FEC approves $945m loans to tackle water problems
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved three foreign loans totalling $945m meant to improve irrigation system; prevent flooding in Ibadan, Oyo State; and provide water for Bauchi, Ekiti...
View ArticleIYC asks Kwankwaso to retract statement on Clark
By Emma Amaize ASABA—IJAW Youth Council, IYC, yesterday, called on governor of Kano State and All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to rescind his recent statement...
View ArticleEFCC reform: Lamorde has delivered on promises – Uwujaren
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde has delivered on his promise to re- professionalize the anti-graft agency in its fight against economic and financial...
View ArticleYou are the first president to lose part of Nigeria – Atiku tells Jonathan
All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has again counselled the Federal Government on how to go about prosecuting the war against Boko Haram insurgents, even as...
View ArticleCourt throws out suit seeking to reinstate Nyako
Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday struck out a suit filed by Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, a lawyer, seeking the reinstatement of impeached Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa. Justice Okon Abang...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Air Force plane’s intervention led to our escape – Victim
First, they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade...
View ArticleNigeria needs my idea to grow – Nda-Isaiah
The Publisher of the Leadership Newspapers, Mr. Sam Nda- Isaiah, on Thursday said Nigeria was ripe to adopt for his “big ideas” to flourish. Nda-Isaiah said this while speaking to reporters after...
View ArticleJega Blasts Oritsejafor Over Statement
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Alhaji Attahiru Jega has termed Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor’s statement that INEC intend to deny Christians their voting...
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Obasanjo does not own Nigeria
By Abimbola Jones When Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote a vitriolic letter to her father some time ago reminding him that he does not own...
View ArticleCourt stops investigation into Suntai’s state of health
Temporary respite came the way of recuperating Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Dambaba Suntai, as the medical panel set up by the Taraba State House of Assembly to determine the medical state of the...
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Tambuwal no longer entitled to security details – Adoke and IGP, Suleiman Abba
The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, and the Inspector General of Police Mr. Suleiman Abba, have insisted that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, is...
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NEWS IN PICTURES: Govt Houses costlier than Nigerian universities…See Full List
The cost of building many government houses in Nigeria is far higher than what it takes to build many universities in the country with some state houses gulping as high as nine times more than the cost...
View ArticleUPDATE: 13 killed, 40 injured in Bauchi twin blasts
No fewer than 13 people died and 40 others injured as two bomb explosions occurred at a commercial bank in Azare in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. Though the police could not...
View ArticleDistribution of voters’ cards: MURIC calls on INEC to correct anomalies
The distribution of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) exercise began nationwide sometime ago. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been conducting the exercise with hiccups noticed here...
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Tambuwal storms court with 68 lawyers
…as court orders Reps to maintain status quo till Nov 17 By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The embattled Speaker of the House of Represen-tatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yester-day, stormed the Abuja Division...
View ArticleGunmen kill Gov Al-Makura’s chauffeur
Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa said on Saturday that some gunmen assassinated Mr Abdullahi Mairuwa, the Head Driver of Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of the state. ASP Ismaila Numan, the Police Public Relations...
View ArticleJonathan’s re-election bid has made him incapable of confronting govs, Saraki...
FORMER Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election ambition has made him...
View ArticleCeasefire : FG playing politics with the lives of Chibok girls —Junaid Mohammed
Dr Junaid Mohammed, a northern leader, was a member of the House of Representatives in the second republic, Mohammed, in this interview, speaks on the ceasefire the federal government was said to have...
View ArticleArmy releases 125 Boko Haram suspects
Nigerian Army on Saturday released another 125 persons arrested for allegedly having links with the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect. This development follows an earlier release of 42 persons who were...
View ArticleUPDATE: Three trapped to death, 20 injured at Akwa Ibom Stadium inauguration
At least, three persons were trapped to death and over 20 injured during the official opening of the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo on Friday. It was gathered that apart from the stampede,...
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