In what could easily pass for one of the single largest gatherings of ethnic nationalities in recent times, leaders drawn from the Niger Delta, South West, South East and the Middle Belt, converged on Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to…
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LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS – BUHARI URGES BOKO HARAM
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, begged Boko Haram terrorists to cease hostilities and lay down their arms, saying Nigeria has suffered enough violence at the hands of the insurgents. Hundreds of people have been killed while thousands have been displaced…
BILL GATES FAULTS FG’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND GROWTH PLAN
Philanthropist and Founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates on Thursday in Abuja faulted part of the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Gates, the Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said the implementation of the ERGP is…
OBASANJO FROWNS AGAINST GENDER INEQUALITY IN NIGERIAN POLITICS
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on women to get actively involved in 2019 election so as to take up more position of power in politics. He stated this at the 14th annual lecture of Women in Management, Business and…
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…
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…
BOKO HARAM RETURNS ABDUCTED DAPCHI SCHOOL GIRLS
Parents of the 110 school girls of the Government Girls Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted over a month ago have said that the Dapchi girls have been brought back. Parents go through list of 110 schoolgirls…
ELECTORAL AMMENDMENT BILL: AGF ACCUSES NASS OF THREATENING AND INTIMIDATION
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Tuesday commenced the legal battle in the Electoral Amendment Bill suit with a swipe at the National Assembly, accusing the legislature of threatening and intimidating the…