Civil war: Igbo demand N2.4trn reparation
Echoes of the civil war reverberated at the National Conference yesterday, as delegates from the South-East zone renewed their demand for N2.4 trillion reparation and compensation “for atrocities and...
View ArticleArmy calls 21 witnesses against soldiers accused of mutiny
Following a court martial constituted by the Military authorities to try soldiers, who allegedly shot at the General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the Army’s 7 Division in Maiduguri, Borno State,...
View ArticleFlood displaces scores in Calabar
Most residents of Calabar, Cross River State capital have fled their homes as a result of flood. Several houses in the city were submerged by the rampaging flood caused by heavy downpour. The Monday...
View ArticlePDP makes clarification on Wike’s alleged resignation
Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Rivers State Chapter, has described as false and misleading claims in some sections of the media that the Minister of State for Education, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has...
View ArticleEmir lauds Gov Yuguda on devt
Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda has been commended for executing meaningful projects in the state especially across the rural areas. The Emir of Ningi, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammad Danyaya, made the...
View ArticleFRSC promotes 3 to DCMs, 15 others as ACMs
Board and management of the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC have approved the promotion of three persons to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshals, DCMs and 15 others to Assistant Corps Marshals, ACMs....
View ArticlePDP alleges plans to frustrate case on Ekiti LCDAs
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, has caution the State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, not to align with the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to frustrate its efforts at legally...
View ArticleCLO wants Commissioner probed over N100m fraud
Civil Liberties organisation, CLO, Rivers State branch, has called on the state governor Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to order a probe of the Commissioner for Agriculture Emma Chinda, over a N100...
View ArticleAgain, DSS rescues kidnapped victim, arrests suspects
A joint team of operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, Anambra State Command and the Army have rescued Mr. Pius Maduka, the elder brother of Cosmos Maduka, the Chief Executive Officer of...
View ArticleCONTROVERSY OVER NEW STATES CREATION
One of the issues that split members of the National Conference throughout last week is the issue of creation of additional states in the federation. The report of the Conference Committee on Political...
View ArticleNSCDC nabs impostor with firearm
Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Anambra state has arrested one Patrick Thomas for claiming to be an officer of NSCDC in possession of firearm. The state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Ben...
View ArticleOba of Lagos loses N30m to maids
Two maids of Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty Rilwan Babatunde O. Akiolu, have been charged before a Lagos Chief Magistrate Court, sitting at Igbosere, for allegedly stealing of the sum of N30 million,...
View ArticleKogi Assembly approves 15 commissioner-nominees
The Kogi state House of Assembly has screened and approved 15 out of the 17 commissioner nominees presented to it for approval by the state governor, Capt Idris Wada on Tuesday. Speaker of the State...
View ArticleDemolition resumes in Lungu village
Department of Development Control, DDC, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, had revisited Lungu village in Kafe District, Abuja, pulling down remaining illegal structures amid...
View ArticlePharmacists call for better healthcare delivery
National Chairman, Nigerian Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists, NAHAP, Pharm. Yakubu Maji-Isah has admonished members of the association not to focus on monetary issues or...
View ArticleWe weren’t bribed to amend Pension Bill –A’Ibom Speaker
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly recently came under fierce criticism following the passage of the controversial Pension Bill for former governors and deputy governors. In this interview, the Speaker,...
View ArticleNyanya bombing: FG to arraign extradited Ogwuche
Following the successful repatriation of alleged terror mastermind of April 14, 2014 Nyanya motor park bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, the Federal Government is finalising arrangement to arraign the...
View ArticleFIFA set to unban Nigeria
Maigari fights back: We took care of sports minister in Brazil\ Nigeria Pilot Sports can report that Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, will most likely lift its indefinite ban...
View ArticleDANJUMA TO JONATHAN: WE MUST CRUSH TERRORISM
As he received the mantle from President Goodluck Jonathan as Chairman, Terror Victims Support Fund Committee, former Minister of Defense, Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, yesterday declared that the...
View ArticleInflation rises to 8.2% in June
Nigeria’s inflation in June edged higher to 8.2 percent from 8.0 percent in the previous month. This is the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year increases in the Headline index since the pace of...
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