CHURCH, MOSQUES MONITORESD

Due to the recent killing, the State Security Service has started monitoring preaching in mosques and churches,as part of measures to prevent religious crisis in the state.

BOMB DISCOVERED IN BAUCHI STATE

The discovery of a bomb led to a stampede in an area in Bauchi, but authorities were able to defuse it before it exploded, police said Wednesday.

CREATION OF NEW STATE.

 Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, has promised the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Dr. Samuel Odulana Odugade that she would work diligently in the Federal Executive Cabinet to ensure the creation of Ibadan State which she said, had been long overdue.

I WILL LEAVE OFFICE BY 2015 PRESIDENT JONATHAN SAID

IN Abuja, yesterday Mr. President, Goodluck Jonathan said he had no intention to stay in the Presidential Villa beyond May 29, 2015.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS- BOKO HARAM CRISIS WILL END SOON

According to the Federal Government, they will soon work out a plan that would bring an end to the Boko Haram insurgency, the Minister of Defence, Dr Haliru Mohammed Bello, has said.

COMMISSIONER DISQUALIFIED OVER CERTIFICATES AND RECITING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - ABAKALIKI

IN Ebonyi State House of Assembly, yesterday,  dropped a commissioner-nominee, Mr. Jonah Egba, for failing to recite the National Anthem and Pledge at a screening in the House.

GOVERNOR MUST PAY THE MINIMUM WAGE - NLC

 The organized Labour and Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa over the contentious new national minimum wage, implementation.  General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Owei Lakemfa had taken a swipe at the Federal Government (FG) and the state governors over the perceived less than transparent manner they have been handling the issue of implementation.

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN AMERICA

IN the United State Republicans and Democrats remain in deadlock over raising the country's debt ceiling while the White House says a compromise is "essential and possible".

DON'T TRUST MR PRESIDENT - GOODLUCK JONATHAN

Mr. President, plans to send a bill to the National Assembly for a single six (6) year term for President and governors was yesterday criticized by opposition parties.

ESUT POST UME FORM AND DATE IS OUT

This is to notify all those who put ESUT as their institution in the last concluding JAMB that ESUT screening form is out... it is sold for 3000 call 08032503651 for more information assistance. The date for the examination is 25th August 2011

UDUAGHAN VERSUS OGBORU IN ANOTHER COURT BATTLE TODAY

IN ASABA, Delta State- just barely 48 hours after the Delta State Governorship Re-run Petition Tribunal, held in Asabe dismissed the petition by Chief Great Ogboru, the  governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party, DPP,  challenging Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s victory at the re-run poll, the  two men will return  to the tribunal, today.

MEDICAL STUDENT ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY

Medical student of Madonna University, Anambra State, Kolade Olajide, and three other students have been arrested by the men of the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly killing a policeman during a robbery operation at Moferere area of Ado-Ekiti.

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT "TWO TERM FOR PRESIDENCY AND GOVERNORS IS A WASTE"

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, confirmed a single term proposal for the offices of president of the Federal Republic and state governors, just as he explained why he is sending a bill to the National Assembly to that effect.

GUN MANUFACTURER ARRESTED BY TASK FORCE

The Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau, on Jos crises, Operation Safe Haven, yesterday arrested a suspected gun manufacturer at a military check point in Bokkos Local Government.

OGBORU LOST OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN - DELTA STATE

In  Delta State, the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State yesterday invalidated the nomination of Chief Great Ovadje Ogboru as the governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) in the January 6, 2011 governorship rerun election.

CPC PETITIONED PDP ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

On Thursday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), placed an appeal before the Supreme Court, challenging the ruling of the presidential election petition tribunal, which dismissed its objection to the petition filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

ASUU STRIKE THREATENS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, warned that nothing would stop the union on embarking on strike, if the Federal Government failed to honour its part of the agreement reached in 2009.

NATO PRESS PRESURE ON GADHAFI

The United Nation Community (NATO) mission in Libya is on track, with pressure on leader Moammar Gadhafi mounting and the rebel forces growing stronger, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR FACES FINAL TRIALS

The former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu is finally set to take off as the Code of Conduct Tribunal where he has been charged, will be inaugurated next Tuesday.

LAST WARNING TO BOKO HARAM SAY MR PRESIDENT

THE Federal Government led by Mr President yesterday sent a strong warning to the Boko Haram sect, which has claimed responsibility for the spate of bomb blasts and killings in some northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

NEW SECURITY MEASURE IN EDO STATE

The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says a timely integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the nation’s security network is key to curbing the current general insecurity.

MINISTERS SWEARING IN

After a month since his swearing in of Mr President, Goodluck Jonathan will today by 11a.m. at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, swear in the first batch of ministers confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday and Thursday.

JAMB RESULT OUT

It was noted that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday released the results of last Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME).

ANOTHER WAR IN LAGOS BETWEEN POLICE AND SOLDIERS

it  was so pandemonium at Obanikoro, Lagos Mainland, yesterday as soldiers clashed with policemen attached to the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA).

PDP RIGGED GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN ABIA STATE

Although the governorship elections have come and gone and winners emerged from different directions, party members have continued to live with the memories of what transpired. Two chieftains of All Nigerian Peoples Party(ANPP) in the Abia State, Elder Kasidy Agbai and the party governorship candidate during the polls, Chief Anagha Ndukwo Anagha poured out their hearts during an interview.

CORP MEMBERS KIDNAPPED

IN FCT (ABUJA) The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, after a meeting, weekend, refused to pay ransom for the release of five corps members kidnapped in Rivers State.

OIL WORKERS HIJACKED

IN Eket - AKWE IBOM,  Irate youths from Afriyo, Eket, in Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, hijacked a 32-seater coaster bus conveying oil workers to the Uquo Marginal Oil Fields operated by Frontier Oil Ltd.
The youths waylaid the bus and forcefully hijacked it and drove it to the palace of the Village Head, where the oil workers were later released unharmed.

GADHAFI HAS 90 DAYS TO STEP DOWN

THE United Nations resolution justifies the targeting of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a senior NATO military official with operational knowledge of the Libya mission.

US TROOPS TO STAY AWAY IRAQ SAID

THE Iraq government will ask the United State government  to keep its troops in the country beyond the 2011 withdrawal deadline set by US President Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, the White House's pick to lead the Pentagon, said.

KEROSENE SCARCITY HAS ENDED

THE efforts to ensure that scarcity of kerosene becomes a thing of the past, the NNPC said it is releasing 3,000 metric tonnes of kerosene into the market.

CABINET IN EBONYI FEARS MASSES

IN EBONYI State, the Peoples   Democratic Party (PDP) State since the dawn of civil rule in 1999 with emergence of the first executive Governor, Dr. Sam Egwu, who was succeeded by Chief Martin Elechi, another PDP governor in 2007.

KEROSENE CRISIS ENDS ON TUESDAY

WE hope that the accelerated end to the artificially-induced scarcity and hike in the price of kerosene appeared on the horizon, on Tuesday, as the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and members of the Major Oil marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) pledged to bring the situation to an end within the next 10 days.

GADHAFI VOWED TO STAY BOMB OR NO BOMB

IN Libya, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday that "we will not surrender," even as NATO air-strikes bombarded his compound in Tripoli.

EX - SPEAKER FACES 16 CHARGE OF FRAUD BY EFCC

THE count charge Dimeji Bankole of fraud and other corrupt practices, this charge has been filed against the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

BLAST AT MAIDUGURI 16 DEAD

Three blast hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Tuesday and gunfire rang out after suspected members of an Islamist sect attacked police stations, a Reuters witness said.

N10 BILLION STOLEN

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may not give up on its bid to interrogate the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, over his role in the N10 billion loan scam.

FORMER GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE GRANT BAIL BY HIGH COURT

Former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani who was last week arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption was yesterday granted an unconditional bail by an Enugu High Court.

ANOTHER BOMB IN BAUCHI

Just 48 hours after the bomb blasts that took place at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, killing 13 and injuring 40 others, gunmen have hurled another bomb at a police station in Bulkachuwa town of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, killing a police corporal.

JAMB EXAMINATION DATE - UTME 2011

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced Saturday, June 18, 2011 as the new date for the conduct of the 2011 UTME.

HOW MANY WAS KILLED IN POST ELECTION VIOLENCE

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, said on Thursday that 520 persons were killed in the post-election violence in Kaduna and Niger states.

COMPUTER WORLD

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem.

BOMB EXPLOSION IN BAUCHI

Bomb  blasts rocked the 23 Artillery Brigade headquarters in Bauchi at about 8.25 p.m yesterday, killing five people and injuring several others. The commissioner of Police, Muhammed Indabawa confirmed the casualties during a telephone interview with journalists.

LETS QUESTION OSAMA'S WIVES SAYS US GOVERNMENT

The Pakistan government may let US investigators question the wives of Osama Bin Laden, a US official said, a decision that could begin to stabilise relations between the prickly allies that have been severely strained by the killing of the al Qaeda leader.

N5 MILLION FOR EACH CORP MEMBERS THAT WAS KILLED DUE TO ELECTORAL VIOLENCE

THE PRESIDENT of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has announced a cash compensation of N5 million for each of the families of the 10 slain members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and has also directed them to forward the name of one unemployed sibling of the deceased for immediate employment in the Federal Civil Service.

FEMALE PUPILS ARE MOLESTED BY MALE TEACHERS IN ADAMAWA STATE

The State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Adamawa State has dismissed two teachers following investigations into alleged sexual molestation of female pupils under their care.

CURFEW IN KADUNA STARTS FROM 9PM AND ENDS 5AM

IN KADUNA-The Kaduna State Government,  for the fourth time shifted the statewide imposed curfew in the state after the post electoral violence.

CPC commenced Application At Tribunal Over Presidential Election

CPC yesterday commenced the process of seeking to invalidate the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2011 presidential election by filing a preliminary application at the National Election Tribunal in Abuja.

Abused Rioters in the North By Police and Soldiers

New York-based Human Rights Watch and Civil Rights Congress, a local rights group based in Kaduna, have separately accused soldiers and police of extra-judicial killings and other abuses as they sought to quell deadly riots in northern Nigeria after the April 16 presidential poll.

CHINA FEARS THE NEXT TARGET AFTER OSAMA

The United State of America most vilified terrorist foe has been dead only a week but China is already haunted by the phantom of the next big US enemy. Almost simultaneously with the spread of the news of Osama bin Laden's death in a covert US operation in Pakistan, Chinese analysts had begun the guessing game of where Washington will focus its attention next.

BIN LADEN'S DEATH REINVIGORATES WAR AGAINST U.S.

 The Taliban, one of Osama bin Laden's closest allies, confirmed late Friday that the al Qaeda founder had been killed by U.S. commandos during a raid in Pakistan.

BARACK OBAMA THE HERO AFTER THE DEATH OF MR OSAMA

Five days after US Navy Seals shot and killed Osama Bin Laden at his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, US President Barack Obama is enjoying a significant boost in public approval, as well as a transformation in his public image.

WHO WON THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN IMO STATE?

In Owerri – Imo State capital city virtually stood still as loyalists of  APGA, stromed the streets of the municipality to jubiliate over the declaration of their principal, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, as the winner of the governorship election in the state.

FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BAHRAIN

Four men were sentenced to death in Bahrain in connection with the killing of two police officers during anti-government protests, the Gulf kingdom's official news agency said Thursday.

SIX PEOPLE KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER

IN Baghdad -- Six people were killed and 15 others were wounded Thursday in a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Iraq's Diyala province, police said.

"GET READY FOR DEVELOPMENT" THE PRESIDENT SAID

The President, Goodluck Jonathan Thursday asked Nigerians to brace up for good governance and development after conducting a credible election that has gone a long way to repair the country's image before the international community.

KADUNA HELD PEACEFUL ELECTION AFTER THE POST ELECTORAL VIOLANCE

The rescheduled governorship and House of Assembly election in Kaduna State was conducted on Thursday amidst tight security and low voter turn-out in the Northern parts of the state.

EDO STATE PDP REFUSE THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULT

ALL INDICATIONS arose yesterday that the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may challenge in court the results of the just-concluded House of Assembly elections in state.

UDUAGHAN THE WINNER, OGBORU THE LOSER

In Delta State , Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan , yesterday emerged winner over Ogboru the great again, in the governorship election held in the state. It was a count down between Uduaghan and Ogboru on who to be the state governor.

President Jonathan says State of emergency is the best option for peace

PRESIDENT  Goodluck Jonathan has in his native village Otuoke, Bayelsa State explained the circumstances that would warrant a declaration of state of emergency in any part of the country, saying it would only be considered when every other option at peace has failed.

WHO WON THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN ENUGU STATE?

Yesterday (Tuesday 26th April) Governorship Election were held at different polling centers, but that the end of the election, the result were counted but so far the Governor Chime winning 419,790 votes.

Gangster snatched ballot boxes in Kano

In Kano, the Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Umar Dan- Yahaya, has said some ballot boxes were snatched during the governorship elections and House of Assembly elections in the state.

POLICE ARREST CORP MEMBERS, AND 12 OTHERS OVER ALLEGED ELECTORAL CRIME

In Lagos, Lagos state, thirteen persons, including six (6) women and a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, working with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were  Tuesday arrested by the police in Lagos State, during the Governorship and House of Assembly Elections in the State, for allegedly attempting to hijack ballot boxes, disrupt electoral processes  and tomb-printing of ballots papers.

OVER 500 PEOPLE KILLED IN ELECTION VIOLENCE

DUE to the post election violence in the northern Nigeria, over 500 people were killed in post-election violence last week in the mostly Muslim north, a Nigerian human rights group has said on Sunday, warning of further unrest during upcoming state elections.

7 CORPS MEMBERS DEAD IN BAUCHI

In Bauchi  the Police Command says that the number of NYSC members who were killed in the post-election violence in the state, has risen from four to seven.

Chelsea always the main threat to Manchester United

United legend Lou Macari has told ManUtd.com he has always viewed Chelsea as the Reds' biggest threat in the race for Barclays Premier League glory.

"ENOUGH IS A ENOUGH" SAYS PRESIDENT GOODLUCK OVER MASS KILLING IN THE NORTH

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday warned perpetrators of postelection violence that "enough is enough," saying the unrest brings back memories of events leading up to a 1960s civil war in the nation.

200 PEOPLE DEAD. BUT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MUST GO ON

 President Goodluck Jonathan says next week's elections for governor will go ahead as planned, despite deadly riots in the north that have left at least 200 people dead.

President Goodluck Jonathan collects Certificate of Return

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday at the collation center of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, received the official stamp to his victory at the last Saturday Presidential Election when the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega presented him with the Certificate of Return, as required by law.
His running mate in the election and Vice President,  Namadi Sambo, was also presented with his Certificate of Return, according to law.

Election Violence in Nigeria: Northerners in Eastern Nigeria runing for their life

According to THISDAY Newspaper, the Northern Nigerians resident in Onitsha and Awka, Anambra State Nigeria commercial and administrative cities Tuesday fled to Asaba, the neigbhouring Delta State capital for safety as rumours of reprisal attacks following the post presidential election riots in some northern cities of Kano, Bauchi and Kaduna in which people of eastern extraction resident in these cities were feared to have fallen victims.

"The election should be cancelled" Buhari says

 IN ABUJA – CPC, Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called for the cancellation of results of the election saying that computers used in compiling the votes were programmed to rig the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, back to power.

cancellation of the presidential election

The CPC has sent a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the cancellation of the presidential election results from the South-South and South-East.

Rioting in Northen Nigeria,

Rioting in Northen Nigeria, houses burnt, property destory, churches burnt down after INEC declares Goodluck Jonathan as the winner of 2011 election

Crisis In the Northern Nigeria

Election violence swept through some Northern states on late hours on Sunday and Monday as results of the presidential poll released by the INEC clearly showed Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has won.

Vice President's house burn down

Youths burn Vice President's house due to the result that was announced yesterday youth in Kaduna State burn down the house of the declare Vice President of Nigeria

Goodluck Jonathan wins Nigeria Presidential Election 2011

 President Goodluck Jonathan looks set to emerge victorious in the Nigeria presidential election held last Saturday.

Gangster murder mum and daughter over Delta State politics

Delta State News - An alleged refusal of a man to heed calls to join a political party led to tragedy last Tuesday in Effurun, Uvwie LGA of Delta State when some armed supporters of the party invaded the man's house to kill his 55-year-old mother, Gloria Ewenode and her 30-year-old daughter, Joy Owolo.