by Debo Adejugbe The people are politically more conscious than before. Touting godfatherism, voter apathy, electoral violence, threats of apprehension, vote buying, rigging, breakdown of law and order, impersonation, ballot [...]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has shocked the aviation Ministry and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN as it struck out the suit they filed against Bi-Courtney [...]
Out-going Catholic Pontiff Benedict XVI has asked the faithful to pray for him and for his successor who is expected to emerge next month when no fewer than 120 electors [...]
Gunmen kidnapped eight foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed the compound of a Lebanese construction company, Setraco, in Bauchi State, yesterday, the police said. Read full story [...]
Action Congress of Nigeria has said the People Democratic Party is exposing its own folly by blaming the “glaring marginalisation” of the Yoruba by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration on [...]
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that the All Progressive Congress will prioritise job creation, agricultural development and infrastructural development, among other programmes. Fayemi, who is the Chairman, [...]
CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, John Owan Enoh, has declared that the National Assembly never padded the 2013 budget. Read full story on author website »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday demanded for the refund of monies collected from chairmanship and councillorship aspirants by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) ahead of the April [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday demanded for the refund of monies collected from chairmanship and councillorship aspirants by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) ahead of the April [...]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till March 4, 2013, for the proper arraignment of Mr. Fidelis Anosike and his brother, Noel, charged with stripping the assets [...]
Former Senate Whip, Senator Kanti Bello, has accused the Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, of telling a lie over his claim that President Goodluck Jonathan agreed to a single term [...]
THERE are indications that some lecturers of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology risk the loss of their jobs following their indefinite strike over the reappointment of the [...]
Hazaras anger over Quetta blast; gunmen kidnap foreign workers in Nigeria; hip hop hijabis… Read full story on author website »
First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Sunday opened up on her controversial medical trip last year, admitting for the first time she ailed terribly and was close to dying. First Lady, [...]
• Undergoes nine surgeries abroad Dame Patience Jonathan, finally owned up Sunday on her health situation while she was in Germany for medical treatment, telling worshippers at the Aso Rock [...]
• Undergoes nine surgeries abroad Dame Patience Jonathan, finally owned up Sunday on her health situation while she was in Germany for medical treatment, telling worshippers at the Aso Rock [...]
• He hasn’t quit, says govt FACTS on the alleged resignation of Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wemimo Ogunde, have emerged. Ogunde, son of the late famous [...]
New state relies on rival Sudan to transport fuel it produces at facilities near contested border. Read full story on author website »
WHAT could have motivated a former commissioner in OgunState to threaten the life of a Lagos housewife, Mrs. Aderonke Odupitan? Read full story on author website »
Akure – GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has described the visit of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye to the state barely a [...]
About 5000 guests, including 18 state governors, have overrun Abuja for a lavish thanksgiving party thrown for Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, at a cost of N500 million. read more [...]
Pensioners in Rivers State, have resolved to embark on hunger strike to press home their demand for the payment of their pension arrears. Read full story on author website »
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has acknowledged the efforts of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in creating public awareness towards Disaster Risk Reduction strategies. Special Representative [...]
Gunmen in the Nigerian state of Bauchi have abducted at least six foreign construction workers, in the biggest kidnapping in northern Nigeria… Read full story on author website »
KANO – Five children from same parents were among 15 souls that perished in two separate accidents in Kumbotso and Takai councils of Kano state, weekend. Read full story on [...]
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, said on Sunday that his command had arrested a fake army officer who specialised in snatching cars in the Lagos metropolis. [...]
A father denied access to his son was perched atop a giant shipyard crane in the western French city of Nantes for a third day Sunday, vowing to stay put [...]
Gunmen on Sunday invaded a Lebanese-owned construction company in Bauchi, killing a security guard and a police officer on duty. The gunmen also abducted six workers including two foreigners. The [...]
Former Nigeria international Finidi George has returned to the Dutch league after 17 years away – this time for an internship at Dutch minnows… Read full story on author website [...]
Sahrawis arrested after clash with security forces who were dismantling their camp in disputed Western Sahara in 2010. Read full story on author website »
