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TRAGEDY: Container truck crushes man, govt meat van
Tragedy struck on Thursday at Ikeja Along Bus Stop on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos State, after a heavily loaded 40-foot container truck fell on a government meat van, crushed a passerby, and...
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Single tenure: Jonathan, govs may forfeit second term
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said if the committee’s recommendation on single tenure succeeds, President Goodluck Jonathan will sacrifice...
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Why I Cried In Public – Buhari
Former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has said that he had to weep in public because of the hardships Nigerians suffer despite the enormous wealth the country is blessed with....
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Employees escape death as bus catches fire in gridlock
There was pandemonium at the Ox Bow Lake Road junction, Yenagoa in Bayelsa State, after a bus went up in flames in a traffic jam on Wednesday. Our correspondent who was at the scene of the incident...
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Tinubu to address British House of Commons Monday
Former Lagos State Governor and a national leader of the just formed opposition mega-party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will on Monday deliver the keynote address at a...
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BREAKING: JTF claims ‘global terrorist’ Kambar killed
MAIDUGURI- The Nigerian military claimed on Thursday that US-designated “global terrorist” Abubakar Adam Kambar was killed in an operation last year, though Washington had not confirmed the death....
View ArticlePolice arrest 2 suspected kidnappers, rescue 2 victims in Lagos
Lagos – The Lagos Police Command says it arrested two suspected kidnappers who allegedly kidnapped two persons, including a five-year-old boy. DSP Ngozi Braide, the spokesperson for the command, told...
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June 12 is dead , says Bashir Tofa
KANO – Former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican convention, NRC, Alhaji Bashir Usman Tofa has described the events of June 12 as fiction, saying those still celebrating ‘the...
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I’m not leaving PDP – Amaechi
Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, insisted that he has no intentions of leaving Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Meanwhile, Justice Emmanuel Ogbuji of a Federal High Court in Port...
View ArticleFirst lady tasks women on solution to security challenges
Lokoja – The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Thursday called on Nigerian women to champion the cause of peace in finding a lasting solution to the security challenges in the country. The first...
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Govs’ suspension: PDP may sack anti-Tukur state chairmen
The Peoples Democratic Party has begun moves to sack state chairmen believed to be working against the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. This follows the party’s suspension of the governors of...
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S’Court affirms dismissal, life sentence on naval officer
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the life sentence handed down to a naval officer, Felix Olanrewaju Odunlami, who killed a commercial motorcyclist in Lagos in 2005. The court also upheld the naval...
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Customers kick as First Bank shuts down operations
There have been mixed reactions from First Bank customers over the temporary nationwide closure of its operations for an upgrading exercise. Some branches in Lagos State witnessed calmness as customers...
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What MKO Abiola told me about June 12 – Son, Lekan
What do you think about the annulment of the outcome of the 1993 presidential election which your father was believed to have won? Of course, I was very disappointed and I felt a sense of betrayal...
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Outrage as FG grounds Oshiomhole’s helicopter •Jonathan has lost focus...
The Federal Government on Friday grounded a helicopter chartered by Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, at the Benin Airport, 42 days after a similar fate was visited on his Rivers State counterpart,...
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Northern governors’ panel tables 22-action plan to stop Boko Haram
The Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF) Committee on Reconciliation, Healing and Security has recommended that the Federal Government should mandate security agencies to unmask individuals and...
View ArticleMark leads Senators to Czech Republic
ABUJA- AS part of moves to put an end to the security challenge and other problems affecting the country, Senate President, David Mark will on Sunday meet and brainstorm with the President of Czech...
View ArticlePDP Watch List: Tambuwal, Nyako, Jaja On The Radar
The sledgehammer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may soon fall on the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, because of his alleged open romance with the leadership of the...
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Taraba plans big for Suntai’s return
Nine months after a close shave with death, indications emerged, yesterday, that injured Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, was set to return to Jalingo, the state capital. Vanguard gathered from...
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Delta North seeks 2015 gov
A group, Campaign for Good Governance, has called for equity and fairness in future elections in Delta State. It also noted that the Delta North senatorial district should produce the governor of the...
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