Take hold of your future, Fela Durotoye charges youths
By Emmanuel Asuquo The issue of youth unemployment and its adverse effects on the country and the need to raise young entrepreneurs to curtail this problem was the major focus of the just concluded...
View ArticleSoldiers seize thousands of Leadership, Nation, Vanguard Newspapers’ Friday...
Soldiers claiming to be acting on “orders from above” have confiscated today’s edition of Leadership Newspaper heading to the Northwest, Southeast and Southsouth regions of the country. Azubike...
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Jonathan says insurgency will soon be history
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday reiterated that the problem of insurgency would soon become a thing of the past. Jonathan made this known at the 65th National Executive Committee (NEC)...
View ArticleThousands witness Emir of Kano’s burial •Jonathan, Mark, Atiku, govs, others...
By Kola Oyelere – Kano, Leon Usigbe – Abuja And Adelowo Oladipo – Minna The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, who died early Friday morning, was buried in the evening with thousands of people in...
View ArticleJonathan: security challenges less in PDP states
President Goodluck Jonathan has called the bluff of the five governors and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The exit, he...
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Boko Haram Negotiator Denies Selling Chibok Girls Videos To Foreign Media
Ahmad Salkida, the Maiduguri, Borno State-born journalist who reportedly has strong ties with the dreaded Boko Haram sect has denied reports that he is profiting from Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking in...
View ArticleAwo Foundation expresses shock at Bayero’s death
The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation has expressed shock at the death of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. A statement signed by the Executive Director of the Foundation, Dr. Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu,...
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A mausoleum for kings: Emir of Kano dies at 84
It was 1.00pm, yesterday in the ancient city of Kano and the whole town was gripped with pains, sorrow and grief. Along State Road, just a walk down to the vicinity of Kano Government House, there lies...
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She deserves to die!
■ Says brother of Sudanese woman facing death penalty for ‘abandoning her Islamic faith’ by marrying a Christian The brother of a Sudanese woman facing the death penalty for “abandoning her Islamic...
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President Zuma Hospitalised
Doctors have advised President Jacob Zuma to rest after he was admitted for tests on Saturday. President Jacob Zuma was admitted to hospital for tests on Saturday, the presidency said. “Yesterday...
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SO SAD! Professor Dora Akunyili is dead
By ADEKUNLE ALIYU Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of Information, is dead....
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Sanusi, Hashim, others battle to succeed Emir of Kano
The battle for the next Emir of Kano has begun. The rat race kicked off following the death of Alhaji Ado Bayero on Friday. DailyPost reports that Bayero, the longest-serving Emir in the history of...
View ArticleBreaking: Islamist gunmen holding dozens of student hostage at Anbar University
Students and staff leave University of Anbar after gunmen briefly hold them hostage before deserting campus. Gunmen who stormed the University of Anbar in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and briefly took...
View ArticleArmy boss Sisi sworn in as Egypt president
CAIRO – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president on Sunday following a landslide election almost a year after he deposed Egypt’s first freely elected leader and crushed his Islamist supporters....
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Kano Emir: APC intensifies lobby for ex-CBN boss, Lamido Sanusi
Top echelon of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are in Kano intensifying lobby for the emergence of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano,...
View ArticleAnother Explosion Rocks Gombe: Female Suicide Bomber Involved – Details!
Information indicate that two people have died after a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb along Biu Road, Gombe state. According to our sources, the explosion occurred at about 11am along Military...
View ArticleKano Government denies reports of new emir
Governor is yet to make any announcement. The Kano State Government has denied rumours making the rounds, especially on the social media, that a new emir has been selected to replace late Ado Bayero....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Former Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, Emerges As The...
The governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, flanked by four kingmakers from the Kano Emirate today announced ousted Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. The...
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PDP Withdraws Congratulatory Message To The “New Emir Of Kano”
Our attention has been drawn to a unauthorized statement issued on behalf of the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP by his Special Assistant, Mr. Richard Ihediwa, congratulating the eldest son of...
View ArticleNigeria Slowly Edging Back To The Dark Days Of Military Dictatorship
Former Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is worried that Nigeria is on the verge of a return to the dark days of military dictatorship when the press was frequently harassed and muzzled....
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