Beyonce, Sam Smith, Pharrell top Grammy nominations
Newcomer Sam Smith joined Beyonce and Pharrell Williams on Friday to lead in nominations for the Grammy Awards, with the music industry's annual picks weighted toward R&B-influenced artists.
President Jonathan urged to right political injustice against Ogoni
Ogoni have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to right what they termed grave political injustice against them in Rivers state.
Prison comptroller jailed 7-yrs over N1.4m fraud
A High Court sitting in Okene yesterday on Friday sentenced a Deputy Comptroller of Prisons, Joseph Idachaba to seven years in prison for fraudulently enriching himself with over N1.4 million belonging to Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS.
REVEALED: What OBJ actually told PDP governors
Abeokuta, yesterday evening, indicating that the outcome of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who had gone there to plead for the President’s support was initially played down.
APC guber primaries: El-Rufai, Bindow, Abubakar, others clinch tickets
MORE governorship candidates emerged yesterday from the All Progressives Congress (APC) nationwide primaries. Among those who picked the party’s tickets are Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos, former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who won the primaries in Kaduna; Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi); Dr. Nyere Anyim (Abia); Senator Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow (Adamawa); and Barr. Simon Lalong (Plateau).
T.B. Joshua says Coroner must bow to High Court
Prophet T.B. Joshua, of Synagogue Church Of All Nations yesterday told the Coroner Court investigating collapse of a guest house within the church that it must bow to the High Court.
