Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo said on Thursday African countries are happy over the defeat of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan from the outcome of the presidential election in Nigeria.Chief Obasanjo said opinions he received from African countries suggested they were happy over the result of the election just as majority of Nigerians do.According to him, President…
Hundreds of soldiers fled Marte, a border town along the shores of Lake Chad as gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents invaded the Borno town, a local official and witnesses said.“The terrorists, numbering over 2,000, appeared from various directions on Thursday and engaged the soldiers in Kirenowa town and adjoining communities in Marte,” said…
A 35-year-old Nigerian woman identified as Temitope Adebamiro has been charged with killing of her husband as she alleged that her husband do cheat on her by having extra-marital affairs with several women including her sister and their nanny’s daughter.According to court records obtained by The News Journal, the 37-year-old husband, Adeyinka Adebamiro, was found…
The Society for Family Health says no fewer than 3.2 million Nigerians are presently living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).Mr Bright Ekweremadu, the Managing Director of the society, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a forum to mark the end of Enhancing Nigeria’s Response (ENR) to HIV and AIDS programme.He solicited realistic programmes…
A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.) has saidthose reading meanings into the visit of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to my house were just being mischievous.The former military head of state stated this on Thursday while he led the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to a…
Two Lagos-based legal practitioners, Oluyinka Oyeniji and Osasuyi Adebayo, have commenced contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Mr. John Ugbe, for allegedly violating a court order.Ugbe, alongside the Public Relations Manager of the company, Caroline Oghuma, is liable to being jailed if found guilty of the allegation.The lawyers had, on April…
Ways to avoid hiring wrong domestic workerUGODRE OBI-CHUKWUUgodre Obi-ChukwuIt was just like any other Saturday afternoon for Mr. Dike, as he relaxed in his living room watching football with a few guests when he suddenly remembered his driver was yet to return from an errand after an hour. One hour soon turned into three…
Two men in Kaduna State have divorced their wives for failure to vote for candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, during the last general elections.The two middle age men (name witheld) of Kaninkon community in Jema’a Local government Area of the State divorced their wives after the last Saturday gubernatorial and State House of…
The incoming Muhammadu Buhari led administration poise to replace the top management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Reuters news agency reported.It is also poised to review the accounts of the oil company to restore credibility, according to sources within Buhari’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).It said the new government will submit a…
The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has given South Africans, a 24 hours ultimatum to them to stop the massacres of foreigners in their land or face bombing attacks from them as a reaction to the ongoing xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa.Shekau, the Boko Haram leader made this known in a brief…
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