The Position of SGF has finally been ceded to the North East by President Muhammadu Buhari, after months of gang-up by Igbo politicians within PDP and APC against each other. Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC), in a warning to Igbo leaders and the public, released through a well publicized press statement, gave hints that Buhari will […]
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson says even before the birth of the APC and its change mantra, his restoration administration had started the process of changing Bayelsa for good since its inception in 2012. The Countryman Governor said the massive infrastructural development of the state and attitudinal re-orientation of Bayelsans institutionalized […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum, has expressed its condolences to the Federal Government and family of Amb. Adebowale Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to the United States. Adefuye, reportedly died on Thursday at an undisclosed hospital in Washington DC. In a statement by Chairman of the Forum, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, on Friday […]
BY IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Youth Wing of the apex Igbo Umbrella body, Ohaneze Youth Council, OYC, has expressed deep anger over President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest appointment for the positions of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, as well as his Chief of Staff. It noted that recent developments had indications […]
Unknown to many Nigerians, the change mantra of President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC), was pioneered by Bayelsa State, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, revealed on Thursday. According when him, Bayelsa State was in a complete state of ruins which were allegedly perpetrated by his predecessor, Mr. Timipre Sylva. Dickson stated this in Yenagoa, […]
The ambassador of Nigeria to the United States, Prof Adebowale Adefuye is dead. Adefuye, whose tenure as ambassador ends on August 31, 2015 died after suffering from an heart attack in a Washington, DC hospital. He was born in Ijebu-Igbo, in 1947, he received his First Degree in History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, […]
By Ayo Balogun – Barcelona striker, Lionel Messi has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Messi defeated two other contenders, including Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo to clinch the prestigious prize. Prolific goal striker, Messi finished level on goals with Real Madrid star, Ronaldo and a team mate, Neymar in Europe in 2014/15. The […]
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of 9 special advisers to strengthen governance and assist in the realisation of his administration’s development aspirations. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Isiaka Gold, the appointments, which follow the State House of Assembly’s approval of Governor […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments: Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation Alhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the President Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA […]
By Ayo Balogun – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as deceitful, obstructionist and provocative the petition written to President Muhammadu Buhari by the 16 PDP Federal Lawmakers from Rivers over the State’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, declaring those who are blatantly obstructing the course of justice are the same ones trying to […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The members of the Unity Forum Senators, loyal to Senator Ahmed Lawan has said that probing the EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde is a breach of the Senate Standing Rules. A statement issued by the Pro-Lawan Senators said that “In a standard parliamentary practice, a petition is routed through either a senator […]
Police authority in the State of Virginia, US has confirmed that the attacker who killed Wednesday, two journalists on live TV has killed himself. The killer, Vester Lee Flanagan, aged 41, was an ex-employee of WDBJ7 TV and popular known as Bryce Williams, committed the suicide when his car was surrounded by Police who were […]
By Ayo Balogun – The Lagos State Government has shutdown 22 religious houses and three companies over noise pollution and environmental degradation. This is coming barely four weeks after it shut about 40 churches and mosques statewide,. Engr. Rasheed Shabi, General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) explained that government took the decision took […]
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari will fire Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde today, Thursday, August 27, 2015. According to multiple sources, the unceremonious firing of Lamorde became inevitable following a mind boggling trillion naira fraud scam hanging on the head of the EFCC chairman. The […]
By Tom Garba, Yola – Fifty American medical personnel, including 23 doctors, nurses and medical photographers, have been engaged by District 9125 of Rotary Club International to train Nigerian doctors in two designated teaching hospitals of Ilorin and Abuja to offer expertise on surgery related issues. The District Governor of the Rotary Club,Dr Mike Omotosho […]
By Yusuf Ozi-Usman – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that Nigeria is losing no fewer than 500,000 infants to malnutrition annually, which it described as silent health crisis. The international donor agency which began a two-day workshop today in Calabar, capital of Cross River state for media executives and health correspondents of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State says the Appeal Court’s ruling which upheld the victory of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the last April governorship election was controversial. The party, in a statement issued by its Lagos Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani said by this development, the APC and governor Ambode could only celebrate a […]
By Collins Amadi – Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has hit back at the former Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe on his recent verbal attack, describing him as a failure, noise maker and criminal who is supposed be in jail. Orubebe in a chat with journalists in Abuja Tuesday, yanked Oshiomhole and […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Police in Enugu has arrested a housewife, one Joy Umeh of No 13 Unubi Street, Achara layout, Enugu for allegedly stabbing the husband with a kitchen knife over feeding money. Our Correspondent gathered that the suspect stabbed the husband identified as one Sunday Umeh on the stomach over his […]
*Says Name Dropping Doesn’t Translate To Delegates In Primaries A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and close aide of its leader and ex-governor, Timipre Sylva, has stated that a former chairman of Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Timi Alaibe, can never become the party’s flag-bearer in the forthcoming elections despite dropping […]
