Terrorists sponsored to stop Jonathan – PDP
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday declared that the opposition was sponsoring the current insurgency to destabilise Nigeria and to portray the Goodluck Jonathan...
View ArticleGuber aspirant inaugurates strategy committee
A gubernatorial aspirant in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Shekh Ibrahim khaleel has inaugurated a 17 man committee to strategise for the realisation of his ambition in the gubernatorial race in...
View ArticleKano to generate over N2bn monthly from land revenue
Land reform initiated by the Kano State Government will enable the state generate N2billion monthly, the state Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Alhaji Muhammad Nadu Yahaya has said. The...
View ArticleSocial workers want FG to declare state of emergency on unemployment
Sequel to the deaths of Nigerians last Saturday during the test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service where about 30 Nigerians died nationwide, the National Association of Social Workers, NASOW,...
View ArticleLamido’s aide solicits journalists support
Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido’s newly appointed special assistant on media, Adamu Muhammad Usman has solicited support and cooperation of journalist in the state. He made this call...
View ArticleNSCIA links recruitment tragedy to corruption
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has linked the death toll recorded during last Saturday’s recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to corruption, which it...
View ArticleSenate to investigate NIS test tragedy
The Senate has said that it will investigate the poor handling of the recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, which turned into national tragedy resulting to loss of lives of...
View ArticleFG tasks NESG on review of 45-yr-old education policy
Federal Government has asked the National Economic Summit Group, NESG to immediately review Nigeria’s education policy developed in 1969 to meet current challenges. At the opening of the 20th Nigeria...
View ArticleAPC holds national convention May 24
All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced dates for its congresses, which will culminate into its national convention on May 24, 2014. After the meeting of its Interim National Executive Committee...
View Article8 killed in soldiers, Dangote Cement workers’ clash
Eight people have been feared killed and scores injured in clashes between soldiers and workers of Dangote Cement plant near Tse Kucha in Gboko Local Government Area on one hand, and Fulani herdsmen...
View ArticleKalu and Obasanjo’s unending wrangle
Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. Dr. Orji...
View ArticleConfab: Market leaders council disclaims representatives
As President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the national conference in Abuja on Monday, the National Traders and Market Leaders Council of Nigeria, NTMLCN, has said that all delegates except one...
View Article‘Ondo APC crisis far from over’
The crisis that has engulfed the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State for sometimes now is far from over, as some members of the party in the state have urged its national leadership to...
View ArticleBFIGroup flays RUSAL’s shutdown of ALSCON, workers’ sack
America’s BFIGroup, the main winners of the 2004 privatisation bid for Aluminum Smelters Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, located at Mboho community of Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, has expressed concern...
View ArticleCourt orders substituted service on defected Govs
An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered substituted service on five governors who defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The governors are Murtala...
View ArticleJonathan meets Pope Francis Saturday
President Goodluck Jonathan will from today embark on a 6-day working trip to Namibia, Italy and Holland. The president will on Saturday meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican City in Rome. President...
View ArticleDisparity between HND and Degree holders
T he age-long disparity between holders of Higher National Diploma, HND, and Bachelors’ Degree certificates, especially in job offers, official promotions and hierarchy, both in private and public...
View ArticleNigeria, Cuba to expand economic cooperation
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1, Professor Viola Onwuliri, and the Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Parilla, have pledged to work towards expanding economic and trade cooperation to attract...
View ArticleShake-up in NNPC as Jonathan appoints new GEDs
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, affected a shake-up in the management team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by appointing five new Group Executive Directors for the...
View ArticleReps probe NPA’s multi-billion naira dredging contract
House of Reps yesterday directed its Committee on Marine Transport to investigate the agreement entered into by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA with other private firms in respect of the channel...
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