Dr Samuel Ankeli, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Disability Matters, in this interview with BODE OLAGOKE laments the treatment of physically challenged persons in Nigerian among other issues Can you let us know […]
Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants after they allegedly threw 12 Christians overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy. The Christian migrants, said to be from Ghana and Nigeria, […]
By Samuel Ogidan Abuja Two months to 2015 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday accused All Progressives Congress (APC) of not committed to issues-based campaign. The party said that it remained on the […]
By Ayoni M. Agbabiaka Abuja A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one-time member of the House of Representatives representing Jos North and Bassa constituencies of Plateau state, Honourable Sale Shehu Hassan, […]
By Hamidu Sabo Katsina Stakeholders in Katsina state on Monday held a seminar on peace and security ahead of forthcoming 2015 election. The seminar organised by state government drawn participants from Islam and Christian faith, […]
By Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for the institutionalisation of hall of shame to document names of criminals and their crimes. Speaking when he hosted the legends of Nollyhood […]
By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado Ekiti As the review of the 1999 constitution goes through state Houses of Assembly across the country, the factional Ekiti state House of Assembly yesterday turned down autonomy for the local […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Yenagoa Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Defence Headquarters has deployed 30 gunboats to beef up security in the Niger Delta region. Out going media coordinator, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation […]
By Bode Olagoke Abuja Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has said that he accepted the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to assist him […]
By Aliyu Askira Kano Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to attack the Emir of Kano, Muhummadu Sanusi II, in retaliation for the emir’s call on Kano residents and other Nigerians to arm and […]
By Ameh Ejekwonyilo, Kawu Yaqoob Mahmoud and Hannah Adiya Egbodo, Abuja Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of an Abuja Federal High Court yesterday set aside the letter of invitation sent by the House of Representatives to […]
By Aideloje Ojo Minna Thirty-eight thousand unemployed graduates are on the awaiting list after the Niger state government employed over 8,000 graduates of National Certificate of Education, NCE Higher National Diploma and University graduates, Governor […]
By Ezrel Tabiowo Abuja The Senate yesterday dismissed as unfounded a media report that there was a fresh crisis brewing in the Senate over an ongoing plot by aggrieved senators to impeach David Mark. The […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state met yesterday on the controversies trailing the emergence of Senator Simon S. Ajibola as the party’s gubernatorial candidate and resolved that Abuja had the final […]
By Sadiq Abubakar Maiduguri General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has vowed to work with all Nigerians to end the reign of terror in any part of Nigeria, especially the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east. The […]
By Jibrin Baba Ndace Abuja The Adamawa state government has expressed satisfaction with the successes recorded, so far, in dislodging insurgents in some part of northern states. The Chief of Staff to Gov Bala Ngilari, […]
By Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday called on world leaders to unite and form stronger action against the scourge of insurgency and piracy in West Africa and beyond. Speaking at the 46th […]
By Ime Akpan Lagos More than 100 Nigerians who went to the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland for employment opportunity have been deported. The deportees including men, women, and children, arrived […]
National security is the collective responsibility of all Nigerians irrespective of social, ethnic or religious affiliation, the chairman of the Advisory Council of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, (SABMF) and the former President of […]
By Muhammad Tanko Shittu and Bashir Mohammed, Kano Not fewer than 30 persons were killed at a twin explosion at Jos terminus market, yesterday even bags containing explosives were uncovered at the famous grains market, […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted the application of the people of Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency of Sokoto state, to appeal the court’s ruling that disallowed the constituents from being joined as defendants […]
By Bode Olagoke Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has urged his party not to leave any stone unturned in its quest to ensure free, […]
By Bode Olagoke Abuja Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has approved the recommendations of the Controller General of Prisons, Dr Peter E Ekpendu, for the immediate removal and suspension of the Controller of Prison […]
By Samuel Aruwan Kaduna A prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, yesterday took on fellow cleric Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqub Zakzaky, saying he should seek repentance from “misleading” his followers. The Zaria-based Zakzaky is the leader […]
An advocacy group, Save Female Football in Nigeria (SSFN), has postponed indefinitely it plan for today’s 1200-woman planned protest march to Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) secretariat in demand for better management of women football in the […]
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