(Reuter)It looks like the Egyptians are shunning the ballot box for a second day on Monday in what has been called “an election without voters” by a newspaper. This is highlighting growing disillusionment since the army seized power in 2013 and promised to restore democracy. Voting started slowly, a day after polling stations visited by […]
Continue ReadingThe Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) said today, that about 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) whose camp is in Kuka Reta town, some 15 kilometers from Damaturu, Yobe state, are “currently in serious danger”. A statement issued by Ishaq Akintola, a professor and director of the group, said the camp is out of food supply, drinkable […]
Continue ReadingFrance’s Ambassador for Climate Change, Ambassador Stephane Gompertz, has conveyed warning message to Nigeria, thereby calling for a robust participation from Nigeria at the climate change conference in Paris to protect the city of Lagos. Gompertz raised the spectre of rising temperature and rising sea level, which can lead to the wiping out of the […]
Continue Reading• Says APC’s anti-corruption crusade a sham, Presidency disagrees The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) of being a government of hypocrisy, describing its ‘trumpeted’ fight against corruption as ‘orchestrated.’ National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, while addressing journalists in Abuja, accused the Federal Government […]
Continue ReadingBiafra, a group championing the secession from Nigeria, Indigenous People of Biafra Worldwide, owners of Radio Biafra on Sunday, wrote an open letter to world leaders over the plight of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested on Saturday by the Directorate of State Service, DSS. The letter was written by one Ifeanyi Chijioke on […]
Continue ReadingA former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Chapter, Dr Philip Ugbodaga and two other medical doctors yet to be identified, have been reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers. Ugbodaga and colleagues were reportedly abducted Friday at Umuaka, in Isu local government area of Imo State, where they had gone to render free […]
Continue ReadingMen of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Sunday gunned down a female suicide bomber trying to enter the barracks. The soldiers watched as the bomb strapped on her body exploded. According to Daily Trust, the suicide bomber described as a tall lady in red hijab approached the gate […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, [APC], says it has come to its notice, that Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP in their failed bid to ensure that the Senate does not screen Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, have now resorted to publishing counterfeit news items through their sponsored Internet news outlets. […]
Continue ReadingNdem Nkem Bachelorhood is a time in a man’s life when he is devoid of a wife, children or family. He is single, unhinged by seemingly tedious commitments and free to live life to the fullest. Most bachelors in Nigeria are hardworking and so spend a period of their lives hustling in a bid to […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on continued the interrogation of former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday for a second day running. Senate Minority Leader, Akpabio was quizzed on Friday and allowed to go home but returned again on Saturday to answer more questions over allegations of looting state funds […]
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