Friday, 30 January 2015

Delta State And Its Home-Grown Billionaires

By Oghene OmonisaNigerians from every nook and cranny have found Lagos an irresistible land of dreams. It is the nation’s number one destination for commerce, manufacturing, finance, and the media, and even the movie industry, which is clearly evident in the pace and pulse of the city’s activities.Apart...

PDP Warns Clark, Tompolo And Dokubo Over War Threat

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday asked the former federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Asari- Dokubo, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo and...

Jonathan Nominates Obanikoro, Six Others As Ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the names of seven new ministers to the Senate for confirmation, African Independent Television [AIT] is reporting.Among the nominees are a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, Kenneth Kobani, a former National Treasurer of the defunct Action...

Secondary School Students Found Floating On Osun River

The residents of the Ijetu area of Osogbo have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of the corpses oftwo pupils on the Osun River.It was gathered that a woman had gone to the river to fetch water when she found the corpses of the two pupilsfloating on the river.A resident of the area told...

Du’as For Seeking Knowledge And Taking Exams

Seeking knowledge:1. Du’as from the Qur’an for seeking andmastering knowledge:These ayats from the Qur’an are from:(i) Surah Taha (Chapter 20), verses 25-28,(excerpted)ﺭَﺏِّ ﺍﺷْﺮَﺡْ ﻟِﻲ ﺻَﺪْﺭِﻱﻭَﻳَﺴِّﺮْ ﻟِﻲ ﺃَﻣْﺮِﻱﻭَﺍﺣْﻠُﻞْ ﻋُﻘْﺪَﺓً ﻣِّﻦ ﻟِّﺴَﺎﻧِﻲﻳَﻔْﻘَﻬُﻮﺍ ﻗَﻮْﻟِﻲRabbishrah lee s adree Wayassir lee...

An Appeal To Arabic And IRS Teachers In Our Children's Schools

Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu.I put my children in a school that provides secular education to enable them to take care of their dunya and give them a profession.I made sure that the school is also offering an Islamic curriculum, mode of dressing and background so as to take care of their...

Wizkid Takes His New "Baby" Out On A Date (Photo)

Wizkid obviously loves his cars as much as he loves his women.The Singer of ‘Ojuelegba’ fame can’t seem to get over his latest acquisition – a Bentley, which reportedly set him back by N45 Million.Wizkid recently took a picture with the luxury ride and tagged it with, “Taking my baby for a date..”See...

Power Blocs Backing Buhari – Pastor Tunde Bakare

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said a majority of those that constitute the power blocs in the country are in support of All Progressives Congress pres‎idential candidate, Muhammad Buhari.He said this while speaking on the theme, ‘Nigeria beyond 2015′, at...

The Nigerian Nation Against General Buhari, By Wole Soyinka

THE NIGERIAN NATION AGAINST GENERAL BUHARI BY WOLE SOYINKAThis intervention has been provoked, not so much by the ambitions of General Buhari to return to power at the head of a democratic Nigeria, as by declarations of support from directions that leave one totally dumbfounded. It would appear that...