APC warns Obanikoro on launching mayhem in Lagos, urges Military to prevent...
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised alarm over the inordinate use of soldiers to cause mayhem and outright brigandage in Lagos. It fingered the Minister of State for...
View ArticleOronsaye Report: Jonathan directs setting up of implementation committee
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday directed establishment of a White Paper implementation committee on the report of Presidential Committee on the Restructuring and Rationalisation of Government...
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Maryland State Hosts Governor Yari of Zamfara
Annapolis, (PSN)–The government of the State of Maryland, in the United States Wednesday morning accepted to partner with Zamfara State in its Sister-State program. At a robust ceremony inside the...
View ArticleGDP rebasing debate is orchestrated distraction, public relations gimmick – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick the ongoing hullabaloo about the rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP which the masterminds...
View ArticleWomen Group Rally for Diezani Alison-Madueke
A group of women under the umbrella of Association of Concerned Nigerian Women on Thursday marched through Abuja to demonstrate support for the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani...
View ArticleN979.6m subsidy fraud: EFCC says oil marketer has escaped to Canada
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court that an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, charged with N979.6 million subsidy fraud, has fled to Canada. The...
View ArticleSuswam wants FG to investigate chemicals used during attack on Tiv farmers
Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Thursday urged the Federal Government to investigate the composition of the chemicals used on Tiv farmers by the herdsmen in the ongoing crisis. Suswam said this when he...
View ArticleNigerians are living in a corrupt and enlightened society – Braitwaite
Ace lawyer and former Presidential candidate on the platform of the now rested National Advanced Party, Tunji Braitwaite, has stated that Nigeria’s federal system was not on course. Braitwaite told...
View ArticleImmigration deports 80 foreigners from Taraba
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday deported 80 foreigners who were illegally residing in Taraba. Alhaji Habibu Haruna, the Controller of the service in Taraba, made the disclosure at the...
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Nigeria blasts Mugabe over corruption comments, condemns S’Africans’ hostility
BY VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA— Barely a month after President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe made derogatory remarks about Nigeria and its citizens, the Federal Government, yesterday, reacted, describing Mugabe’s...
View ArticleAsari Dokubo Dares Patience Jonathan: You Can’t Make Wike Rivers Governor
Sola adebayo The next governor of Rivers State will not be determined by First Lady Patience Jonathan, according to leader of outlawed Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari...
View Article‘Only Tambuwal can sack 37 defecting Reps’
Only the Speaker of the House of Representatives is constitutionally empowered to declare vacant the seats of the 37 lawmakers who defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All...
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Nigerian mob set female kidnapper ablaze
Stephen Oni,Ilorin A middle-aged woman suspected to be a kidnapper was on Friday, 11 April lynched by an irate mob in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, after she allegedly snatched a toddler from her...
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Shelve strike plans, Orelope-Adefulire tells health workers
Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Lagos State Deputy Governor, has made a passionate appeal to workers in the health sector to shelve any plans to embark on an industrial strike, reminding them that the...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kills 8 Teachers, 11 Others In Maiduguri
At least 19 people have been killed within 48 hours (Thursday and Friday) in Borno State by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect whom may to have resumed killings weeks after the Maiduguri Giwa...
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MH370: Malaysia missing plane black box ‘found’— Australian PM
Tony Abbott says searchers think underwater signals are coming from wreckage of Malaysia Airlines plane. Australia is confident that search teams have located the missing Malaysian plane’s black box to...
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Sambo, Shagari, others for JNI golden jubilee celebration
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, former President Shehu Shagari and former heads of state of northern extraction, would tomorrow, converge at Kaduna, Kaduna State capital, for the golden jubilee...
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VAT collection: FG floors Lagos govt at Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court, in Abuja, on Friday, struck out an appeal filed by the Lagos State government challenging the power of the Federal Government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) within its...
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Presidential Election: Southern Muslim may pick APC ticket
•4 groups battle for control of party If a daring plan by a powerful clique in the All Progressives Congress (APC) materialises, a Muslim from the South (names witheld) may emerge as the party’s...
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Breaking: Pastor drops dead conducting funeral of herbalist
The sleepy town of Asaga-Ohafia in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State has been thrown into a deep shock and controversy following the death of a cleric who dropped dead while conducting the...
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