Easter: FG declares March 29, April 1 public holidays
- The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29, and Monday, April 1, as public holidays to mark Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations.
President flees as Central African rebels seize capital
Central African rebels seized control of the capital Bangui as the president fled, but promised to respect a January peace deal that provides for elections within three years.
Alamieyeseigha’s pardon, an international embarrassment – Ajibola
Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, was livid last December when President Goodluck Jonathan, called his former boss, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha his political benefactor. The retired jurist of the International Court of Justice thought it an insult to Nigeria that the President would call an ex-convict and fugitive his benefactor.
Where Thieves Reign
THIEVES have taken over parts of Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara States. The police and governments of those States have conceded that part of the country to marauders and they have no shame in confessing there is no solution to a situation that shows that plays up the insecurity in the country.
Okonjo-Iweala’s mother: Police arrest palace guard
POLICE have seized a 36-year-old palace guard and suspected kidnap kingpin, alleged to have facilitated the abduction of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, last December, in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State by kidnappers.
3 kids die over alleged water pollution in Bayelsa
THREE teenagers have died in Lotugbene community in BayelsaState after allegedly drinking water from a river polluted by the rig operation of an oil company in the area.
Non-performing parties can be voted out -Tukur
AHEAD of 2015, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday predicted that non-performing parties would be voted out by Nigerians.
Man, 6 children feared dead in Delta boat mishap
A MIDDLE aged man, Mr. Mike Oleke, and six children of different parents were feared dead following a boat mishap involving two speed boats conveying passengers and foodstuff at the Warri river in Delta State, yesterday afternoon.
PDP debunks report of Obasanjo/Tukur feud
SOUTH-WEST zone of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, dismissed growing insinuations of feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, saying the rumoured misunderstanding between the duo was a mere ruse.
APC: ACN replies Jega, says merger plans on course
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has assured that plans towards the formation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were still on course irrespective of reservations expressed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that a change of name would be required.
Kidnapped NTA reporter kept in creeks, paid N1m ransom
A nursing mother and broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Akure, Ondo State, Mrs Olubunmi Oke, who was kidnapped last Thursday has been released by her abductors.
