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Ahead 2011, Uduaghan Awards $1.2M Contract To Rev Up Pointer Newspaper
ASABA, June 30, (THEWILL) – Delta State Governor has raised his game ahead of the 2011 governorship election in the state.
Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan a few
Parties Without Seats In National/State Assemblies To Be De-Registered
ABUJA, June 30, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today passed into law a bill empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to henceforth de-register ...
MPs, Minister Applaud Veterinary Bill
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DIMEJO BANKOLE....
2011: Pro-Democracy Rallies Turning Into Campaign For Fashola
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA DURING HIS LAST WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY DAY....
Jonathan Inaugurates Jega, 6 Others, Pushes For Radical Changes
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN , VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO, SGF YAYALE AHMED, INEC CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA (STANDING ON JONATHAN'S RIGHT), AND OTHER INEC COMMISSIONERS IN A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY....
Senators Block Debate on $30m Sao Tome’s Loan Request
ABUJA, June 30, (THEWILL) - The Senate today blocked consideration of the request to reverse the conditions for the US$30million soft loan granted to the ...
Senate Orders Probe Into Lead Poisoning In Zamfara
ABUJA, June 30, (THEWILL) - Three standing committees of the Senate, Solid Minerals, Environment and Health have been ordered to investigate the circumstances surrounding the ...
NOW THE INTEGRITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DR PIUS OKIGBO COMMITTEE ON THE GULF WAR OIL WINDFALL IS BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION, CAN THEY SPEAK UP?
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR GENERAL IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA....
Jonathan Bars Super Eagles For Two Years
PHOTO: SUPER EAGLES STRIKERS OBAFEMI MARTINS (M) AND KANU NWANKWO (R)....
Uduaghan Promises New Anglican Primate, Okoh Ultra Modern Edifice
PHOTO: PRIMATE OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION), MOST REV. NICHOLAS OKOH (M) WITH WIFE (IN BLUE) AND DELTA STATE GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN AND WIFE (LEFT OF THE SCREEN) AND GEN. THEOPHILUS DANJUMA (FAR RIGHT) AT THE CHURCH SERVICE....
Reps Reject Move To Probe N10B Anniversary Fund
PHOTO: SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE DIMEJI BANKOLE....
Reps Approve Amendment Of 2010 Budget
ABUJA, June 29, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today approved for second reading the proposed amendment Bill seeking to alter the 2010 Appropriation Act. ...
‘‘WHY DO YOU LOVE GOD?’’
People often ask "why do you love God?" And yet the answer is simple and clear. I love God because He is God: The creator ...POLICE LEADERSHIP NOT YET UHURU
Dear Editor, POLICE LEADERSHIP NOT YET UHURU If one thinks of the recurring poor, inglorious, corrupt and other vices associated with Nigeria Police leadership; then ...AKWA IBOM: ABOUT THE SLAIN PDP CHIEFTAIN
It is definitely not the best of time in Akwa Ibom as it relates to political kidnapping and assassination in the State. At about midday ...
Jos Crisis: Court Sentences Police Officer To Death By Hanging
JOS, June 29, (THEWILL) - A Police Corporal, Mr. Emmanuel Ochiba is to die by hanging, nine years after he was arraigned for killing one Godwin ...
Fashola Presents N46B Supplementary Budget
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN....
South-South Governors Commend Jonathan Over Post Amnesty Programme
PHOTO: L-R:GOVERNORS LIYEL IMOKE (CROSS RIVER); TIMIPRE SYLVA (BAYELSA); ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE (EDO); ROTIMI AMAECHI (RIVERS); AND EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN (DELTA) SHAKING THE HANDS OF OSHIOMHOLE AT THE 'ONE MAN, ONE VOTE' RALLY IN BENIN CITY A FEW WEEKS AGO. ...
Imoke Wants Collaboration On Sports Development
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, LIYEL IMOKE (R) EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES WITH NIGERIAN ATHLETE MERCY NKU (L), WHILE CHIEF SOLOMON OGBA, PRESIDENT AFN WATCHES DURING A DINNER IN HONOUR OF ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS AT THE JUST CONCLUDED NNPC/MOBIL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS IN CALABAR....
Siemens Scandal: Mike Adenuga, Wife Received Bribes - Source
PHOTO: GLOBACOM CHAIRMAN, DR MIKE ADENUGA (L) WITH WIFE, TITI....
HALLIBURTON: TIME TO DEAL WITH THE ROGUES
The Halliburton case has indeed refused to die. As with everything Nigerian, this case, in which highly placed Nigerians perpetrated an unimaginable heist running into ...
G-20 MEETING: TAKING CHARGE OF AFRICA
PHOTO: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON AT THE G20 SUMMIT IN TORONTO, CANADA....
Plateau Police Arrest Two With Arms
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. IKECHUKWU ADUBA....
Port Evolution Management, UK Takes Charge Of Calabar Energy City
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
W’Bank Grants Lagos, 4 Others N23.7bn Intervention Fund
WORLD BANK GROUP PRESIDENT ROBERT B. ZOELLICK....
TWO NIGERIAS, SEPARATE AND EQUAL
There are, it appears, two separate, dramatically different Nigerias existing side by side. Even though both Nigerias exist within the same space, they rarely interact. ...
Oceanic, PHB, 3 Others May Be Sold In August – Sanusi
PHOTO: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR LAMIDO SANUSI....
ONE MORE FEEBLE VOICE AGAINST THE ELECTRICITY CABAL
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS ASSURED THAT NIGERIA'S ELECTRICITY PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED. ...
Nigeria At 50 London Summit A Disgrace - NLC
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY LOGO....
Asaba Court: I Can’t Stop Your Arrest, Judge Tells Ibori
PHOTO: FORMER GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE, CHIEF JAMES IBORI....
Jersey Court Jails Abacha’s Associate, Buba Marwa Linked In Fraud
PHOTO: CONVICTED AND SENTENCED ASSOCIATE OF LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA, MR. RAJ BHOJWANI....
Bakassi Returnees Register For Project ‘Hope And Comfort’
CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
2011: PDP Delta North Rallies For Uduaghan, Pledges Full Support
PHOTO: DELTA STATE GOVERNOR, DR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN....
Mike Adenuga, Wife, Become Nigeria’s Newest Fugitives
PHOTO: GLOBACOM LIMITED CHAIRMAN, OTUNBA MIKE ADENUGA....
World Cup: Ghana Still In It, Advances To Q’Finals
PHOTO: GHANAIAN STRIKER GYAN SCORED THE WINNING GOAL IN EXTRA TIME. ...
REBRAND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESMENT AND MASS PUBLIC PROTEST
PHOTO: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER, PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI IS LEADING THE REBRANDING NIGERIA PROJECT....
Controversial Aondoakaa Denies US Government Ban
PHOTO: DISGRACED FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, MR MICHAEL AONDOAKAA....
Political Murder: Police Arrest former Senator Over Inyang’s Murder
PHOTO: SENATOR JAMES JOHN AKPAN UDOEDEHE, ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ORDERING THE MURDER OF ELDER PAUL INYANG....
Uncertainty Suppresses Political Aspirations In Plateau
PHOTO: A FILE PHOTO TAKEN IN JOS IN JANUARY 2008 SHOWING PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR. JONAH DAVID JANG (M) WITH DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS. PAULINE TALLEN (L) AND US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, ROBIN SANDERS (R)....
We Are Committed To Partner NYSC - Imoke
PHOTO: GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE, CROSS RIVER, PRESENTING A GIFT TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS, NYSC, BRIG. GEN. M.I. TSIGA, WHILE CHAIRMAN NYSC GOVERNING BOARD, CHIEF LINUS OKOM (R) WATCHED DURING A COURTESY CALL ON IMOKE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE CALABAR LAST WEDNESDAY....
FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE…ONCE AGAIN
PHOTO: CHAIRMAN OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, INEC, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
...TO SERVE NIGERIAN BY FORCE
PHOTO: EFCC CHAIRMAN, MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI HAS SUGGESTED THE DEALTH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT PERSONS UPON CONVICTION....
THE ILLEGALITY OF THE PRESIDENCY ZONING ARRANGEMENT IN NIGERIA IN VIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF 1999 CONSTITUTION
PHOTO: ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, MR MOHAMMED ADOKE, SAN....
INSECURITY: BEYOND THE RESORT TO PRIMITIVISM
PHOTO: POLICE INSPECTOR GENERAL, MR. OGBONNAYA ONOVO....
Vice Chancellor, Driver, Kidnapped As Abductors Demand N6M
PHOTO: SOME GUNMEN OPERATING IN THE NIGER DELTA AREA....
Majekobaje Eko Integrity Group Wants LASAA Probed, Indicts Fashola
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR. BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA....FED HOUSE SANITIZATION: DINO MELAYE AS A RECURRING DECIMAL
Editor: FED HOUSE SANITIZATION: DINO MELAYE AS A RECURRING DECIMAL It is most likely that many have forgotten that Representative Dino Melaye was an anchor-leg for ...
THE DEMAND FOR ZONING BY THE NORTH
PHOTO: L-R: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, ATIKU ABUBAKAR; FORMER THIRD REPUBLIC SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR IYORCHIA AYU, AND FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA AFTER THE NORTHERN 'LEADERS/ELDERS' MEETING LAST WEEK IN ABUJA....
Cross River Senatorial District Holds Rally For Imoke
PHOTO: L-R: PDP STATE CHAIR, NTUFAN EKPO OKON; GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE AND WIFE, OBIOMA; WIFE OF DEPUTY GOVERNOR, GLORY , DUPUTY GOVERNOR, MR. EFIOK COBHAM; AND SENATOR FLORENCE ITA GIWA....
CRSG Signs N8B Contract On Calabar New Market
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE WITH PROFESSOR JERRY GANA, PROMOTER, BLUE WATERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED AT THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEW CALABAR CENTRAL MARKET IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CALABAR....
Nyame Approved Withdrawal of N330M Without Due Process - Witness
PHOTO: FORMER TARABA STATE GOVERNOR, REVEREND JOLLY NYAME....
Nigerian Airlines Struggle Under Heavy Debt Burden
Nigeria's airline industry owes banks and the government as much as $2 billion after funding rapid expansion with short-term loans, leaving some firms struggling, industry ...
FCTA To Create Microfinance Institutions In All Council Areas
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SENATOR BALA MOHAMMED....
Bayelsa Deputy Governor Impeached
PHOTO: IMPEACHED BAYELSA STATE GOVERNOR, MR. PEREMOBOWEI EBEBI. ...
How Uduaghan Bribed Oghara Youths With N30M On Jonathan’s Visit
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) WITH DELTA GOVERNOR DR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN DURING JONATHAN'S VISIT TO DELTA STATE....
Obama Accepts Gen. McChrystal’s Resignation, nominates Gen Petraeus
San Francisco, June 23, (THEWILL) – President Barack Obama today accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal "with considerable regret" and nominated General David Petraeus ...
Poor Performance: Reps May Blacklist Construction Firms
ABUJA, June 23, (THEWILL) - Disturbed by several abandoned highway projects, the House of Representatives Committee on Works today threatened to blacklist road contractors in ...
Setback For Constitution Amendment As Reps Want Senate Version Withdrawn
ABUJA, June 23, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives today ordered the withdrawal of the senate version of the constitutional amendments sent to the states ...
RE: A FIGHT FOR POLITICAL RELEVANCE; NASIR el-RUFAI, NUHU RIBADU, FEMI FANI-KAYODE & OBASANJO’S OTHER BOYS
PHOTO: L-R: MR. FEMI FANI-KAYODE, MR. NASIR EL-RUFAI AND MR. NUHU RIBADU....
THE UNFINISHED 30-MINUTE WAR FILM IN THE PARLIAMENT
PHOTO: RANCOUR INSIDE THE NIGERIAN FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON TUESDAY JUNE 22, 2010. ...
Imoke Calls For The Completion Of Projects At UCTH
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE (L) RECEIVING THE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR TEACHING HOSPITAL (UCTH), H.R.M. ALHAJI (DR) AYE DIRISU, OKUKPELLAGBE OF OKPELLA, EDO STATE DURING A COURTESY VISIT ON HIM RECENTLY....
Mass Protest Rocks Lagos Over Voters’ Register
PHOTO: L-R: CONVENER OF THE SAVE NIGERIA GROUP, (SNG) PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE, LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR. BABATUNDE FASHOLA, NOBER LAUREATE, PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA, AND DR OKEI JOE ODUMAKIN AT THE SNG GRAND RALLY HELD AT THE ONIKAN STADIUM TODAY....
Man Arrested Over G20 Summit Attack
San Francisco, June 23, (THEWILL) - A 37 year-old Toronto man, Byron Sonne has been detained and charged with possession of explosives in connection with ...
Jega Sees Challenges To Free Vote
PHOTO: PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA (L) WITH SA TO THE PRESIDENT ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MATTERS, SENATOR MOHAMMED ABBA AJI WHEN JEGA ARRIVED AT THE SENATE FOR HIS SCREENING TODAY....
House Crisis: Melaye, Others to Challenge Suspension In Court
PHOTO: FEDERAL LEGISLATORS DURING YESTERDAY'S DISRUPTIVE SESSION....AKWA IBOM: ANOTHER POLITICAL ASSASSINATION RECORDED
Sir, AKWA IBOM: ANOTHER POLITICAL ASSASSINATION RECORDED Just last Sunday (morning) June 20, 2010 in Akwa Ibom a former PDP’s Zonal Assistant Secretary during Attah’s tenure, Mr. ...
Oceanic Bank Returns To Profitability, Grosses =N=28.7bn In Q1 2010
PHOTO: OCEANIC BANK GMD, MR. JOHN ABOH....
THE MYSTERY OF THE DECEIT OF MONOLITHIC “NORTHERN “ NIGERIA
I cannot believe that there are still some "minority" tribes in Northern Nigeria or better still the middle belt that can still fall for the dummy ...
Dogo Na Hauwa Victims Drag FG To Court, Demand N1B
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR MR. JONAH DAVID JANG....
UPDATED: Photos: Bankole’s House Of Shame!
PHOTO: LEADER OF THE PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE, HON. DINO MELAYE....
EFCC To el-Rufai: You Are Delaying Your Trial
PHOTO: NASIR el-RUFAI (L) WITH OPERATIVES OF THE EFCC....
Ex-Gov Nyame’s Trial Begins As Prosecution Witness Testifies
PHOTO: FORMER TARABA STATE GOVERNOR, MR. JOLLY NYAME....
Oil Price Flux: Nigeria, Others Can’t Rely on Static Growth Pattern – Babalola
PHOTO: L-R: MINISTER OF STATE FINANCE, MR REMI BABALOLA, FIRST BANK PLC CHAIRMAN, MR. OBA OTUDEKO, MINISTER OF FINANCE, MR. OLUSEGUN AGANGA AND GMD FIRST BANK PLC, MR. BISI ONI, DURING A RECENT COURTESY VISIT TO BOTH MINISTERS IN ABUJA. ...
TRULY, JEGA WILL SOON BECOME THEIR ENEMY
PHOTO: MILITANTS ARRESTED AT IJAN-EKITI ON APRIL 25. 2009, DURING THE RERUN ELECTION IN EKITI STATE....
Lagos Poised to Resolve Boundary Disputes
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, MR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN....
Lagos Kicks Against Constitutional Amendment
LAGOS, June 21, (TEHWILL) - The people of Lagos have kicked against the on-going amendment of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, ...
Nigerian Content: FG Will Not Encourage Waivers
PHOTO: TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TO THE PETROLEUM MINISTER, MR. CHARLES ENWEOGWU, ENGR. ERNEST NWAPA OF THE NIGERIAN CONTENT MONITORING BOARD AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, BOTRO MARINE AND OIL, MR. OLUWOLE ODUNAYO INSPECTING THE PIPE THREADING YARD OF BOTRO IN ONNE, RIVERS STATE RECENTLY....
NDIC/CBN Examine Books of Microfinance Banks
LAGOS, June 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has concluded the examination of books of Micro Finance banks in the country tagged ...
Bankole: Uncertainty As House Resumes Plenary Tuesday
PHOTO: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER, HON. DIMEJI BANKOLE (R) WITH MEMBERS OF HIS ENTOURAGE ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE THE PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN RUSSIA LAST WEEK....
Lagos 2011 Guber Poll: I Haven’t Decided To Contest - Ikuforiji
PHOTO: LAGOS HOUSE SPEAKER, HON. ADEYEMI IKUFORIJI....
FEMI FANI-KAYODE: "THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE, A MYTH OR A REALITY?"
I have dedicated my life to Africa, I love Africa and I am very proud to be an African but the truth is this: that, ...
FOOTBALL LOSES TO VUVUZELA IN SOUTH AFRICA
PHOTO: SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER FANS BLOWING THE VUVUZELA. ...
E.K Clark Shuns President Jonathan’s Visit To Delta
PHOTO: L-R: A FILE PHOTO OF DELTA STATE GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN WITH CHIEF EDWIN CLARK AT AN EVENT. ...
Saudi Government Denies Use Of Its Air Space To Attack Iran
PHOTO: KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, LEADER OF SAUDI ARABIA....
Duke’s Acquisition Of CRSG Assets Fraudulent – THEWILL Investigation
PHOTO: THE FORMER GOVERNOR WITH QUESTIONABLE CRSG ASSETS IN HIS POSSESSION, MR DONALD DUKE. Image: DUKE'S FACEBOOK PAGE....
Again, Jonathan Keeps Mum On Presidential Ambition
PHOTO: L-R: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WITH MR. NOSA IGIEBOR, EDITOR IN CHIEF, TELL MAGAZINE AND MR. SAM NDA-ISAIAH, CHAIMAN/EDITOR IN CHIEF, LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER, DURING THE LIVE MEDIA CHAT TODAY AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA. Image: STATE HOUSE....
Umu Anioma Launch New Logo
ASABA, June 20, 2010 – Umu Anioma Foundation announces the launch of a new ANIOMA logo. This new logo launch coincides with the launching by ...
NIGERIA, US, AND THE OIL SPILLS
He squeezed all he could out of it; he sat, for the first time, behind his desk in the Oval office in the White House ...
Plateau State University To Start Readmitting Students In September
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR. JONAH DAVID JANG....
Delta: Jonathan Commissions Projects, Assures On N/Delta Master Plan
PHOTO: L-R: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN, DELTA STATE GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN AND WIFE, ROLI....
Rail Transport Will Avert Road Carnage – Minister
PHOTO: L-R: TRANSPORT MINISTER, ALHAJI YUSUF SULEIMAN, KANO STATE GOVERNOR, DR. IBRAHIM SHEKARAU AND MD, NIGEIRAN RAILWAY CORPORATION, ENGR. ADESEYI SIJUWADE DURING A COURTESY CALL ON SHEKARAU AFTER THE PRE-INSPECTION VISIT OF THE KANO RAILWAY STATION....
THE OUTRAGE OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S SAUDI ARABIA TORPEDOED VISIT
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) WITH DELTA STATE GOVERNOR, EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN (R) DUING JONATHAN'S VISIT TO DELTA STATE YESTERDAY....
NIGERIAN DIASPORA MUST VOTE IN 2011 ELECTIONS
PHOTO: SOME NIGERIAN VOTERS CAST THEIR VOTES DURING AN ELECTION....
Geneva Court Convicts Abba Abacha
PHOTO: NIGERIAN FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA....
FEATURE: Nigerian Village Rues The Day The Oil Men Came
When foreign oil explorers first arrived in his remote Nigerian village, Sunday Inengite Ikpesu welcomed them with open arms thinking they were here to expand ...
NNPC, Major Marketers Declare Zero Tolerance For Fuel Scarcity
ABUJA, June 18, (THEWILL) - Sustained strategies to ensure a continuous supply and distribution of petroleum products throughout the country took centre stage Thursday in ...
BETWEEN REAR-ADMIRAL MURTALA NYAKO AND ADAMAWA ELDERS’ FORUM WHERE LIES THE TRUTH
PHOTO: ADAMAWA STATE GOVERNOR, REAR ADMIRAL MURTALA NYAKO....
JUNE 12: USMAN BUGAJE’S HARSH WORDS FOR RIGGERS
PHOTO: LATE CHIEF MOSHOOD ABIOLA WON THE ANNULLED JUNE 12, 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION....
THE NIGERIA HIGH COMMISSION IN MALAYSIA AND ITS DIASPORIC COMMUNITY: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, MR ODEIN AJUMOGOBIA....
NCC Bars Lotteries By Telecom Operators
ABUJA, June 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC Thursday directed telecom operators in the country to stop further lottery related activities and to ...
Lakers Beat Celtics For NBA Championship
PHOTO: LOS ANGELES LAKERS KOBI BRYANY AND LAMAR ODUM DURING GAME 7 OF THE NBA FINALS. Image: GETTY....
N700M Fraud: Dariye Has A Case To Answer - A' Court
PHOTO: FORMER PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR JOSHUA DARIYE....
FCT Minister Gives Automatic Promotion To Six Teachers, 30 Students Get Scholarships
PHOTO: FCT MINISTER, SEN. BALAMOHAMMED (M) RECEIVING A TROPHY WON BY STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, JIKWOYI, WITH HIM ARE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, ALHAJI HUSSEINI HALILI PAI (L) AND FCT P.S, DR GOKE ADEGOROYE....
Imoke Urges FG To Terminate Ikom-Obudu Road Contract
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SEN. LIYEL IMOKE (M) FLANKED BY MINISTER OF WORKS, SEN. SANUSI DAGGASH AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT MR. JOHN ODEH (L) AND MINISTER OF STATE, WORKS, ENGR. CHRIS OGIEMWIYI AND DEPUTY SENATE LEADER, SEN. VISTOR NDOMA-EGBA (R) DURING THEIR VISIT TO CALABAR....
$5M Fraud: NYPD Burst Nigerian Gang
PHOTO: INDICTED NIGERIANS; L-R: OKECHUKWU OKORONKWO, GANIYU RILWAN AND KAZEEM BADRU....
Tinubu: INEC Lacks Mechanism to Conduct Election
PHOTO: FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR BOLA TINUBU....
UPDATED: Nwodo Sworn-In As PDP Chairman
PHOTO: L-R: NEW PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, MR. OKWESILIEZE NWODO BEING CONGRATULATED BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WHILE SENATE PRESIDENT MR. DAVID MARK LOOKS ON AT THE PDP HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA TODAY....
Police, Muslims Trade Accusations On Commercial Motorcycle Ban Killings
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER, MR IKECHUKWU ADUBA....
Beroms Accuse Soldiers Of Looting, Raping Their Women
PHOTO: LEADERS OF THE BEROM ETHNIC GROUP AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE....
DANGERS OF NORTH-SOUTH DICHOTOMY
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WITH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL RULERS DURING A CONDOLENCE VISIT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ON THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA....
THE REALISTIC CASE FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
PHOTO: RETIRED JUSTICE MOHAMMED UWAIS WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE 12-MEMBER ELECTORAL REFORM PANEL....
June 12 and Search for Credible 2011 Elections
PHOTO: PRO-JUNE 12 ACTIVISTS INCLUDING PROFESSOR PATRICK UTOMI, MR DELE MOMODU AND MR. FESTUS KEYAMO AT THE GRAVESIDE OF LATE CHIEF MOSHOOD OLAWALE ABIOLA, THE PRESUMED WINNER OF THE JUNE 12, 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ...
Oceanic Turns 20, Thanks Customers, Shareholders, Staff
PHOTO: OCEANIC BANK GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR. JOHN ABOH....
Nigerian Governors Oppose Sovereign Wealth Fund
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S FINANCE MINISTER, MR. OLESEGUN AGANGA....
Commonwealth Winner, Tricia Nwaubani, Reads For Abuja Writers
PHOTO: 2010 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE WINNER FOR BEST FIRST BOOK, TRICIA ADA NWAUBANI....
Contempt: Appeal Court Subpoenas Delta Assembly Deputy Speaker, Clerk
ASABA, June 16, (THEWILL) – The Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly Mr. Basil Ganagana and its Clerk, Mr. Raymond Yavbieri have been ...
FG’s APPOINTMENT IN PPMC –MATTER ARISING
PHOTO: PETROLEUM MINISTER, MRS. DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE....
OVERVIEW OF THE NIGERIAN REVOLUTION
What has happened to the Nigerian revolution? Hamilton Odunze of the African Analyst raised this salient question recently. Hear him out: "The Nigerian media published ...
THE PROTRACTED CRISES IN JOS; THE REAL MOTIVE
PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MR JONAH DAVID JANG....
STOP THE RHETORIC AND START BEING PROACTIVE
A FILE PHOTO SHOWS FORMER PRESIDENT OF OHANEZE, JUSTICE EZE OZOBU (R) WITH APGA PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, CHIEF CHEKWAS OKORIE AT AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY THE IGBOEZUE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION....
NNPC/Pan Ocean JV Signs Gas Purchase Agreement With PHCN
PHOTO: L-R: MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, MR NUHU WYA, E.D OPERATIONS, PHCN, ENGR JOHN AYODELE, M.D , PHCN, ENGR. HESSEIN LABO, CHAIRMAN, PAN OCEAN OIL, CHIEF FESTUS ADEBIYI, PETROLEUM MINISTER, MRS. DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE, AND GMD NNPC, ENGR. AUSTEN ONIWON AT THE HISTORIC SIGNING OG THE GAS SUPPLY PURCHASE AGREEMENT TODAY IN ABUJA....
FCT Minister Commissions 18 Ambulances Worth N361M
PHOTO: PREMANENT SECRETARY, FCT, DR GOKE ADEGOROYE (R) AND HEALTH SECRETARY, FCT, DR PRECIOUS GBENEOL DURING THE COMMISSIONING OF AMBULANCES DONATED TO FCT HOSPITALS IN ABUJA TODAY....
A World Cup Experience
PHOTO: A FAN BLOWS A VUVUZELA DURING A GROUP A WORLD CUP SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND MEXICO ON JUNE 11, 2010., Image: VALERY HACHE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES. ...
Again, EFCC Invites Mike Adenuga, Others Over Fraud
PHOTO: GLOBACOM CHAIRMAN, OTUNBA MICHAEL ADENUGA....
Bankole Unperturbed By Impeachment Threats
PHOTO: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MR. DIMEJI BANKOLE....
50TH Anniversary: Late Yar’Adua Budgeted N62M
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN LAUNCHING THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR NIGERIA'S VISION 20:2020 AT THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT HELD INSIDE THE BANQUET HALL OF THE STATE HOUSE IN ABUJA TODAY, 06-14-2010....
A FLOTILLA LESSON FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE SUMMIT
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