Senators, judges were poor during our time – Spanner Okpozo
By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City Senator Spanner Okpozo is a Second Republic senator and Niger Delta leader who does not need much introduction. In this interview, Okpozo goes down memory lane, speaking...
View ArticleTraditional rulers key for unity — Yuguda
The Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has stated that traditional leaders have vital roles to play in the quest to ensure that Nigeria remains an indivisible nation. While accepting the chieftaincy...
View ArticleBayelsa Govt Sends 250 Youths To Asari Dokubo’s University In Benin Republic...
The Bayelsa Government has sent 250 youths from the state on automobile technology, cinematography, photography and design in a bid to patronize the academy set up by former Niger Delta militant, Asari...
View ArticleLagos denies suspending school principal over press report
The Lagos State Government on Sunday denied a newspaper report that the Principal of Ikeja Junior Grammar School, Mrs. Adesiyan Balogun has been suspended from office. In a statement by the State...
View ArticleRep urges Nigerians to seek empowerment from God
By Onozure Dania A Member of the House of representatives, Mr Nicholas Mutu has urged Nigerians to seek God’s empowerment, which according to him was the panacea for peaceful co-existence, long live...
View ArticleFear of APC: Ministers under pressure as Jonathan set to drop more
MORE ministers are likely to leave the cabinet soon, The Nation learnt at the weekend. It is all part of the fallout of the defection of five governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC), according...
View ArticlePresidency insensitive to Adamawa, says Nyako
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, yesterday, accused the Presidency of showing lack of compassion in dealing with issues relating to the welfare and...
View ArticleEkweremadu calls for extension of Jonathan’s tenure to 2017
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the adoption of a single term for elected public officers remains the most viable solution to Nigeria’s perennial succession...
View ArticleHijab: Christians reject plot to transfer brutalised principal
Christian leaders in Osun State have moved against the alleged plans to have the Principal of Baptist High School, Ejigbo, Mr. Layi Oguntola, transferred out of the school. Oguntola was attacked and...
View ArticleRevenge pornography
It’s 11am on a Monday morning. You forgot your phone in one of the crevices of your bag. You had earlier left it on silence mode to ensure you do not disrupt the meeting that morning. When finally you...
View ArticlePDP’s plan to impeach me will fail –Amaechi
RIVERS State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party to impeach him for defecting to the All Progressives Congress and said that the plot would fail. Amaechi described...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram attack Borno airport as military declares 24 hour...
Scores of people are believed to have been killed The outlawed Boko Haram sect on Monday morning attacked the international airport and various parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The attack...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Ambulances carrying victims at Air Force base
Ambulances were seen at the Air Force base and the adjoining Ngomari neighbourhood carrying victims of the latest Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, north east Nigeria....
View ArticleMaiduguri attack: Boko Haram ‘incapacitates’ five military aircraft, soldiers...
The military said two of its personnel were injured in the attack. The Nigerian military said on Monday evening that five of its aircraft were ‘incapacitated’ when suspected Boko Haram members attacked...
View ArticleStop Romancing Corruption, Buhari Vanguard Tells Jonathan
Supporters of former Military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in Ondo State yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop encouraging corruption in the country. The Buhari supporters under...
View Article2015: No Alternative To Jonathan – Gulak
The special adviser to the president on political affairs, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Gulak has declared that there is no alternative to President Goodluck Jonathan, threatening to resign his appointment if...
View ArticleFG’s sack threat for ASUU members ‘ll fail – Aturu
By FUNMI KOMOLAFE LAGOS — Lagos based lawyer and activist, Barrister Bamidele Aturu, yesterday, dismissed the Federal Government’s sack threat to striking university lecturers, saying that government...
View ArticleN25.7b theft: Atuche seeks dismissal of charge for lack of jurisdiction
A former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, on Tuesday asked an Ikeja High Court to dismiss the N25.7 billion theft charge against him. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Atuche and...
View ArticleMarried female police officer caught having sex with drug dealer during...
(Scroll down for video) A police officer was forced to resign after being caught having sex during an undercover drug operation, according to police reports in Arizona. The police officer had an affair...
View ArticleJonathan has no security but 2015 agenda -APC govs
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of abandoning security of the country for his second term ambition. The APC governors, in a...
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