That it was a bleak Christmas for residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital is hardly news any longer. No thanks to the seven explosions which sent over 30 people to their early graves, amputated limbs and other human parts and ensured that many others spent the Christmas on hospital beds with the conditions of many still uncertain.

Of recent there have been divergent calls by followers of Gen. Sam Ogbemudia (rtd) that he should step aside from the leadership of Edo South PDP. First to fire this salvo was Lt. Col. Paul Ogbebor who wants the retired General to step aside for a younger person.

My ex-girlfriend left me feeling so paranoid about sex that I am now nervous about getting involved with women again. I suffer from premature ejaculation and she made me feel like it was my fault and somehow I was doing it just to spite her. She kept telling me only “kids” suffer from it and I should ‘grow up’ and learn to satisfy a woman.

THE Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta has formally pasted handbills containing photograph of hunted ex-militant leader, John Togo on the strategic locations in Warri and other parts of the Delta State, announcing that he had been declared wanted, and seeking useful information and assistance from the public for his arrest.

By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba A staff of the Delta State Sports Commission has been killed by unknown gunmen at Irri in Delta State. State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Charles Muka who confirmed the story told Vanguard in Asaba yesterday that “on 25th December at about 1440 hours, one Brown Omoto of Okpara quarters […]

CHAIRMAN, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega has called on all Muslims across the country to allow women in pudah to contest and vote in the 2011 elections.

THE Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] ward congresses in Ogun State was marred Tuesday as the two factions of the party held separates congresses at some designated areas

Ex-militant leaders in Bayelsa State have cautioned politicians in the country not to heat up the polity with their reckless utterances.

A FRESH attempt to bomb some parts of Jos was foiled, yesterday, after the Special Task Force which is maintaining security in Jos intercepted a group of people who were trying to plant an explosive in Nasarawa Gwom area even as the death toll in the Christmas Eve multiple bomb explosions has risen to 80

BARRING last minute changes, the much expected outcome of the alliance talks between the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, will be known today.

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Niger State chapter, has condemned the recent multiple bomb blasts that claimed several lives in Jos, Plateau State, on Christmas eve.

In a swift move to avert a spillover of Jos crisis in his state, Benue State governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, has placed security operatives in the state on red alert in order to forestall bloodshed and reprisal killings in the state.
Suswam counselled the people of the state on the need to shun violence and tread the path of dialogue and peace in resolving their differences.

SINCE the advent of the 4th Republic in 1999, Lagos State has been successfully kept in the control of the political machine of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. First through the platform of the Alliance for Democracy, AD then the Action Congress, AC and recently the Action Congress of Nigeria.

FORMER Minister of Defence, Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), yesterday, justified his decision to withdraw the soldiers involved in the Joint Military Task Force in Edo State codenamed Operation Thunderstorm, during the House of Assembly re-run election in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, which took place on January 21, 2010.

THE remains of late Fuji Music maestro, Sikiru Ayinde Barrister will be flown into the country tomorrow.