Issues/Policy
On threats of war….. Guardian
IT is an enduring tragedy of the on-going politicking that many who speak do so without much wisdom but only to show how much they like the sound of their own voices. Expectedly, the words […]
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Society
Anxiety over Oba of Benin….Nation
The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) last night dismissed rumored death of the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, the Oba of Benin. The rumored death of the revered monarch went viral on the internet yesterday. Secretary to […]
Society
Muslims shouldn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day – Cleric
An Indonesian cleric on Friday said Muslims should not celebrate Valentine’s Day because it glorifies promiscuity. Anwar Abbas, Head of Education at the semi-official Indonesian Council of Muslim Scholars, said the sale of condoms in […]
Issues/Policy
Let’s give a damn…for once by Muyiwa Adetiba
Today would have been the D-day. The day Nigerians would have gone to the polls to choose a new leader or endorse the old one. The conduct of the elections would have been as important […]
Issues/Policy
We’ll kill 20 for each police life lost during elections — Controversial Police AIG Mbu..Premium Times
The newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, on Thursday declared that the elections in his zone will be “fire for fire” if politicians play any pranks. The controversial police boss […]
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HOME > NEWS Lagos Bomb Scare: Shoprite Gets Threat Letter
In the wake of THISDAY’s investigation and subsequent report last March, on how the plot to bomb Lagos was averted, recent findings indicate that the terrorists purportedly sent a threat to Shoprite stores in Lagos. […]
Government
My Pikin Syrup Producers Jailed, FG Takes Over Factory
Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Friday jailed two producers of My Pikin teething syrup after he found them guilty of producing the syrup said to be adulterated. The […]
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Emergency rule has derailed amnesty – Northern elders
Northern elders have said the declaration of a state of emergency and massive troop deployments in three states in the North East is ill-timed and ill-conceived. They also said the action had effectively ended the […]
Business
ALSCON controversy: BFIG accuses RUSAL, Nigeria’s BPE of money laundering
Nigeria-American firm, BFIG, recognized last year by the Supreme Court as the authentic bidder for the disputed Aluminium smelter plant, ALSCON, has accused rival Russian firm, UC RUSAL, of using the plant to launder billions of dollars, in […]
Life Style
The Economist explains Why is Saudi Arabia thinking of moving its weekend?
SAUDI ARABIA’S Shura Council, an unelected proto-parliament, agreed on April 22nd to consider a proposal to switch the country’s official weekend from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday. The idea was first mooted in […]
Sport
For An End Game for Boko Haram, Spend Those Trillions on Education By Pat Utomi
As Albert Einsten once said “We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”. The challenge of terrorism and ostensibly faith and cult based intolerance, partly manifested in the […]
Sport
US Immigration reform: Not so fast
The bill now faces a long, gruelling fight in committee
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Nigerians reject amnesty for Boko Haram
Most Nigerians will be happier if members of Boko Haram sect are held accountable for their crimes. Nigerians have disagreed with the federal government’s pay-for-peace strategy to battle the growing insurgency in northern Nigeria. The […]
Sport
Is the prediction that Nigeria will disintegrate by 2015 coming to reality?…..Gabriel Omoh
HOW has Nigeria degenerated to this low level of animal behaviour of killing one another across the country? Nigerian leaders appear helpless. When as a people we collectively surrendered our sovereignty to the state to […]
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Hundreds of troops deployed in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday commenced deployment of troops in the three states under emergency rule, viz. Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The PUNCH learnt from security sources in Abuja that at least 3,600 soldiers would be […]
World
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ACN slams emergency rule in Borno, others
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking in original thinking, and therefore asked the National […]
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Six expectant girls rescued from Enugu ‘baby factory’
The police have uncovered another ‘baby factory’. Six expectant teenage girls kept in a guardian’s home in Enugu were rescued after a raid on the private residence by security operatives. Enugu police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu […]
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Ogbulafor: I Collected N2m for My Campaign
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, Tuesday told an Abuja High Court that he collected the sum of N2 million from one of his associates as donation for his […]