Borno, Yobe elders threaten to resist emergency rule extension
Ahead of the expiration of the State of Emergency imposed on North eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the elders assembly under the aegis of Borno-Yobe People’s Forum, have rejected any...
View ArticleNICO lauded over indigenous language programme
House of Representative Committee on Culture and Tourism have expressed satisfaction with the Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme, NILP, of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO,...
View ArticleRowdy session as ANA Abuja holds election
Intrigues that accompany elections in Nigeria and most other African countries were replicated last week as members of Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, Abuja chapter, converged on Savannah Suites...
View ArticleAyakoroma commends Nigeria-Korean poets over anthology
Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO, Dr. Barclays Ayakoroma, has commended the efforts of young poets in Nigeria and South Korea over the compilation of a...
View ArticleANA joins world to celebrate Achebe’s Arrow of God at 50
Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, has said it would join the rest of the world to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s novel, Arrow of God. The national vice president of the...
View Article4 dead, including shooter, at Fort Hood
CNN) – Authorities have identified the man who opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas on Wednesday, killing three people before committing suicide, as Specialist Ivan Lopez. Sixteen more people were injured...
View ArticleCapt Ikedichi Iweha is STF new spokesman
The Special Task Force, STF deployed to restore law and order in Plateau state has a new spokesman. He is Captain Ikedichi Iweha. Iweha replaces Captain Mustapha Salisu, who is going to Niger State on...
View ArticleAnti-touting c’ttee warns against illegal revenue collection
The National Committee Against Touting, NCAT, a presidential taskforce constituted to check the activities of criminals has charged illegal revenue agents operating across the country to desist from...
View ArticleKano APC crisis lingers
Emerging facts show that all is still not well with the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the forthcoming local government election notwithstanding the consensus said to have been reached in...
View ArticleGroup condemns APC’s persistent attack on Jonathan
Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, NDIMRC, yesterday condemned the All Progressives Congress, APC’s penchant for raining abuses on the person of President Goodluck Jonathan. It said...
View ArticleNavy arrests 3 suspects over crude theft
To check the activities of illegal refiners of crude, the Nigerian Navy has arrested three suspects in Ikot Abasi local government area of Akwa Ibom State over possession and theft of 250 litres of...
View ArticleAbia farmers urged to promote food security
Abia Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Kenneth Nwosu, has urged farmers in the state to support the government’s resolve to promote agriculture and food production, to ensure food security. Nwosu, who...
View ArticleNSCDC donates vehicles to JTF
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, yesterday said it donated operational and surveillance materials to the Joint Task Force operating in the Niger Delta area of the country. In a press...
View ArticleOmisore emerges Osun PDP governorship candidate
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday emerged as the winner of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial primary election in Osun State. Omisore,...
View ArticleSenate to pass Bill on sexual violence, harassment — Lawmaker
Sen. Helen Esuene, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youths Matters, on Sunday said that bill on sexual violence and harassment against women would soon be passed by the Senate....
View ArticleConfab referendum will cost N22bn – delegate
Dr Abubakar Siddique, a delegate representing Katsina State, on Sunday said that organising a referendum on the outcome of the ongoing national conference would cost not less than N22 billion....
View ArticleWord Bank’s rating is a challenge to government – expert
An economist, Prof. Olu Ajakaiye, says the recent Word Bank’s extreme poor rating of Nigeria is a challenge to government to step up its economic empowerment programmmes. Ajakaiye, who is the President...
View ArticleBokoHaram sect attacks Yobe mosque, kill 17
Damaturu – Violence erupted again in the early hours of Saturday in Yobe state, as gunmen suspected to be of BokoHaram sect in 15 Hilux vehicles and motorcycles attacked a mosque in Buni/Gari town...
View ArticleJonathan postpons visit to Ekiti
President Goodluck Jonathan’s one-day campaign visit to Ekiti State scheduled for April 8 has been postponed . The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that the President was initially billed to...
View ArticleConfab delegate wants local councils empowered
Mr. Abubakar Ahmed, a delegate at the national conference, yesterday advocated empowerment of local government councils to tackle problems of insecurity and unemployment in the country. Ahmed,...
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