Lai Mohammed says APC has fulfilled all its campaign promises
Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has all but fulfilled its electoral promises. The minister said APC campaigned to improve security,...
View ArticleModu Sheriff: Let it be known that I’m still the chairman of the PDP
Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno state, has described the caretaker committee led by Ahmed Makarfi, also a former governor, as a group of “usurpers and a contraption” that was set up in...
View Article“The PDP will never die”| BoT declares as it takes over running of opposition...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Nigeria’s major opposition party (PDP) assured members and staff on Wednesday that their beloved party isn’t about to die. The PDP has been embroiled in internal crisis...
View ArticleAs Buhari touches down in Ogoni today, Rivers govt bans okada and keke
The Rivers State government has placed a temporary ban on the operation of motorcycles and tricycles in Gokana and Khana local government areas of the state because of the planned visit of President...
View ArticleTompolo’s lawyer begs Avengers to lay down arms and embrace dialogue
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the controversial Lagos based lawyer who handles the brief of Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), an alleged retired militant, has urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to embrace...
View ArticleBuhari won’t be going to Ogoniland to flag off cleanup anymore
A few online reports are suggesting that president Muhammadu Buhari’s well publicized visit to Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, to flag off the cleanup of a region long ravaged by exploration activities,...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Real reason Buhari canceled visit to Ogoniland and why he may...
News arrived via online portals, Thursday morning, that President Muhammadu Buhari’s much publicized scheduled visit to Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, to flag-off the cleanup of a region long ravaged...
View ArticleAppeal court postpones hearing of Saraki’s application
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has again suspended its hearing of an application filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in connection to the alleged false asset declaration charges against him at...
View ArticleNigeria has developed the vaccine to tackle ‘tomato ebola’
The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, Kaduna state, says it has developed a vaccine for the tomato pest: tuta absoluta, according to a story in TheCable. Bala Aliyu,...
View ArticleFG scraps post UTME; and with 180 in JAMB, you can now get into a Nigerian Uni
“One-hundred-and-eighty is given and no institution will go below 180 this year; some universities can go above it, I know Obafemi Awolowo University of Ife, will not go below 200 and University of...
View ArticleNorthern Nigeria Development Company to establish bank, commends gov Ganduje
Northern Nigeria Development Company, NNDC, is set to establish a strong and viable bank, the chairman of its board, Alh. Bashir Dalhatu has announced. The chairman, who disclosed this during a visit...
View ArticleOne year of Gov Ganduje: Dividends at a time of recession | By Salihu Yakasai
It is almost trite now to talk about how those managing governments at all levels are in a nightmarish situation owing to slim resources and dwindling revenue. The Nigerian economy has gotten the bite...
View ArticleFani-Kayode sues EFCC for detaining him
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has filed a suit before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, seeking the enforcement of his fundamental rights. Mr. Fani-Kayode made the...
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: Even if Sen Ben Bruce was barred from meeting the president, so...
It would be unfair to criticize the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) for barring Senator Bruce from having a handshake with President Buhari at the presidential anniversary dinner-...
View ArticleSaraki’s CCT trial to resume on June 7
After a brief hiatus, the trial of senate president Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for false declaration of assets, will resume on June 7 to June 9. The CCT was forced to adjourn...
View ArticleChinedu Ekeke: What Lai Mohammed would have said on Buhari’s botched trip to...
But for his being a minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, Lai Mohammed, the once vociferous opposition spokesperson while the Peoples Democratic Party held Aso Villa, would have sent out a...
View ArticleOur quiet boy, Jonathan, failed us–Ogoni traditional ruler
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for launching the clean-up of oil spill in Ogoniland and other areas in the Niger Delta region. Mr. Wike, during the flag-off...
View ArticleGov Ganduje commissions road projects, calls on Kano residents to promptly...
Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje yesterday (Thursday) commissioned the reconstructed Yusuf and Kwairanga roads in Nassarawa GRA, Kano metropolis with a call on residents of the state to...
View ArticleBuhari meets Jonathan to discuss the Avengers
President Muhammadu Buhari held a late night meeting on Thursday with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, at the presidential villa in Abuja, to discuss the terrorist activities of the Niger Delta...
View ArticleHow Kano mob chopped off woman’s head for blasphemy
The police has confirmed that a lady, Bridget Agbahwe, was killed and decapitated in Kano on Thursday by a mob who accused her of blaspheming the prophet. Premium Times quotes Magaji Majiya, a police...
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