Breaking News: Governor Suswam swears in 12 new Commissioners

Two months after sacking his cabinet, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, yesterday, swore in 12 new commissioners with a charge on the appointees to shun corrupt practices and contribute meaningfully to the development of the state. Addressing the new cabinet members after administering the oath of office on them, Governor Suswam urged the appointees to be guided by the principles of transparency, accountability and openness in the conduct of government business. Suswam also urged them to  remain above board and to be catalysts...

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Breaking News: Ngozi Nwosu speaks from London! “I‘ll soon return home”

Ailing actress, Ngozi Nwosu, of Fuji House of Commotion who has been placed under doctors watch after her surgery in a London hospital, has raised hopes of her returning to the country soon. Ngozi recently flew to the United Kingdom to have a kidney transplant, and according to an insider, she has bounced back to good health after the surgery. In a recent telephone chat with HVP,  the actress said, “ I’m getting...

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Breaking News: Why good posture is important

Pain, stiffness, fatigue are issues that affect us all as we age, but, how many times has someone asked the question, “What is good posture?”  Good posture involves training your body to stand, walk, sit and lie in positions where the least strain is placed on supporting muscles and ligaments during movement or weight-bearing activities. When it comes to posture, mother knows best. Her frequent reminders to stand up straight and stop slouching are good advice. Good posture contributes to a good appearance. A slumped posture...

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Breaking News: Boko Haram abducts Shettima Mungono, kills LG boss

Ninety-two year old elder statesman and first Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno, CFR, was yesterday kidnapped in Borno State by suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect shortly after performing the Juma’at Congregational prayers at a Mosque in Mafoni ward in Maiduguri metropolis. Unknown gunmen had earlier on Thursday night, killed the acting Chairman of Dikwa Local Government Area in the state, Alhaji Kachallah...

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Breaking News: The most scandalised Nollywood damsels!

There is hardly a Nollywood actress who has  not tasted the sting of a scandal at one time or another in her career. While it appears some of them go courting controversies, others have had controversies tossed their way either by some overzealous  press guys  who  dig up stuffs about them and mixed it with a little bit of dirt or by some circumstantial happenings that caught them right in the middle. While some of these...

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Breaking News: Opposition boycotts Kogi council election

Opposition parties in Kogi State have stated their intention to boycott today’s local government election for what they alleged as the ruling party’s perfected rigging strategy, in connivance with Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, KOSIEC. Addressing a joint press conference yesterday in Lokoja, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN; All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP; Congress of Political Change, CPC said the attitude of KOSIEC in the last 72 hours and that of the ruling party, PDP,  pointed towards thwarting the conduct of...

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Breaking News: Rivers PDP verdict stood Justice on its head – Tony Okocha

In this interview with Jimitota Onoyume, the soft spoken Chief of Staff, Government House, Rivers state, Sir Tony Okocha bares his mind on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state. Describing the Abuja High court judgement that sacked the Chief Godspower Ake led Peoples Democratic Party as a travesty of justice Sir Okocha expressed very strong hope that it would   be upturned at the appellate court.   He...

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Breaking News: NFF makes U-turn on CHAN

Nigeria Football Federation may have rescinded its decision to pull out of the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) billed for South Africa next year. Nigeria, despite its status as a power house in African football have not featured in the championship with two editions gone by. Last month, NFF officials hinted that Nigeria will not be represented in the third edition due to financial constraints. The NFF was criticised...

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Breaking News: Okpekpe Race: Road runners ready to roll

Ethiopian and Kenyan long distance runners together with their Nigerian counterparts are set to compete in the maiden Okpekpe road race, which takes off this morning in Okpekpe, Edo State. The 10km race is parading a strong field of East Africa runners who will be vying for the 50,000 dollars total prize money on offer. These athletes include Deriba Merga, Tilahum Regassa, Abere Chane Lema, Sofia Shemsu and Salam Abere Alebachew from Ethiopia, while Moses Masai,...

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Breaking News: the chase after amaechi

We seem to have gone through it all before. The Presidency, or The Party— seldom the President — feels uncomfortable about someone of influence, particularly in the party of the President, and swiftly various unsavoury things begin to happen to the man; all sorts of unsavoury information begin to float around about him; it suddenly becomes apparent that he is unfit for the post he holds; his face is turned to a downward route from the peak of a precipice, and every effort is applied to make him take the wrong step so as to tumble down. The...

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Breaking News: Baga killings: NHRC sets up probe panel

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, yesterday, decried the increasing spate of human right violations across the country, just as it constituted a high powered investigative committee with a mandate to unravel those behind the alleged massacre of over 200 indigenes of Baga community in Borno State. Chairman of the Governing Council of the NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu while briefing newsmen after an emergency meeting the commission in Abuja yesterday, said that the committee would  among other things, “identify general or...

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Breaking News: FG unveils new aviation policy

The Federal Government yesterday unveiled a new National Civil Aviation Policy to regulate activities of the aviation sector. Unveiling the new policy at the public presentation at the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NIMET, headquarters, Abuja, the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Odua said the new policy became imperative for safety and security purposes. Stella Oduah, Aviation Minister According to Oduah, the...

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Breaking News: Sexiest in Nollywood Season 3: 20 in, 5 more to go!

Now the end to the nomination stage is in sight as the twenty of the final twenty-five contestants to stand in the quest for the Sexiest in Nollywood have emerged. Last week, five men: Van Vicker, John Dumelo, Odunlade Adekola, Majid Michel and Pat Attah joined Ramsey Nouah, Junior Pope Odowondo, Ali Nuhu, Benson Okonkwo, Yul Edochie, Kenneth Okolie, Mike Ezuruonye, Sunkanmi Omobolanle, Uti Nwachukwu and Joseph Benjamin ...

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Breaking News: There’s no problem at all in my marriage – Pastor Ituah Ighodalo

Ituah Ighodalo is the popular Pastor of Trinity House- a mega church in Victoria Island, Lagos. In this candid and revealing interview, Pastor Ighodalo reveals that there is no problem at all in his marriage. He also talks about  God, Love, and Politics. He responds to his critics, and speaks on his journey from Redeemed to Trinity House What are some of the challenges you faced before moving your church to its  permanent site? You know we’ve been growing a church and at the same time, we’ve been building a permanent site. So,...

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Breaking News: Removal of roadblocks reduced corruption in police by 80 Per cent, says IGP

THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar yesterday said the removal of roadblocks from the nation’s highways has reduced corruption in the Nigeria Police Force in the past one year after he assumed office. Abubakar disclosed this during an interaction session at a ‘One Day Roundtable and Dinner’ organized by a non -governmental organization, CLEEN Foundation to mark the post-one year of his being in office. Opining on the removal of roadblocks from highways across the country, Abubakar said it has drastically reduced accidental...

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Breaking News: Oil thieves flee, abandon 150 drums of illegally refined diesel

OIL thieves took to their heels,  weekend, abandoning 150 drums of illegally refined diesel, following a raid on them in Udu Creek, Delta State, by naval men in Warri. Commander, NNS, Delta, Navy Commodore Mohammed Garba, displayed   the impounded drums, loaded in three locally wooden boats  before newsmen after which he instructed they should be  set ablaze. His words: “the seizure was made by my men on Thursday, we acted on a tip-off, but they fled before we got there, so it was an abandoned seizure.” He...

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Breaking News:In Nigeria, crime pays

By N.Victor I was chilled to the bone as I read last Saturday Vanguard’s account of how a few young men kidnapped the aged mother of our Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi  Okonjo-Iweala and how a septuagenarian was killed because the ransom money was not enough. I really do not know which I found more disturbing; the ease with which young men are lured into a world of crime or the cold hearted ruthlessness of these young men who think nothing of torture and murder. Also distressing is the fact that over 90 percent of these...

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Breaking News : 9 injured as buses collide in Nsukka

Nsukka (Enugu State) -  Nine passengers sustained various degrees of  injuries on Friday when two buses belonging to the Peace Mass Transit (PMT) company  collided on the Nsukka-Enugu road. The accident happened in front of Queens Secondary School, Nsukka, around 3 p.m. One of the passengers, who identified himself as Kennedy Eze, thanked God that nobody died in the collision. Eze said the bus heading to Enugu was trying to avoid a speed bump and ran into the one coming from the opposite direction. He...

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Breaking News: Alex Ferguson to undergoa hip operation

LONDON (AFP) – Alex Ferguson could miss the start of next season as he is to undergo a hip operation, sources at Manchester United have confirmed. The 71-year-old manager is booked in for surgery immediately after the club return from a three-week pre-season tour at the end of July. Ferguson will take his summer break before travelling with his players to Thailand, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong before the operation. United will face either...

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Breaking News CLUMSY RACE:The Jonathan/Amaechi face off TO 2015

By N Victor News on Top. Obviously shaken and scared, the presidency, with an incumbent who already seemed to have burnt his fingers too early in the governing of Africa’ most populous, diverse nation, midway to the end of first tenure in 2015, he is at daggers drawn with perceived political opponents in the same party. Elected as President in 2011, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who claimed to have attended school without shoes while growing up, made...

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