Kayode Adelowokan The United States of America in strongly term has condemned the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Jos, Pleteau State on Tuesday, May 20, as well as the bombing in the Sabon-Gari neighborhood of the city of Kano on Sunday, May 18. This is contained in a press statement from the U.S Embassy, Abuja […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has assured the people of Plateau State that the Police in collaboration with other security agencies will do everything humanly possible to unmask the perpetrators of the twin bomb blast that rocked the city of Jos, leaving scores of people dead and several others injured. […]
Kayode Adelowokan Experts in the public and community health care has identified the high level of insecurity in the North Eastern part of Nigeria as a major challenge affecting the implementation and monitoring of public and community healthcare intervention programmes. The experts said insecurity occasioned by the insurgency of Boko Haram in the North East […]
The United States has deployed 80 members of its armed forces to Chad to help in the search for the kidnapped school girls in Chibok, Borno State. President Barack Obama informed the House speaker and the president of the Senate of the move. The personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft […]
By Abba Adakole The Janjaweed tendencies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears not to be knowing any bounds these days with the aspersion cast on Yoruba traditional rulers by none other than the leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who described a majority of them as “useless.” If Tinubu, who styles himself as […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Auta Walbe has raised alarm that his life is in danger crying out that assassins have been trailing him with the aim of terminating his life. This is according to a memo addressed to the Inspector General of Police and […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state House of Assembly on Tuesday handed down a one week ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resolve the issue of de-registration of voters in 621 polling units in the state or face legal action. According to the House, the commission should also discard the issue of […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 118 people dead in the twin bomb explosions that rock the ancient city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria on Tuesday. But the police disputed the figure, saying it is 46 people who died in the explosion, but noted that more casualties may have been recorded and that […]
Mona Ogbeidi The Nigerian Senate has approved the extension of the emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, one week after it received the request by President Goodluck Jonathan. The upper legislative arm of government approved the request after series of meetings with service chiefs on Thursday, but deferred debate on the extension request […]
Kayode Adelowokan Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, has responded to passenger demand by increasing the frequency of its Lagos-Monrovia (Liberia) and Lagos-Luanda (Angola) routes. The Lagos-Monrovia service has been increased from three to four weekly flights using a Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The new flight will operate on Saturday, adding to the existing […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba As part of efforts to upgrade the knowledge of soccer officials in Delta, the leadership of the state Football Association (FA) has concluded arrangement for the arrival of three Britons into Nigeria who will conduct a week long clinic for coaches, referees, match assessors and Match Commissioners in the State. Soccer […]
….Warns Against Exchanging Girls With Sect Members Kayode Adelowokan The President of Woman Arise for Change Initiative (WACI), Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has said until federal government expose sponsors of Boko Haram sects, there is no way it can achieve permanent solution in the fight against the terrorist group. Okei-Odumakin disclosed this while leading some women […]
Oyewale Oyelola Nigerian Army have handed over Three suspected oil thieves arrested by officers of the Guards Brigade to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) for further investigation and possible prosecution. The suspects: Gbenga Olusegun , Mohammed Yusuf, Auwal Abbas were arrested on May 12, 2014 at Toto Check Point, Keffi, Nasarawa State […]
Kayode Adelowokan Experts in the public and community health care on Tuesday identified the high level of insecurity in the North Eastern part of Nigeria as a major challenge affecting the implementation and monitoring of public and community healthcare intervention programmes. The experts said insecurity occasioned by the insurgency of Boko Haram in the North […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri Disturbed by the alarming spate of corruption and insensitivity of political leaders towards the plight of Nigerians, a civil society organization, ” Say No Campaign South East”, has declared war against impunity and corrupt leaders in the five states of the South East zone. The organization, warned that henceforth any leader […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone“C”, Owerri, Imo state, says it has recorded 39 seizures of illegally imported goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N285, 806, 280. 00 According to the para- military organisation, the items which were impounded last month by its men, includes 17 vehicles […]
A human rights activist, Femi Falana, has described the tuition increase in the Lagos State University by the Lagos State Government as immoral and illegal. He likened it to the menace of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country. Falana was the guest speaker at the 18th National Delegates’ Conference […]
Kayode Adelowokan Every day may be for the thief but one day is surely for the owner; officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a suspect described as a specialist in drug concealment. The suspect, Onyejiaju Chukwuemeka Augustine, who has been on the Agency’s wanted list was caught at the Murtala Muhammed […]
By Agabus Pwanagba and Kayode Adelowokan Report reaching us says Twin bomb explosions have occurred in the heart of the commercial center of Jos, Northeast Nigeria. The explosions, believed to have been caused by an improvised Explosive Device (IED), occurred around the busy Jos Main Market, between railway terminus and the temporary site of the […]
By Uche Nwosu It was John Quincy Adams who posited “to furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. According to him, education prolongs life and enlarges the sphere of existence”. This, without a doubt, is the framework on which the present Abia government under the leadership […]
