By Comfort Obi A SCARY but heart-warming incident happened in Imo State on September 27, 2013. Two teenagers, Gideon Emenike and Chibuisi Nwafor, aged between 16 and 17 years, performed a feat which not only shocked their rural community of Umuchima Ubaha, Okigwe LGA, but the whole state.... Read more
Police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria’s city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed “immoral” in the area. The banned booze had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said... Read more
Apparently reacting to the long-awaited decampment of seven renegade governors and their staunch followers in its fold, the National Disciplinary Committee set up by Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has recommended the expulsion of leaders of the party’s breakaway faction, Alhaji Abubakar... Read more
The Office of Nigeria’s President on Thursday denied reports that the leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who was released by security officials in Benin Republic, was flown aboard a presidential jet to Abuja. Mr. Dokubo-Asari was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by the Benin... Read more
Kenya launched construction of a Chinese-funded $13.8 billion (10 billion euro) flagship railway project Thursday, hoping to dramatically increase trade and boost Kenya’s position as a regional economic powerhouse. The key transport link, to run from the busy port city of Mombasa inland to the highland capital Nairobi, is... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Moses Tanui, 49, a retired athletes from Kenya, and former World Champion in 10,000 metres has described the organisation of the 2013 Obudu Mountain Race as world class and good. Tanui, 49, who won the 10,000 metres in 1991in Tokyo, Japan and twice champion at... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Obudu Rono Philemon of Kenya Saturday won the male category of 9th Obudu Mountain Race returning with a time of 1 hour 43 minutes to beat the defending Champion, Abebe Dinkessa of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian, who won the 8th edition of the race in 2012, came second... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has challenged the international community to pay more attention to the impact of climate change on the people living in the rural communities, stating that so far not enough is being done to increase their resilience to cope with climate change. Governor... Read more
‘Inclusion of Arabic Inscriptions on Nigeria’s Currencies Connotes Negative Implications’ – Pastor Peters
FeaturedSpecial Reports November 27, 2013
Worried by issues he sees as wrong with Nigeria, including the one he identifies with the country’s currency, the Naira, Pastor Godswill Chukwudi Peters has stood up to challenge the elevant authorities in court. Pastor Peters is in court to challenge the inclusion of Arabic inscriptions in the... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has greeted the various reform initiatives by the Head of Service of the Federation Alhaji Bukar Aji, to deliver on effective and efficient service to Nigerians. Imoke, who made his feelings know when he received on a courtesy... Read more
