Life can mean life, Court of Appeal judges have ruled, following a European Court of Human Rights decision which said they were "unlawful". Delivering the ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord
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Professor Chinua Achebe is dead
March 22, 2013 Comment Off 60 ViewsChinua Achebe Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead. Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor
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Jonathan, Gowon, IBB, Sultan, Omar: Nigeria’s Unity Not Negotiable
September 21, 2012 Comment Off 76 ViewsPresident Goodluck Johnathan Those seeking the disintegration of the country are ``lazy politicians seeking to be kings in tiny islands’’, President Goodluck Jonathan stated
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Patience Jonathan was in a bad state of health on arrival in a German Hospital
September 5, 2012 Comment Off 228 ViewsPatience Johnathan, first Lady of Nigeria Nigeria’s first lady Patience Jonathan was in a bad state of health when she arrived last week at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Wiesbaden,
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Michael Clarke Duncan dead, ‘Green Mile’ actor was 54
September 3, 2012 Comment Off 1919 ViewsMichael Clarke Duncan Duncan "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," a written statement from Joy Fehily said. Clarke died at a Los Angeles hospital where he
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Inspector General of Police, Urges Nigerians in Diaspora to be Law Abiding
September 3, 2012 Comment Off 100 ViewsINSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police, Mohammed Abubakar NIGERIANS in the Diaspora have been told to respect the laws and culture of their host countries by the nation's top cop, Mohammed
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Music Legend Donna Summer Is Dies aged 63
May 17, 2012 Comment Off 50 ViewsLegendary singer and Queen of Disco music, Donna Summer, is reported to have died today in Florida after a battle with cancer, according to Celeb Essence. Summer, 63, a five-time Grammy Award
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N439m pension scam: Ex-Director secures N50m bail
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 231 ViewsAfter spending two days in prison custody, former Director of the Pensions Department, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Sani Teidi Shuaibu, who was accused of stealing N439
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Police Pensions Scandal: FCSC Suspends Five Civil Servants
April 20, 2012 Comment Off 415 ViewsFederal Civil Service Commission, FCSC has approved suspension of the five civil servants who were recently charged to court in connection with their alleged involvement in fraudulent practices
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Ex governor James Ibori gets 13-year UK jail term
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 222 ViewsA British court sentenced the former governor of oil rich Delta state to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 50 million pounds in one of the biggest money laundering
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