How Gov Al-Makura allegedly diverted N5.9b LG funds
Contrary to claims by the Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura that his government is strictly guided by the principles of accountability, prudence and fear of God in the management of state...
View ArticleOkoh tasks Anglican youths on unity
Archbishop of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged Anglican youths to build bridges of unity and shun tribalism and ethnic sentiments. Okoh, who spoke during the investiture...
View ArticleDoctors’ Strike: Lack of oxygen kills two-month-old baby
A two-month-old baby has died at the Daughters of Charity Hospital, Kubwa, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as a result of lack of oxygen for treatment following the nation wide strike embarked upon...
View ArticleBrazil 2014: Echiejile’s absence challenged me – Oshaniwa
Super Eagles defender, Juwon Oshaniwa has disclosed that the absence of AS Monaco of France strong man, Elderson Echiejile, who due to an injury before the commencement of the World Cup did not make it...
View ArticleShehu of Borno raises alarm over Boko Haram attacks
Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, has expressed shock at the increasing attacks by suspected Boko Haram sect members in communities in the State. Garbai made his feeling known while receiving...
View ArticleBody urges FG to resettle IDPs in Benue
The Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Committee set up by Benue State government during the Tiv/Fulani crisis, early this year, has called on the federal government to resettle the affected...
View Article6 injured in Asaba multiple accidents
Six people were critically injured, yesterday in Asaba, Delta State when an articulated vehicle belonging to Dangote Cement, lost control and crashed into four other articulated vehicles lined up at a...
View ArticleNyako: Stooping to survive?
In the past one month the embattled governor of Adamawa State has dominated the front page of newspapers in Nigeria over the move to impeach him by members of the Adamawa state House of Assembly. When...
View ArticleNyako: Succession tussle begins
Marwa, Girei, Ribadu, Ardo, Tukur, Modibbo top the list Last Monday’s impeachment of retired sailor, Murtala Nyako from office as Adamawa State governor, which thus re-established Peoples democratic...
View ArticleAggreko to partner 5 DISCOs
Aggreko, a global leader in providing rental power, temperature control and compressed air systems to companies around the world said it is in talks to partner five electricity Distribution Companies,...
View ArticleNew cabinet to emerge in Adamawa this week
Following the dissolution of the cabinet of former governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state, there are indications that the Acting Governor, Alhaji Umaru Ahmed Fintiri, will this week appoint new...
View ArticleFG may unleash EFCC on Maigari
Following last Friday’s bold declaration by the reinstated Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, that it is ready for probe, eggheads at the ministry of justice as well as the...
View ArticleInvestor urges court to stop NITEL’s sale
A legal hurdle has been erected against moves by the Federal Government to sell the assets of moribund Nigeria Telecommunications, NITEL Plc and Nigeria Mobile Telecommunications, MTEL. In the legal...
View ArticleFormer Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman Is Dead
Former Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is dead. He died this morning in Austria. He was 76 years old. Rilwanu Lukman is a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the...
View ArticleHon. Helen Nwaobasi Emerges Ebonyi Assembly Speaker
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday impeached the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Chukwuma Nwazunku and elected a new Speaker, Hon. Helen Nwaobasi, representing Abakaliki South State...
View ArticleJIBWIS to support 185,000 orphans nationwide
A foremost Islamic organisations in Nigeria, the Jamaatul Izalatul Bidiah Wa Iqamatus Sunna, JIBWIS, is set to support about 185,000 orphans nationwide with foodstuff, clothes and vocational skills....
View ArticleCAN backs Jonathan on terror victims’ support fund
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for setting up special funds for victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. In a press statement at the weekend, CAN...
View ArticleEx-lawmaker kicks over registration of non-indigenes
Calls for registration and issuance of identity cards to ethnic nationalities residing in states other than theirs have been described as sheer rubbish. In an interview with Nigerian Pilot, a federal...
View ArticleAkpabio endorses lawmakers for another term
Akpabio who stated this in Uyo when he granted audience to a delegation led by a National Assembly member Mr Micah Umoh said that the move was to ensure quality representation and legislative...
View ArticleAregbesola assures on improved schools
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola has assured the people of the state that by the end of his second term in office no school would be left with any dilapidated classroom. Aregbesola said with the...
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