Gombe triple blasts: 8 dead, 34 injured says NEMA
A triple bombing at a bus station during Friday morning rush hour in Gombe killed at least eight people and wounded 34 others, rescue workers told AFP.
Jonathan picks nomination forms
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he collected the expression of interest and nomination forms of the party to vie for the 2015 presidential election.
Amosun vs Adesegun: APC feigning ignorance of my plight – Ogun Dep Gov
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Prince Segun Adesegun yesterday, insisted that the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was aware of the ill treatment he is subjected to by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
Lagos 2015: Why Ambode cannot be imposed on Lagos – Ikuforiji, House Speaker
Concerning my chances, there is no doubt that I will win on a landslide if primary election is conducted today in the APC. I am very sure that most of our party men are very interested in seeing Lagos governed by a man who understands party politics and who is passionate about the development of Lagos and its people. They know that as at today, there is nobody that can compete favourably against Ikuforiji as far as that is concerned.
Lagos 2015: The Ambode pathway
THE hot weather last Friday was not enough to deter the thousands of party supporters who thronged the Onikan Stadium, Lagos to hear Akinwumi Ambode’s formal declaration for the office of governor of Lagos State.
Shell loses N23bn over insecurity in Nigeria, others
Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday that it lost $146 million, about N23.36 billion from insecurity in Nigeria, and from the impact of its divestment across the globe, among others, in the third quarter of 2014.
Burkina army seizes power after uprising
The army’s seizure of power in Burkina Faso on Thursday amounted to a “coup”, an opposition leader told AFP, adding that they consider the president’s departure “non-negotiable”.
I don’t know where my father, stepmother, seven siblings are – Victim
Like an innocuous flame, it started and no one paid attention. Then, it became a flickering flame, yet no one took them seriously. Today, the flickering flame has become a wild fire, a hydra-headed monster threatening to squeeze the very life out of Nigerians.
Mimiko: Ondo PDP faction insists on own congress
THE sacked state Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State yesterday insisted that it will conduct tomorrow’s state congress of the party across the 203 wards in the state.
Keshi: Fans react
With Stephen Keshi in line to return as Super Eagles coach, fans have shared their views on this latest development.
Lagos Central ‘ll fall to PDP – Gbajabiamila
Engineer Hakeem Akinola Gbajabiamila, is a former Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. He has since declared his readiness to wrest the Lagos Central Senatorial District seat from the wife of his former boss, Senator Oluremi Tinubu in 2015 on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
