2015: Rivers’ APC declares 7-day fast against Nyesom Wike
All Progressives Congress, APC leadership in Rivers State has declared seven days fasting and prayers for all members of the party, for the success of the proposed adoption of the Minister for...
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Confab resolutions: Delegates in fisticuffs
Row over Referendum Expunge order gagging press Another rowdy session was witnessed yesterday at the National Conference as delegates engaged in free for all fight over the adoption of 75 percent or...
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FIRE GUTS CBN LAGOS OFFICE, AS SANUSI’S PROBE BEGINS
Bank shareholders sue Sanusi for N10bn A mysterious fire struck the Marina, Lagos office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, few hours to the appearance of suspended CBN, governor Sanusi...
View ArticleJonathan denies admitting NNPC’s withdrawal of $10bn
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday denied comments credited to him in the media, in which he allegedly confirmed the wrongful withdrawal of 10 billion dollars from the federation account by the...
View ArticlePlateau varsity students protest killing of colleague
There was tension yesterday in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state following the killing of a student of the Plateau State University, now Solomon Lar University, by unknown gunmen. Our...
View ArticleNFF, Keshi on collision course
Snubs Technical Committee for Tom Tom Brazil 2014 media launch in Lagos Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, are angry with Super Eagles supremo, Stephen Keshi after he snubbed a...
View ArticleReps summon AGF, minister over missing subsidy fund
House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Jonah Otunla, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Budget Office to explain how the...
View ArticleNorthern Govs demand exposure of Boko Haram sponsors
Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF yesterday said that there is need to identify the culprits and sponsors of Boko Haram, other insurgencies and militants in the country. Their position was...
View ArticleMy ambition is a call to service -Maagbe
Chief Samuel Adaa Maagbe, a senatorial aspirant for Benue North-East on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC has said his ambition to become a senator is in response to the call by his...
View Article‘Our youths should develop their talents’
Reigning Queen of Aso, Queen Juliet Amarachi Gbajie has proven that winning a beauty pageant is not all about beauty but beauty with brains. Queen Gbajie during the hosting of her pet project titled,...
View ArticleSanusi faces FRC probe panel today
Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Lamido Sanusi, is expected to appear before the probing panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRC today in Lagos. Other CBN officials...
View ArticleBayelsa civil servants urged to speak Ijaw
Bayelsa state civil servants have been urged to always speak Ijaw language to their children at home, as well as show pride in the culture of the state, which has compelled them to wear traditional...
View ArticleEdo restates commitment to completion of water project
The Edo state government has said it was committed to the completion of the N30 billion water storm project aimed at dealing with the erosion related cases in parts of Benin, the state capital. The...
View ArticleNGO begins surveillance on birth defects
…Says defect occur in 70 out of 100,000 births An NGO, Spinal Bifida and Hydrocephalus Care Foundation yesterday in Abuja kick started the surveillance and prevention of birth defects in Nigeria....
View ArticleHow I’ll run the economy – Emefiele
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor-nominee, Mr. Godwill Emefiele, yesterday unveiled his economic blueprint for the country as he scaled through the Senate’s screening. Emefiele who received a...
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Massive spill from vandalised Agip pipeline hits Bayelsa
For the sixth day running, a pipeline belonging to Agip Oil, which was vandalised on three spots in Ikarama oil fields located in Yenagoa, has continued to spill crude to the environment. Two of the...
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LAMIDO ADAMAWA’S BOMBSHELL: WE’VE ALTERNATIVE TO NIGERIA
Lamido Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha yesterday shocked delegates at the National Conference when he said that his kingdom transcends the territorial boundaries of Nigeria and his people have...
View ArticleNEMA trains NYSC members on disaster management
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, South-South Zonal office has trained more than 800 corps members in the zone in emergency and disaster control and management. The training programmje was...
View ArticleJega charges RECs to build confidence towards 2015
Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC yesterday charged Resident Electoral Commissions, RECs, to build confidence in the electoral system in their...
View ArticleW’African forum moves to ensure implementation of treaties
Arising from unwillingness of countries to domesticate treaties signed, the West African Civil Society Forum, WACSOF, has embarked on an enlightenment programme to empower the citizenry on their rights...
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