Facebook shutting down online Deals program
Re: Tenure elongation
Obama takes charge at hurricane command centre
3 dead as hurricane batters US east coast
Dahiru Musdapher is new CJN
Al-Qaeda second-in-command killed in Pakistan
Why we attacked UN building – Boko Haram
9 UN staff confirmed dead after Abuja bomb
Drogba taken to hospital after head injury
Chelsea late show sinks Norwich, but Drogba injured
Jonathan visits UN House, says we ‘re on top of the situation
Investigators probe UN House suicide bomb attack
Cameroon ship attacked off Nigeria, captain taken
C-River gets committee on anti women violence
Glo, UBA to launch Nigeria’s 1st money service
Ferguson cautious of Arsenal backlash

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Christians cannot be second class citizens – Oritsejafor
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, accused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of initiating policies capable of destabilizing the nation
Nations Cup scare: Fuludu laments over poor planning
Warri Wolves Football Director and former Super Eagles forward, Edema Fuludu, has reiterated that the country’s lack of proper planning ahead of games has caused her the present predicament of qualifying for the Nations Cup.
UN House Bombing: Boko Haram claims responsibility
Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the UN bombing in Abuja. A caller told the BBC on phone that it carried out the attack.
Antananarivo Battle: Pick players with large heart, Imenger tells Siasia
Former BCC Lions of Gboko star and Super Eagles player, Barnabas Imenger has charged Samson Siasia to pick players that will play their hearts out against Madagascar in Antananarivo next Saturday.
Who is afraid of the ethnic nationalities of Nigeria?
From Sir, later Lord Luggard’sroguish amalgamation of the lands and peoples today known as Nigeria and Nigerians, to the date this humble rejoinder hits the airwaves (some 97 years), Nigerians have clamoured to exercise their fundamental right to give themselves a Constitution. The extent of the clamour is evidenced by Suits in the Federal High Court Abuja and Lagos: Suit Nos. FHC/ABJ/CS/367/07 and No. FHC/L/CS/558/09, in which Chief Anthony Enahoro, Wole Soyinka, Odumegwu Ojukwu, C.C. Onoh, Chief Bankole Oki, SAN, Ralph Uwazuruike, Asari Dokubo, Yerima Shettima, Bishop Bolanle Gbonigi, Fred Agbeyegbe, asked for relief that the 1999 Constitution be jettisoned, on the ground that “The 1999 Constitution is a forgery”. Since then, there have been contestations as to whether or not the National Assembly can amend the 1999 Constitution or make a new one.
My plans to develop Kogi state – Jibrin Isa
Alhaji Jibrin Isa, an investment banker of repute is gunning for the governorship seat in Kogi state. With Kogi State celebrating 20 years of its creation today, he speaks on the journey so far and what he expects the state to look like in the next 20 years.
UN House Bombing: Inbuilt fire extinguisher saved building from burning – Source
But for the inbuilt fire extinguisher mechanism that was put in place at the UN House in Abuja, the entire 5 -storey building would have gone up in flames and caved in following the impact of the bomb blast carried out by a suicide bomber in an explosive -laden Honda car yesterday.
UN condoles victims
United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki Moon yesterday condoled with families of victims of the bomb blast on the UN headquarters yesterday describing as “an assault on those who devote their lives to helping others.”
A time bomb ticking to explode…
Many communities and towns have been ravaged and rendered inaccessible by gully erosion in some Nigerian states. Gullies in some parts of the South East extend to depths of over 120m to 2km wide worsened by an annual rainfall of between 2000-3000mm, especially in the Niger Delta, making most of the rivers to overflow into adjoining farms and settlements, resulting extensive damage to the soil.
*the season of our collective shame
Have you ever stopped to really dig deep into the reason for General Ibrahim Babangida’s promotion of General Olusegun Obasanjo’s ever-present desire to rule Nigeria, immediately after OBJ’s incarceration at the hands of General Sani Abacha? It all seemed so clean and altruistic—on the outside, that is.
Judiciary: SANs ignore NBA as CJN swears in new members
The crisis of confidencerocking the judiciary reached feverish heights yesterday, as the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, called the bluff of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, by swearing-in 30 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, despite the conspicuous absence of the legal body at the event.
Give us a better league, Elaho charges NPL
Former Super Eagles and ACB of Lagos winger, Friday Elaho has expressed sadness over the continuous postponement of the concluding matches of the Nigerian Premier League by its board.
Gadaffi – Puppets, People, Power
As the globallyevolving Internet provides ever new access points to virtual discourse forums, it also promotes new civic relations and associations within which communicative power may flow and accumulate.
Traffic Jam (iv)
Mrs Achebe read the story of Patty Mcwizu with a broad smile on her face. That was all she needed. The next line of action would be to wait. Her daughter Edna had become an imbecile for a reason she didn’t know. Occasionally, the girl would recover herself but would lose it again.
My philanthropy, my politics – Rawa
Born into the royal families of Olugbo, Alagho, Olubo and Etikan in Ilaje LGA, Ondo State on October 1, 1967, Rev. Dr. Felix Rawa, is the Chairman/Managing Director, Unique Sunshine Global Concepts Nigeria Ltd, is a politician and philanthropist. He attended L.A. Primary School, Obe Idapo, Ugbo Kingdom between 1972 and 1978 and proceeded to Idi-Ogba Community Grammar School for his WASC between 1979 and 1984.

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