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Jonathan Receives Barton Of 20th Commonwealth Games

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday received the Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Barton, urging Nigerian athletes to work hard to step up their game in the upcoming games. The 20th Commonwealth games...

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Tambuwal decries misappropriation of cabotage funds

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday in Abuja decried the misappropriation of the cabotage vessel financing  funds. Tambuwal made this observation at an...

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Alero Falope is the name of Dino melaye’s new wife

The mysterious fair skinned beauty that former house of reps member, Dino Melaye has been parading on social media as his new wife goes by the name, Alero Falope.She is a graduate of the University of...

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Nigeria In Dire Need Of Prayers, Says Yuguda

Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State on Sunday, called on Nigerians not to relent in offering prayers for peace to reign in the country. The governor made the call in Bauchi at the closing ceremony of...

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2014 BUDGET: APC House leadership insist Okonjo-Iweala must aswer 50 questions

BY LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress, APC, controlled House of Representatives has set stiff hurdles for the passage of the 2014 Federal Government budget including a...

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Former Minister declines Governor Almakura’s appointment

By Ahmad Tukur A former Minister of Works, Hassan Lawal, has declined an offer to serve as the chairman of the board of the Nasarawa State College of Education Akwanga, Nasarawa State, PREMIUM TIMES...

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Stella Oduah forged MBA degree, says Saharareporters

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s minister of aviation faces a fresh integrity scrutiny over her claim that she obtained an MBA degree from an American university. A Saharareporters report today said her claim...

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Open Letter: You’re a trouble maker, Clark lambasts OBJ

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Henry Umoru ABUJA—Erstwhile Federal Minister of Information and Ijaw leader has written a blistering open letter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo...

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Igbo leaders reject Okurounmu Panel’s report

A major crisis of confidence has hit the planned National Conference, following yesterday’s insistence of Igbo leaders on a new constitution. Unless the Prof. Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo leaders of thought...

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Ajimobi gives cash gifts to civil servants

PmNews: Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan From left, Gov Abiola Ajimobi, his deputy, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo and Chief Akin Oke at an inter-faith prayer session Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today...

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Akpabio charges Tambuwal to ensure defected PDP members return

With the growing crisis in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the subsequent defection of its members to the opposition All Progressives Congress, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has...

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Amaechi presents 2014 budget to Rivers Assembly

The Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi is at the moment, presenting the 2014 appropriation bill before members of the Rivers state House of Assembly. DailyPost recalls that the Peoples Democratic...

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2014 budget is wasteful, anti-masses – SSANU blasts FG

THE Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) branch, has described the 2014 Federal Government budget as anti-masses and...

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Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah Scrambles To Cover Up Certificate Forgery...

By Musikilu Mojeed Embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and her associates have spent the last several hours scrambling to clean up the minister’s biographies on the Internet, following...

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Gunmen kill 5 in Port Harcourt

From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt No fewer than five persons were killed and many others injured when gunmen struck in Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The casualties were recorded in  Adelabu...

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Gov Aliyu denies death of 46-year-old woman in his office

Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, on  Tuesday,  debunked media  reports that a woman identified as Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud slumped and  died in his office, stating that the woman died half...

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REVEALED: Why The Judiciary Is Under Attack In Rivers

The successful bombing of the Ahoada High Court by yet to be identified persons has taken the political crisis in Rivers State to a new dimension. Some Observers say that despite the reactions from the...

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Apo killings: Suspect exposes Boko Haram secret

From GODWIN TSA, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said yesterday that its report on the killings of eight squatters by security operatives at an uncompleted building in Apo District of...

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Rivers N486b budget passed

•Lawmakers sit at Govt House A MID tight security, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi presented to the Assembly yesterday a N485.524 billion budget for this year. The budget, which is N4.797billion...

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FG denies cash crunch stalling Lagos-Ibadan expressway project

The Federal Government, on Tuesday denied that cash crunch stalled work on Lagos-Ibadan expressway project, contrary to a media report. A newspaper (not the Nigerian Tribune) had reported that cash...

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