The chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, FCT council, Comrade Paul Ella Abechi will in the second quarter of 2018 lead a team comprising members of the Council for a United States of America, USA sponsored International Visitors Leadership…
Month: March 2018
2019: MASS DEFECTION LOOMS IN LAGOS APC
There are strong indications that there could be a mass defection in the Lagos chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2019 elections. The mass defection, our correspondent learnt, is being spearheaded by some aggrieved members of…
PREMIER LEAGUE: FIVE THINGS WE LEARNT
Manchester City’s remorseless run to the Premier League title continued with a 1-0 win at home to Chelsea that left Pep Guardiola’s men a remarkable 18 points clear of the chasing pack. Liverpool went second with a 2-0 win at…
KADUNA APC: IT IS A FREE WORLD- SHEHU SANI
A National Assembly member, Sen. Shehu Sani, says he will support any effort at resolving the crisis in Kaduna state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani, who represents Kaduna Central at the Senate, gave the assurance on Sunday…
EFCC BUILDS A STRONG CASE AGAINST ODUAH, SEIZES PASSPORT
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passport of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, after grilling her for several hours on Wednesday. A senior EFCC official told our correspondent that the commission had built a…
OUR PRESIDENT HAS BECOME A KING AND A MONARCH- TUNDE BAKARE
The leader of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he cannot understand what President Muhammadu Buhari and other governors were doing at the wedding Fatiha of Idris Abiola Ajimobi son of Governors Isiaka Ajimobi and…
BUHARI TO DEPART FOR GHANA’S 61ST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday depart for Accra, Ghana to attend the country’s 61st Independence Anniversary celebrations holding at the Independence Square on Tuesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this in…
PEACE CORPS BILL: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SET TO DARE PRESIDENCY
For the first time in the life of the present National Assembly and the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, the legislature will this week take a daring step to challenge the president and prove to the nation that they cannot…
WE ARE YET TO BURY OUR DEAD- TARABA COMMUNITY CRIES OUT
About 20 persons have been reported killed and 300 cows stolen, following a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence on the Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, yesterday. A fleeing resident, Saadu Mogoggo, who said his house…
HATE SPEECH BILL: IPC WARNS NIGERIAN SENATE
A media watch group, International Press Centre (IPC) has warned the Nigerian Senate against going ahead with the passage of a bill now before it which prescribes death sentence for ‘hate speech.’ The Centre in a statement signed by Lanre…