By Ayo Balogun – Following advocacy Wednesday, for capital punishment against corrupt officials by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be careful and weigh the call very carefully against the backdrop of attempts by enemies of progress to blackmail […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji/Mustapha Abdul Salaam/Niyi Adeyi – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has made good its resolve to forge ahead with its advocacy for capital punishment against the convicted corrupt officials, as its States’ branches Thursday staged anti-corruption rallies across the country. While addressing the State’s Labour movement at the Government Secretariat arcade, Oke Mosan, […]
*Flays His Policy Thrust On Dredging The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Thursday made mockery of the idea of dredging as a major policy thrust by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Timi Alaibe, if elected governor, describing it as ridiculous. The PDP said Alaibe is interested in dredging because […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The Counsels to parties involved in the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the State capital have adopted their written addresses, preparatory to delivering of judgment on the petition filed by the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), Labaran Maku in the April 11 […]
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has advocated a permanent membership status for Nigeria in the Security Council of the United Nations, stating that the country deserves it because of its contributions to international peace keeping, the size of its population and economy. Delivering a keynote address today at the Africa launch of the Global […]
By Obiora Aghadinuno – The trouble with Peter Obi is that he thinks that he is cleverer than everyone else. He maintains a bland and colourless surface that conceals a grandiose interior. He talks with the voice of a woman in a labour but carries a heart of stone. He maintains a well cultivated religious […]
A socio-cultural organisation, Bayelsa Renaissance Forum, has warned Bayela State indigenes not to be deceived those who defected to from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing them as “traitors who are not for us.” “The “truth” that was made evident by the decamping of these individuals, is that they […]
Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has counselled the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State to tell President Mohammadu Buhari to make his assets public properly as he promised Nigerians, rather than asking Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets publicly, saying; “Governor Fayose was […]
*As Investors Cry Over Monthly N20bn Losses Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – For eight different times, intermittent power failure disrupted the investigative hearing session on power sector at the senate yesterday leading to the usage of recharge lamp and camera lights to power the session. The session which was the last day of interactive session the […]
An overnight fire has burnt a family of five to death in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. The scene of the tragedy is No. 21 Michael Oguns Street, Lawanson area of Surulere. Eye witnesses said the entire family were burnt to death in the inferno that occurred at the early hours of Wednesday. The victims include […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The University of Lagos (UNILAG) undergraduates Wednesday took to streets around Akoka and its environs, in protest against the death of their colleague, Oluchi Anekwe who was electrocuted on campus Tuesday night. Anekwe who was a 300 level student of Accounting department, died after a live electric cable fell off from […]
By Ayo Balogun – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the Kogi state governorship primary, earlier scheduled to hold on Thursday, September 10, 2015. A statement from the National Publicity Secretary, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh on Wednesday said the postponement is with regard to some logistic issues pertaining […]
By Collins Amadi – Four Edo State, South South Nigeria Commissioners have been shown the way out of the State’s Executive council, by the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshimhole. The development was made public in a statement issued Wednesday in Benin, the State capital, by Oshiomhole’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua. […]
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has asserted that it is the turn of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and all public exposed persons, including governors, ministers and those who work directly with the President such as the Secretary to the Government […]
The Northern Christian Youth Solidarity Movement for Emancipation, Justice and Self Determination, has condemned what it described as campaign of calumny against the leader of the Christian community and President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor over the $9.3 million botched arms deal in South Africa involving a private aircraft allegedly owned […]
By Ayo Balogun – In what appears like a display of unrestricted solidarity, the German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, has declared that the country will accommodate not less than 500,000 asylum-seekers for several years. Gabriel who announced that Germany expected more than 800,000 asylum-seekers, which is four times more than 2014 figure, called on other […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari said has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prune down the numbers of Nigerian foreign Missions especially those that are non essential. Buhari stated this after receiving briefs from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bulus Lolo. The President said that the review […]
*We’ll Wind Up APC On December 5 –Dickson Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson on Tuesday formally declared his intention to seek re-election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and vowed that his government will wind up the All Progressives Congress (APC) on December 5 when the election would take place. […]
By Collins Amadi – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have alleged Nigeria is presently under a ‘shadow’ democratic rule and drifting into dictatorship. The allegation was raised Tuesday in a communiqué presented by the PDP Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, after a meeting of the body, at the inner chamber of the […]
By Ayo Balogun – Some physically challenged members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful protest to the Lagos Governor’s office in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria pleading with the Lagos State government to withdraw the suit against the Church and its founder, Pastor Temitope.Balogun ((TB) Joshua. The state government […]
