The House of Assembly of Nigeria’s southern state of Delta, once notorious for being the axis of kidnappers, on Wednesday in Asaba passed into law, the Anti-kidnapping Bill 2013, imposing a death sentence on any person convicted of kidnapping in the...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday constituted a fresh body, the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, in his bid to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
Special Adviser to the President on...
The Presidency has described former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), as the major sponsor of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram and a leading protagonist of violence.
It said that apart from his ambition to...
Three bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said.
One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with...
A Bill to stop public servants from travelling abroad at the expense of the Federal Government for treatment of ailments that can be satisfactorily tackled in Nigeria, is to be presented to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, this year.
President...
Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the North has taken a resolute decision not to support the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan should he decide to run in 2015.
Rather than give its blessing to Jonathan’s re-election, the north...
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Former Koko mansion housemate, Chioma Akuezue may have quietly gotten married to Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria, Mr. Walter Von Den Driesch.
It is not known when the marriage was consummated though Chioma is still being addressed with her maiden name, Akuezue.
Sources close to the Ekiti State government house confirmed that she was introduced as the wife of the Consul General which informed why the caption of the photograph of the couple with the governor sent to the media described Chioma as the diplomat’s wife.