Jonathan appoints Tukur Ambassador-at-Large
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the immediate past Chairman of the ruling PDP, as Ambassador-at-Large. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the...
View ArticlePolice deploy highest number of support personnel to Ekiti – I-G
Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday said the highest number of support personnel and equipment would be deployed from the Force Headquarters to Ekiti governorship...
View ArticleSeparate religion from fight against Boko Haram, forum urges govts
ABUJA — Spokesman for the Northern Delegates Forum, NDF, Mr Anthony Sani, has asked the various governments in the country to separate religion and ethnicity or tribe from the ongoing fight against the...
View ArticleFG should negotiate with Boko Haram if force cannot rescue our girls – Chibok...
Leader of the Chibok Elders Forum, Dr. Pogu Bitrus has again advised the federal government to rescue the over 200 schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity or negotiate their release. In an interview with...
View ArticleIran vs Nigeria: President celebrates draw
(AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter on Tuesday to praise his country’s 0-0 draw with Nigeria, after a lacklustre football World Cup opener for Team Melli in Brazil. “Proud of our...
View ArticleADVICE TO JONATHAN: SAN faults Clark on Adoke
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA—A constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Sebastine Hon, yesterday, faulted the recent call by prominent leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark,...
View ArticleImo bomb: Don’t tribalise HURIWA – North East group warns Onwubiko
A group, Northeast Security Advocacy Forum has warned the National coordinator, Human Rights Writers Association,HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko against introducing ethnic sentiments to the...
View ArticleNo plan to instigate students’ protest with N200m —Rivers govt
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT—RIVERS State Government, has dismissed the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the government had concluded plans to release N200 million to students...
View ArticleMeet President Goodluck Jonathan And His Kids
There have always been rumors that the Nigerian President — Goodluck Jonathan had no real kids of his own. His presidential Media Aide, Reuben Abati shared this picture of the First Family. Here is...
View ArticleOPEN SECRET: They are devil incarnates, monsters and people who don’t values...
OLUWOLE IGE on his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), among other contemporary political issues. Excerpts: Betrayal or denial by friends and...
View ArticleUS captures Benghazi Attack suspect in secret raid
U.S. Special Operations forces captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya over the weekend, the first time one of the accused perpetrators...
View Article2015: I have not declared any political ambition – Governor Aliyu
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger, has said that he has not declared his interest to contest any elective position in the 2015 general elections. Aliyu made the clarification on Monday when he received two...
View ArticleWanted terror kingpin nabbed among 486 arrested travellers in Abia
A terror kingpin in the list of wanted terrorists of security forces in Nigeria have been detected in the ongoing screening of the 486 suspects napped while travelling in over 33 Hiace Hummer buses at...
View ArticleOPEN SECRET: Sanusi’s Wife, Who Is Late Emir Of Kano’s Daughter Opens Up On...
New Emir of Kano and former CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has two wives, one of them (his first wife) he’s been married to for 25 years…and this post is about her. Sanusi married Hajia Sadiya (nee...
View ArticleUpdate: Pipeline Explosion In Lagos
Some suspected vandals have allegedly punctured petroleum pipeline at the Takwa Bay area of Lagos thereby causing a shut down in the lines of fuel distribution. The National Emergency Management Agency...
View Article5 Foreigners Arrested In Connection With Foiled Attack In Owerri Church
Imo police has reportedly arrested 6 suspects (five foreigners and one Nigerian) in connection with the explosion foiled in the church of the state capital Owerri June 15. State police spokesperson...
View ArticleBreaking: Adamawa House of Assembly pass impeachment notice on Nyako
The Adamawa State House of Assembly, which on Wednesday served the duo of Governor Murtala Nyako and Deputy Governor Bala Ngilari impeachment notices, is accusing the duo of gross misconduct. The...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Islamic leader, Arisekola Alao, is dead
Renowned Islamic cleric and Are Musulumi of Yorubaland Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, is dead. Alhaji Arisekola-Alao, according to family source passed away in a Switzerland Hospital at exactly 2.15...
View ArticleSanusi Will Make Kano Great, Says Kwankwaso
Kano State governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Wednesday expressed optimism that great reform will be witnessed in Kano with the appointment of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi...
View ArticleGenerous Spain suffers early World Cup exit
Spain have been eliminated from the World Cup with a game to spare after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chile. Eduardo Vargas capped off a slick team move to put Chile in the lead early in the...
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