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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted in very strong terms over the 11-page letter purportedly written by his daughter Iyabo Obasanjo and exclusively published by Vanguard yesterday where he was described as a liar, manipulator and a woman beater. A call was put through to the former president yesterday by ...

The new bill states; 1. A marriage contract or civil union entered into between persons of same sex by virtue a certificate issued by a foreign country shall be void in Nigeria. 2. Marriage or civil union entered into between persons of same sex shall not be solemnized in�any place ...

Update: Iyabo Obasanjo has said she does not know anything about this letter. She phoned in to AIT and said the letter�is false. Reacting to the fake letter against her father, Iyabo Obasanjo further stated that… “I have never seen or heard this sort of fabrication in my entire life! ...

It appears Nigeria is gradually moving into a new era where all political deeds are no longer hidden but exposed via open letters. Barely one week that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo took a swipe on Jonathan’s government in an open letter, Obasanjo’s daughter, Iyabo, has equally written an open letter ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the women who is making Nigeria proud globally. The New York Times recently released its list of The 10 Best Book of 2013, selected by the editors of the publication and her novel made the list. Award winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s third ...

Popular�Mile One Market in Mile One, Diobu Port Harcourt�early morning today, went up in flames destroying properties worth millions of naira.     According to reports,�the fire started at about 2:45am, cause is yet unknown.   Some traders had to be�rushed to�hospitals for medical attention after they collapsed watching their ...

Bianca Ojukwu in a new interview with SunNews addressed the claims by some members of her late husband’s family that he did not actually marry her. She said: I think that is laughable because my marriage first and foremost, which took place at Our Lady’s Queen of Nigeria Catholic Church ...

� After 5 months ASUU has finally called off the strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has also set up an 18 member committee to monitor the utilization of the N200 billion fund given to universities by the Federal Government as part of its deal with the Academic ...

There was tension in the Yaba and Bariga areas of Lagos State on Tuesday after the murder of a 36-year-old man, Segun Ogbere, who was killed by members of a gang known as Downtown Boys. It was learnt that Ogbere, who went by the pseudonym, Shaggy, was also alleged to ...

The Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party Campaign and Mobilisation Committee in the�South West, Prince Buruji Kashamu has threatened to institute legal action against former president Olusegun Obasanjo for referring to him as a wanted criminal�in his�letter�to President Goodluck�Jonathan, which was published online. Chief Obasanjo had�in his�18-page�letter�to Mr.�Jonathan�referred to Kashamu, ...

Tragedy struck in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Thursday following the puzzling way a lawyer and his colleague died at a popular roundabout in their steaming Toyota Camry car in the state. The casualties, seated in the neatly parked steaming car, with registration number FGG 931 AE, along the ...

The presidency has responded to former president�Obasanjo’s letter to President Jonathan where he accused the current president of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.�See the State House press release below… We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President ...

Following the withdrawal of the ultimatum given to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and after CBN confirmed the N200bn payment, the Federal Government and the union today signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, in Abuja. �If things work out fine, the strike may be called off�next�week when ASUU ...

Before it is too late •A letter of appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons.��� One,� the� current� situation� and� consequent� possible� outcome dictate that I should,� before the door� closes on ...

After only nine months as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has been named TIME magazine Person of the Year 2013. TIME said the former Argentinian Cardinal has become the ‘new voice of conscience and is the person who had the greatest impact on the world in 2013. ...

The former South president passed on yesterday.

Former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary hero Nelson Mandela has died at his Johannesburg home. He was 95.

As a mark of respect to the late Prof Festus Iyayi, past president of ASUU, whose funeral rites begins tomorrow to Sat December 7th, the Federal Govt has decided to shift its deadline for resumption of lecturers to�Monday December 9. This was made known by the Executive Secreatry of the ...

Mrs. Joy Ifijeh, the widow who was upbraided by Governor Adams Oshiomhole for putting her goods on the road, yesterday shunned the N250,000 gift given by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Nationonline,�Mrs Ifijeh�was not present at the launch of an empowerment fund to cater for widows in the ...

Following the orders by the Federal Government, urging all universities to re-open, the Senate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Tuesday sacked all academic staff with immediate effect. The Federal Government had through the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike had vow to sack any lecturer who fails ...