Cameron attacks over £1billion Aid to help Nigeria join the space race, why...
Space race: A Nigerian engineer at work on one of the country’s satellites developed in a British laboratory Nigeria is spending millions to put a man into space – as Britain hands it more than...
View ArticleEarly marriage: Day children took to the streets
By DAUD OLATUNJI, Abeokuta HUNDREDS of underage children in Ogun State recently embarked on a protest against the Senate endorsed controversial child marriage bill, vowing to go on hunger strike if...
View ArticleRep, others condemn alleged arrest of Amaechi’s supporters
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— House of Representatives member, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, has condemned what he described as the arbitrary arrest of loyalists of Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State...
View Article10th anniversary: AMAA names categories after heroes
PRE-EVENT activities for the 10th anniversary edition of the most jury-resourced film reward scheme in Africa; the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is in top gear. Releasing a statement on submission...
View ArticleDisband B’Haram amnesty committee, CAN tells FG
The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to disband the amnesty committee because its continuous existence would be tantamount to working against the...
View ArticlePolice kill driver at checkpoint •Six cops arrested, detained
A driver identified as Friday Igbinedion, who was in an unregistered truck, met an untimely death on Friday after he was allegedly shot dead by the police close to a checkpoint along Ore/Benin road....
View ArticleWhy FG/Boko Haram ceasefire deal failed
The ceasefire deal between the Federal Government and the two proscribed Islamic dreaded groups: Boko Haram and Ansaru has placed the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki on the edge of...
View ArticleNigeria will not disintegrate – Cleric
General Overseer, Assemblies of Giants, Abuja, Prophet Paul John, on Friday, said that contrary to some predictions, Nigeria would not disintegrate. He stated that despite the current developmental and...
View Article‘Deportation’ by Lagos State Govt: No place like home at the end
By Emmanuel Edukugho For many Nigerians who came to Lagos with the dream of making it in life and achieving economic success at the end, this may not happen. Hopes could be dashed, a lot of people are...
View ArticleStop Risking Your Lives For Unreal Greener Pasture Abroad – Briton Tells...
A member of Volunteer Service Overseas, Mr. Michael Young, a citizen of United Kingdom has charged Nigerian youths to stay in their country to contribute to its development instead of risking their...
View Article‘No plan to transfer Kuje Prison inmates’
The Nigeria Prison Service has said it has no plan to transfer any of the inmates that participated in the protest at Kuje Prison, Abuja on Thursday. The service said the incident at the facility had...
View ArticleGov Obi is playing God – Ngige
Former governor of Anambra State and senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that Governor Peter Obi was playing God by insisting that Anambra North Zone would...
View ArticleKeep to Prophet Mohammed’s teachings – Fayose tasks muslims
Former Ekiti State governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose has congratulated the muslim faithfuls in Ekiti State over the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. According to a press statement issued in...
View ArticleBoko Haram kill 12 soldiers, 7 policemen in separate attacks in Borno- JTF boss
Twelve soldiers and seven policemen were killed in recent attacks in Borno by suspected members of the Boko Haram, the commander of the military Joint Task Force (JTF), Major General Jah Ewansiah, has...
View ArticleHot Race For Anambra Govt House
Two coming elections, local government and governorship, make Anambra State a theatre of war of sorts The history of elections in Anambra State which prides itself as the light of the nation, in the...
View ArticleJonathan reducing Nigeria to kindergarten governance – Akande
The Interim National Chairman of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, Saturday, reflected on the challenges facing the country, noting that President Goodluck...
View ArticleJonathan’s 2015 bid may destroy Nigeria – APC
By Gbenga Olarinoye The newly registered All Progressive Congress (APC) has a warning for Nigerians: President Goodluck Jonathan’s purported re-election bid ahead of 2015 general elections may destroy...
View ArticleNo plan to stop Boko Haram peace talks — FG
The Minister of Special Duties, Mr. Kabiru Turaki, has promised to intensify discussions with insurgent groups with a view to ensuring a quick end to the security challenge facing the nation, the News...
View ArticleMuch ado about Al-Mustapha
Going by the chronicled antecedents of erstwhile Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha to the late maximum ruler General Sani Abacha, nobody will ever venture to voice out his opinion in...
View Article2015: Buhari to contest APC presidential primary
Fomer Head of State Maj.-Gen. Buhari is likely to contest presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. His loyalists told SUNDAY PUNCH that despite the anti-Buhari lobby in the APC, the...
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