Jonathan appoints Oshita D-G peace and conflict resolution institute
Abuja- President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved the appointment of Prof. Oshita Oshita as the new Director-General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Jos. A statement issued in...
View ArticleBoko Haram hunts victims down, kills 10
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 10 people who had fled their homes to escape repeated attacks by the insurgents, after hunting them down in a nearby village, witnesses said on Monday. Residents of...
View ArticleChibok Girls: Take military action now to rescue our girls,...
By Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA — One hundred and twenty days after the Chibok school girls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, the BringOurGirls group, yesterday, challenged...
View ArticleDoctors’ strike: Senate President wades in
SENATE President, David Mark, has intervened in the lingering strike embarked upon by doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Mark, who held a closed door meeting with the...
View ArticleCONFESSION: We Were Sent to Bomb Lagos Airport – Boko Haram Suspect
The Boko Haram suspect who was arrested at National Airport Management Authority (NAMA) annex in Lagos yesterday, confessed last night that he was sent along with other Boko Haram members to Lagos to...
View ArticleFederal government reviews security around General Buhari over attempt on his...
The federal government has tightened security around one of Nigeria’s leading opposition figures and former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, following a failed attempt on his life last...
View ArticleMilitary did not commit war crimes, DHQ blasts UK newspaper
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has faulted a British Newspaper report that Nigerian government committed war crimes by terrorising some of its citizens in the war against insurgency. A statement posted...
View ArticleUNWARRANTED ATTACK ON GOV. DICKSON AND CHIEF REMEMBER P.N. OGBE
The attention of the Executive Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Council has been drawn to a malicious post on Facebook by one ex militant, Mr. Paul Eris aka Gen Ogunboss disparaging the...
View Article2015: Group ready to pay N19.5m for Jonathan’s presidential form
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AHEAD the 2015 Presidential election and the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, strong indications emerged Tuesday that the party may have zeroed for President...
View ArticleComputer virus destroys Permanent Voters’ Card data in Delta State
The data of registrants in the ongoing collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in Delta State being carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been corrupted by...
View ArticleMUST READ: Jonathan, A Great Achiever —Ribadu
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a great achiever who has surpassed his (Ribadu’s) vision for...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Nigeria Soldiers mutiny, push for better equipment
A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight the Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the soldiers has told the BBC. The soldier, who requested...
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Sister succeeds sister as Lagos CJ
History was made on Wednesday in Lagos State as two daughters of a former judge, the late Justice James Williams, exchanged baton as the state’s chief judge. At a well-attended programme held at...
View ArticleLawmaker involved in a fatal auto accident and 5 Dead
The Chairman House Committee on Steel Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Muhammed Sadiq, was involved in a fatal auto accident on his way to the 40th Day Prayer of the father of kogi state...
View ArticleJega reveals plan to trap voter card’s buyers in 2015 elections
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission will check rigging in the 2015 general elections through the use of card readers. Jega...
View ArticleDead Nigerian tests negative to Ebola in UAE
The Nigerian woman who died in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, after showing possible symptoms of Ebola has tested negative to the virus. A top official of Nigerian Embassy in UAE, who spoke on the...
View ArticleSack of resident doctors threat to specialist health care – Consultants
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said the recent suspension of residency programmes and sack of resident doctors by federal government constituted threat to...
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Ebola: Immortalise Adadevoh, says Azikiwe
BY NWABUEZE OKONKWO ONITSHA – The Owelle of Onitsha and son of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s first President, Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe has urged the government to immortalise late Dr. Stella...
View ArticleObanikoro Hails Fashola And FG For Tackling Ebola
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has commended Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola for the state’s responsiveness and collaboration with the Federal Government in...
View ArticleExpect More Ebola Cases — Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Thursday, gave an indication that a few more cases of the Ebola Virus Disease could still be recorded among the 189 people currently being observed...
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