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Tinubu A Dogged Fighter, champion of good causes – Bishop
Archbishop Atilade of the Anglican Diocese and president of the Christian Welfare Initiative (CWI), has described national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and former Lagos State...
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Seven Nigerians shot dead in S’Africa
Seven people believed to be Nigerians were shot dead at different times within the last one week in South Africa, media reports have said. South African police spokesman, Tim Masilela, said four...
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Half of Us In Senate Own Guns – Ndume
As Nigerian Senators debated a motion to urge the parliament to stop alleged moves by Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, to arm vigilante groups in the state with rifles in his decision to address...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap Dickson’s aide
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped the Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Power, Mr. Olice Kemenanabo. Kemenanabo was reportedly abducted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State....
View ArticleAmaechi, Oshiomhole, shun SE/SS govs’ meeting
Governors of the South-East and South-South zones have pledged to work together to tackle the growing cases of oil theft in the region. The governors made the pledge on Sunday, in Enugu, at a meeting...
View Article70 clerics pray over Saraki, don’s feud
No fewer than 70 imams, Islamic scholars and about 1,500 youths prayed for hours in Ilorin on Sunday over the alleged cold war between a former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Chairman...
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Minister warns diplomats against corruption
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, has warned Foreign Service officers against corruption, temptation and acts capable of bringing any form of disgrace to the country. Ashiru...
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We have not called-off strike – ASUU
BY DAYO ADESULU & IKENNA ASOMBA Following the indefinite strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), last Monday, the union, Sunday, disclosed that it will not suspend the...
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2015: Why Ordinary People Matter More Than Individual Politicians By Jaye Gaskia
We begin by again paraphrasing Karl Marx; “Philosophers have always interpreted the world, the point however is to change it”. I am in a somewhat combative and polemical mood, so pardon what I suspect...
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NGF crisis: President, govs risk loss of immunity
BY Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA—The resolve by the House of Representatives to strip the President and governors of immunity in criminal offences while in office may sail through despite...
View ArticleRights group condemns massacre of students in Yobe
By Nnamdi Ojiego Human Rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has described as senseless and barbaric the killing of innocent school children in Mamudo, Yobe State by suspected...
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Yobe school massacre: Attackers ‘will go to hell’ – Presidency
A spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan have said that those behind the killing of students in Yobe state “will certainly go to hell.” Islamist extremists called Boko Haram massacred dozens of...
View Article2015: ‘Why northern traditional rulers won’t back Jonathan’
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North As the nation prepares for the next poll, a strong indication emerged on Monday that key northern traditional rulers, who spearheaded the emergence of President...
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NUT berates govs for NGF crisis
Nigeria Union of Teachers on Monday described as “unfortunate” the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Governors, loyal to Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and those supporting Plateau...
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Jonathan must not be distracted now – Bamanga Tukur
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur yesterday took a swipe at Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state, stressing that when the time comes...
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Appeal Court dethrones Olofa of Offa
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin presided over by Justice HusseinMukhtar on Tuesday ordered the Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, to approve and install Alhaji Abdulrauf Keji from...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: The Speaker Of Rivers State House Of Assembly Hon. Otelema...
Reports coming in from the Rivers State assembly states that the speaker Hon. Otelema Amachree has been impeached form his position. Minutes ago there had been a huge fracas at the assembly but it...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court sentences 4 Boko Haram members to life imprisonment
The Abuja Court has sentenced four Boko Haram terrorists to life imprisonment, though there is a strict law in Nigeria that prescribes death penalty for those whose actions cause fatalities. The court...
View ArticleI am still in charge – Rivers Speaker, Amachree debunks impeachment rumour
Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly, Hon Otelemaba Amachree has dismissed as untrue allegations that he had been impeached by five members of the House. It was reported this morning that five...
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Jonathan Arrives China On A Four-Day Visit
President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Beijing China at about 17.30hours (local time) today to begin a four-day state visit to China during which several new agreements will be signed to boost...
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