Father of slain student urges Boko Haram to embrace peace
UMUAHIA - Father of a final year student of University of Maiduguri, Chukwuma Ogbuji, who was killed by suspected Boko Haram members on January 6, 2012, Mr. Chidi Ogbuji, called on the sect to drop their arms and embrace peace and dialogue for the good and unity of the country.
Nigeria Army in 46year land dispute in Ibadan
After 46 years, the Nigeria Army is still haunted by the controversy of a land dispute in Ibadan – the tussle over the land with the Oganla Family of Ibadan, Oyo State, started in 1966.
Marine pilots decry decaying facilities at NPA
Marine pilots currently working with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have decried the continued neglect of navigational facilities at the harbours department which they say are in a deplorable state.
Accusation against Aregbesola senseless – Ajimobi
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has described rumours that the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, was planning to secede Osun State from Nigeria as senseless and unthinkable.
Edo 2012 guber: You cannot escape defeat, no matter the blackmail -ACN tells PDP
THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo state, yesterday, warned that no amount of blackmail or mudslinging by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state will stop it from defeating the PDP at the polls in July for the governorship election.
ECOWAS moves against the endangered business of coup plotting
From a community once dominated by military heads of state, majority of whom came to power through the usurpation of constitutional order, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) is fast gaining a reputation of intolerance of undemocratic succession to power.
