Killings: Igbos move to demand reparation from Nigeria
ENUGU – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Staturday, set up a committee to look into the issue of reparations and royalties due to Ndigbo since after the civil war. The...
View ArticleAnambra council polls may be shifted
By Vincent Ujumadu THE much publicized October 5, 2013 date for the conduct of local government elections in Anambra State may no longer be feasible due to unresolved issues, a human rights group, the...
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Alake regent dies at Club house
The Egba traditional Council in Abeokuta was thrown into mourning, Saturday as the news of the death of a regent of the Alake of Egbaland , Chief Soniran Sowemimo who reportedly slumped and died...
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No Boko Haram base in Niger – Police
NIGER State Police Command on Sunday denied the existence of a base of extremist group, Boko Haram, in two local government areas of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Richards...
View ArticleI’m not fighting Saraki – Pioneer ICPC boss
The former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practises and other related offences Commission, retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi, retd, has denied that he was the chairman at an event to dislodge Saraki...
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2015: It’s Jonathan with his works
THERE is no doubt any longer about the fact of Goodluck Jonathan running for the Presidency come 2015. His interest has moved beyond “reading of body language” and reading of “his lips” to...
View ArticleMinister spends N2bn on private jets -Group petitions EFCC
A non-governmental organisation, the Crusaders for Good Governance, has, in a petition sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleged that a serving minister had, in the last two...
View ArticleJonathan approves N400bn for University
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has approved a sum of N400 billion to be expended on infrastructural development of Nigerian universities in order to transform them to international standard within the...
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OBASANJO TO JONATHAN: Your aides misleading you
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of some of his aides who are making more enemies for him under the pretext of doing their jobs, even as he advised...
View ArticleGovernor Lamido’s tirade against Gulak is ill-motivated – Akpovie
Godwin Akpovie, a Political Affairs Assistant, office of the Political Adviser to the President Goodluck Jonathan, has criticized Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa for attacking his boss, Barrister Ahmed...
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We’ll not return PDP structure to Amaechi’s camp —Wike
THE Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state will not be returned to the camp of Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Wike, a former...
View ArticleImo gets 800 CVs from lobbyists for appointment
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, OWERRI. Scores of professional politicians and academics have rekindled their intensive lobbying for the impending appointment into Imo State Executive Council by Governor Rochas...
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2015: Arewa asks Jonathan to honour agreements
President Goodluck Jonathan got yesterday a piece of advice – he should respect agreements he entered into with stakeholders. This, to the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), is a way of addressing the...
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Nigeria needs $1bn annually to address environmental challenges
Abuja - Nigeria needs a minimum of one billion dollars annually to implement an integrated plan to address environmental challenges in the country, a professor of Climatology, Emmanuel Oladipo, has...
View ArticleASUU’s N87bn can’t be renegotiated, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to end the ongoing strike that has paralyzed...
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Nigeria denies seeking UK aid for space programme
Space race: A Nigerian engineer at work on one of the country’s satellites developed in a British laboratory By Emma Elebeke The National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA says Nigeria...
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Male prostitution causes rise in sale of pampers in Kenya
Addis Ababa – The Police in Kenya said Tuesday said they were battling to contain a new trend of commercial sex tourism that targets young boys in the coastal towns of the country . The reports...
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First international flight lands in Enugu Airport
By Tony Edike ENUGU- FOUR days to the official commencement of international flights at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, billionaire businessman, Chief Arthur Eze, Tuesday, flew into Enugu...
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INEC keeps mum on Abuja women rally
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not comment on the controversy between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the women rally organised by...
View Article‘Nigeria, highest exporter of human eggs, embryos’
By Onozure Dania LAGOS—Chairman of African Anti-abortion Coalition, Dr Philip Njemanze, has said Nigeria remained the highest exporter of human eggs and embryos. Njemanze, who is also the chairman,...
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