremacist of murder in killing of black man

Jury convicts reputed white supremacist of murder in killing of black man

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A Sacramento Superior Court jury convicted a…

Musharraf Escapes Assassination Attempt – Police

Musharraf Escapes Assassination Attempt – Police

Police say Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has…

Japanese Company To Digitize Rare Vatican Library Manuscripts

Japanese Company To Digitize Rare Vatican Library Manuscripts

Ancient manuscripts in the Vatican library penned from East…

Italy Pledges To Quicken Visa Issuance For Nigerians

Italy Pledges To Quicken Visa Issuance For Nigerians

The new Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Fulvio Rustico,…

Probe launched into Malaysian jihadist plan to hijack a jet for 9/11-style mission

Probe launched into Malaysian jihadist plan to hijack a jet for 9/11-style mission

Evidence of a plot by Malaysian Islamists to hijack…

News

Gunmen Kidnap Kogi Speaker’s Sons

Two children of the Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Momohlawal Jimoh, were yesterday kidnapped by gunmen at his Okengwe residence in Okene Local Government Area.…

April 18, 2014No Comment

Reports

MASSOB to celebrate Biafra National day

By Ebere SuzyThe Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) has  declared Biafra National day celebration on 30th May, 2014at MASSOB Freedom Square, Okwe,…

April 17, 20142 Comments

Editorial

T. A. Orji: Hand of God, In God’s Own State

Governance simply implies impacting positively on the lives of people governed within the duration of one’s stint as the helmsman.  The indelible footprints etched on the sands…

April 15, 20141 Comment

Interviews

Akon Brings Light to Africa, Talks New Album

Five-time Grammy-nominated artist Akon is working to improve the lives of others with a cause that’s close to home.  Over two-thirds of people living in sub-Saharan Africa are living…

March 8, 2014Comments Off

Africa

‘Ghana Is Becoming Very, Very Expensive’

Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford says Ghana is rapidly becoming an expensive nation to live in due to the economic hardships and the frequent increases in utility tariffs.…

March 31, 2014No Comment

Middle East

Iran’s Supreme Leader pardons 920

Dubai – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Monday to pardon or reduce the sentences of 920 people, the official IRNA news agency reported, in…

April 1, 2014No Comment

Caribbean

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry review – the Peter Pan of reggae

With his childlike joy in vocal sounds, and an arsenal of feelgood tunes, the dub pioneer leaves the stage aglow By Dave Simpson “Give me a light,” yells…

March 15, 2014Comments Off

USA

President Obama teases Ellen for ‘cheap shot’ selfie

President Obama teased talk show host Ellen DeGeneres for breaking his record for most retweets of a single tweet during an appearance on The Ellen Show set to air Thursday. DeGeneres…

March 21, 2014No Comment