Row over ‘funky’ preacher
The Lagos commercial bus had barely left the park when a voice with strong American accent suddenly and repeatedly shouted, “praise the Lord!â€. And having obtained the desired chorus of, Amen! urged all present in the bus(except the driver) to bow their heads in prayer.
Cleric blames poverty for moral decay
A CHRISTIAN cleric and leader of the Apostolic Church, Witnesses and Youth Movement, Pastor N.O.V. Ogunmuyide has blamed the increasing number of social vices among the youth on endemic poverty in the country.
GKS frowns at current drive for stem cell research
By Sam Eyoboka THE growing interest   among research   scientists in various parts of the world for embryonic stem cell research has been given the thumbs_down by ministers of God’s Kingdom Society (GKS) who lamented the loss of life due to the destruction of human embryos besides the dire possibility of scientists developing the capacity for […]
OPC will fight back if… – Fasehun
Barely 48 hours after the Lagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fasola (SAN) condemned the attack on the Atlas Cove jetty in Lagos by Movement for the Emancipation of Niger /Delta (MEND), president and founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun has cautioned that a repeat of such incident in any part of Yoruba land will attract severe retaliation.
Yar‘Adua has no alternative but to perform – Cairo Ojugboh PLO (Senate)
The National Assembly has a self cleansing mechanism and there are plenty of people with such accusations and in any case it is just mere accusation until proven in the court nobody can do anything about it and you cannot blame the president for that.
Niger govt never paid salary to teachers of IBB’s schools…Afegbua
Until few days ago, Prince Kassim Afegbua, the Acting National Chairman of National Democratic Party, NDP, was the Chief Press    Secretary to the Edo State Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole.
NBA condemns favouritism in appointment of judges
NBA in a communique at the end of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, also condemned the harassment of legal practitioners by the Police and other security agencies by way of unlawful arrest on trumped up charges on matters arising in the course of the performance of their lawful duties in court.
Mark threatens Sosoliso, ADC airlines
Senate President, David Mark, yesterday recommended very stiff sanctions on owners of Sosoliso and ADC Airlines for failing to pay full compensations to families of victims of their crashed airliners in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Amnesty: FG declares N20,000 monthly stipend for repentant militants
Repentant Niger Delta militants are to receive a monthly stipend of N20,000 from the Federal Government which is also setting aside a daily provision of N1,500 to feed each of them during the re-integration process.
NMA meets with VP, backs down on planned strike action
The Nigerian Medical As-sociation yesterday backed down on its threat to embark on strike action following personal intervention by Vice President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the instance of the Health Minister, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin.
Imo community burns man alive * Police indicted
By Chidi Nkwopara The people of Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State are predominantly farmers.They pride themselves as “the food basket of Imo Stateâ€. They were right until the advent of the huge petro-dollar came from the petroleum as it reversed everything in the area. The once very peaceful and accommodating people somersaulted. Militancy, cultism, armed […]
S A C R I L E G E! Police arrest, manhandle Lagos monarch
By Albert Akpor LAGOS – THE entire Bariga and environs in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos were thrown into utter confusion Wednesday after a team of heavily armed police men reportedly from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Alausa broke into the palace of a Lagos Monarch, His Royal Highness, Oba Gbolahan Timson, the Jagunmolu […]
2yr-old baby kidnaped,…as mother died with seven-month pregnancy
Miss Temitayo Talabi,2, was abducted by unknown gunmen while with her grandparents,Mr and Mrs Henry Omamogho at 9pm(24-5-09), 130, Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island. Little Temitayo has been living with her parent (Lanre and late Roli Talabi) in the same house with her grandparents. According to information gathered, late Roli was staying in her parents’ house […]
Power show! Police Inspector tortured, detained for alleged threat to Chris Uba’s life
By Emma Nnadozie & Tony Edike A Mobile Police Inspector, Nicholas Ossai attached to the security team of a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Chief Chris Uba may soon be demoted following allegations of corking gun at the politician. Reliable police sources debunked the allegation saying that he was being punished […]
At Soyinka’s birthday, sad song from new writers
It was a two-week of intense activities as Nigerian artists, writers and political activists, including, governors trooped out to honour the Nobel Prize laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
Calm Down, Okah tells Mend, *Rivers, Bayelsa states insist on JTF
LEADER of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah who was released from 23 –month detention, Monday, has directed the militant group to calm down on its tough stance that the Federal Government should pull out the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta from Gbaramatu communities in Delta State before the group would dialogue with the government.
