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Bayelsa civil servants decry secretariat’s closure
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
ivil servants in Bayelsa State have condemned the sealing off of the state secretariat on Friday over an alleged security alert, forcing the workers to stay at ... more
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GNU: ANPP warns FG
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
ational Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Senator Saidu Kumo, has warned that his party would withdraw from the Government of National Unity (GNU) if the Federal Government does not remain focused and committed to the cause of the ... more
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NANS refutes alleged killing on campus
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
eadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), University of Nigeria, Nsukka has reacted to media report that some one was allegedly killed in the school premises and the beheaded head of the victim found in the school with a note beside it ... more
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I-R-O-N-S-I
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
hy is the APGA crisis irresolvable?
Well, I will say that I have on my own done what I consider as my best to resolve the APGA crisis out of court. It is on record that there have been about 15 peace initiatives, some from my side and some from the... more
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Nigeria named Commonwealth panel member
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
igeria has been appointed member of the Commonwealth Ministerial Review Panel charged with the responsibility of assessing the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Youths ... more
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Respect your deputies, Jonathan tells governors
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
ice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Omu-Ijebu, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, urged serving governors in the country to always respect the wishes and aspiration of their ... more
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Adedibu to be flown abroad
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
iling Ibadan politician, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, may be flown to London today for more medical attention.
Daily Sun learnt yesterday that the health of the strongman of Ibadan politics and a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have failed to improve since he left Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos,... more
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FG set to return NICON to Ibrahim
OnlineNigeria.com - Monday, May 12, 2008
fter a long legal tussle over the ownership of NICON Insurance plc between Federal Ministry of Finance, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) on one hand and Mr Jimoh Ibrahim on the other, the pendulum appears to be swinging back to Ibrahim as the... more
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MY 419 STORY
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
hen Mr. Ishmael Lightbourne, executive director of the World Bank, ran into a traditional ruler who goes by the name ‘Mustapha,’ abroad and learnt that the latter was a ‘diplomat,’ he could have counted his ... more
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Al Qaeda 'targeting Nigeria' - report
Topix - Sunday, May 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The al Qaeda network has threatened to send time bombs to Nigeria . . . CPs (commissioners of police) of all the commands should be on the alert and ensure that these items (bombs) do not pass through their end" Al Qaeda Islamist militants have renewed... more
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War in Lagos!
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
gain, the storm is gathering in Lagos. And visible on the horizon is what promises to be another round of political roforofo fight.
The gladiators, of course, are familiar old political customers – the Action Congress (AC) and the Peoples Democratic Party ... more
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Nigeria not a failed state – Ibrahim Tahir
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
rontline politician and former Minister of Communication, Dr. Ibrahim Tahir, has dismissed the notion that Nigeria is a failed state, but admitted that it is a problem state grappling with numerous shortcomings. ... more
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Samuel Peter’s anointing will spur Nigerian boxers to victory in Beijing – Igbinedion
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
s preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gather momentum the world over, President of the Nigeria Amateur Boxing Association (NABA), Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, has revealed that Samuel Peter’s anointing as the new WBC heavyweight champion would spur Nigerian boxers to victory at the event in ... more
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Drama as Alams is being courted
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
ormer Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has ostensibly become the ‘beautiful bride’ now being courted by both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress (AC) in their frantic bid to clinch the governorship seat in the May 24 re-run poll. ... more
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Honour for Things Fall Apart, Achebe in Ibadan…
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
he Things Fall Apart (TFA) @ 50 train entered Ibadan penultimate Saturday with important scholars of the University and city gathering to celebrate in what Femi Osofisan, chairman of the Nigerian version of PEN termed as ”unprecedented celebration for a ... more
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Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
etween 1999 and early 2007, Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. He then aspired to be the next governor of the state. In the primaries to pick the party’s flag bearer, he scored over 96 per cent of the votes cast by the... more
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Yar'Adua Warns On Future of Oil
allAfrica.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
resident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday visited Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State in what is his first visit to the Niger Delta region since he was sworn in as president of the federal ... more
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Warning for Christian polygamists
Topix - Sunday, May 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The observation will destroy our witness if not firmly addressed. We cannot claim to be a Bible-believing church and yet be selective in our obedience." Archbishop Akinola has led opposition to the ordination of gay priests Nigeria's Anglican leader has told the country's many Christian polygamists... more
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Abducted Chinese workers released in Nigeria
Topix - Sunday, May 11, 2008
p> Kidnappers have released three employees of a Chinese construction firm in Nigeria, China's foreign ministry said on Saturday, two days after they were abducted following a dispute over wages and working ... via SABC News ... more
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DPA slams Lagos govt for Fadeyi fire, demands compensation for victims
OnlineNigeria.com - Sunday, May 11, 2008
agos chapter of the Democratic Peoples’ Alliance (DPA) has commiserated with victims of Tuesday’s fire that razed about a dozen buildings and 22 vehicles around Fadeyi axis of Ikorodu ... more
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