The All Progressives Congress, APC has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate reinstatement of the security details withdrawnfrom AminuTambuwal, speaker of the House of Representatives. The party speaking through Lai Mohammed, its National Publicity Secretary, accused the president of abusing the tenets of democracy by instructing Suleiman Abba, Inspector General of Police, IGP…
2015: Experts Forecast Jonathan’s Victory
International political and public affairs analysts have predicted that President Goodluck Jonathan may emerge winner of the 2015 Presidential elections. This, the experts have said, may happen inspite of the baggage of corruption and insecurity which the Jonathan administration evidently battles with. In a report monitored on Reuters, UK, the experts cited a number of…
Ameobi Makes EPL Record
Sammy Ameobi’s eight seconds goal in Newcastle United 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspurs made history as the fastest scored by a substitute from open play in the history of the English premier league. Ameobi was introduced before the start of the second half and scored eight seconds into kick-off of the half. He ran behind…
Stephen Keshi Reinstated As Super Eagles Coach
Reports reaching TELL have it that Stephen Keshi, who was sacked a few weeks back, has been reinstated as the coach of the Super Eagles after members of the two factions of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF met with president Goodluck Jonathan, today in Abuja. There are also reports that Chris Giwa has withdrawn his…
Drama At Lagos Airport As Cured Ebola Patient Arrives
There was a mild drama at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos yesterday as a Nigerian, who had already been cured of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone arrived the country aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight. Theophilus Onnakhinon, who had been cured of Ebola was flown from Sierra Leone by the airline. A…
M.I To Feature 27 Artistes In New Album
In what appears to be a compensation for the delayed release of his third studio album, Nigerian award winning rapper M.I, real name Jude Abaga, has announced that his third album will feature 27 other artistes from Nigeria, Jamaica and Ghana. According to a list that M.I released on his Instagram page, the new album…
Nigerian Sammie Okposo Nominated for South Africa’s Biggest Gospel Awards
Nigerian gospel artiste and Globacom ambassador Sammie Okposo, has been shortlisted for this year’s South-Africa gospel music awards, SABC Crown Music Awards Okposo is the only Nigerian artiste nominated for the awards and he is in the same category with four other African gospel artistes, Frank Chimpazi, Shongwe & Khuphuka, Saved Group and Seapour N.…
PDP Asks Tambuwal To Resign
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has welcomed the defection of Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives from the party and advised him to resign as Speaker The PDP argued that since Tambuwal was no longer in the ruling party with majority in the House, the honourable thing for him…
Bangladesh Islamist Leader Sentenced To Death
Motiur RahmanNizami, head of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party has been sentenced to death for war crimes committed during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh with a three-judge panel announced the verdict to a packed courtroom in Dhaka on Wednesday. Mohammad Ali, state prosecutor said the sentence…
Amaechi’s Test of Popularity?
The celebrant called it a gathering to test his popularity, opposition saw it as a gathering of rented crowd, party loyalists claimed it was a huge turnout of supporters. But no matter what anyone may say, the 40,000-capacity Rivers State stadium at Igwuruta received more than it was built for on Saturday, October 25, during…