There was confusion Thursday morning in Kaduna State when youths numbering about 200 burnt a Church and a Police station in Narayi in Chikun local government area of Kaduna. The youths, it was learnt, set ablaze a branch of the…
Month: March 2018
2019: AMAECHI URGES IGBOS TO SEEK BUHARI’S FORGIVENESS
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked Igbos in the southeast region to seek forgiveness for turning their backs on President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election and elect him for a second term next year. While delivering…
TENURE EXTENSION: APC EXPELS MEMBERS FROM PARTY
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all members of the party who took the party to court over the extension of tenure of its leadership at various levels have been expelled from the party. Addressing newsmen in Enugu,…
IMPROVED ACCESS TO IMMUNIZATION: BILL GATES, DANGOTE AND 6 OTHERS SIGN MoU
Renowned philanthropist, Mr. Bill Gates, business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and six Governors on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on improved access to immunization across Northern Nigeria. Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal was joined by four other States…
I HAVE NO ASSETS TO FORFEIT – EKWEREMADU TELLS FG
The federal government wednesday approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, for an order to temporarily freeze properties and assets linked to the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The suit which was filed on behalf of the federal government…
DINO MELAYE: INEC RELEASES TIMETABLE FOR RECALL
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West). The Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam, said following the Appeal Court’s ruling that the recall can start,…
DAPCHI SCHOOL GIRLS: FAYOSE FELICITATES WITH PARENTS
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has congratulated parents of the abducted Dapchi Girls that were released on Wednesday morning. He also sympathized with parents of five of the girls who reportedly died, describing the abduction of the girls as…
CFTA: BUHARI SETS UP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his administration will not be in a hurry to enter into any agreement that would make the country a dumping ground and jeopardize the security of the nation. Consequently, the President has set up a…
PHENOMENAL WOMEN…
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’ They will say, Women don’t have what it takes”-Clare Boothe Luce The Nigerian political space…
THE BARBARIANS AT EDO GATE – LOUIS ODION
It was typical of punctilious Godwin Obaseki to assume that mere appeal to reason – this pious invocation of the spirit of good neighborliness – would be enough to rein in the Barbarians arriving Edo’s ancient gate. But as he…