By Adamu Mohammed, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has warned against use of knock-outs, fire crackers and fireworks as it would cause panic in the state. The statement stressed that individuals and groups plotting to breach public peace should desist as security agencies are adequately prepared to content any security situation. Command’s spokesman […]
*As 36 State Assemblies Return Amended Constitution to N/Assembly Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The National Assembly has received the resolutions of the 36 States of Assemblies signaling the final phase of the amendment. Receiving the resolution of the Houses of Assemblies, at the National Assembly Friday, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Deputy Speaker, Emeke […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Before it, there had been catalogues of terrorists’ restiveness in different countries across the globe. But the September 11, 2001 otherwise referred to as 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, United States (US) till date despite the lingering global insurgent attacks, remained the most […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji, Lagos – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has again raised the alarm over the antics of a certain political party which has engaged in buying Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) with a view to disenfranchising their owners, especially in opposition strongholds. In a statement issued in Lagos Friday, by its National Publicity […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen – The three-day national warning strike by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Worker (NUPENG) has been suspended. The suspension decision was reached early hours of Friday, at a meeting between the unions’ executives and representatives […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The entire Ogbete main market in Enugu North Council area of Enugu state was thrown into pandemonium on Friday as angry market mob set two young boys ablaze for alleged stealing in the market. Sources, close to the market said the two boys were allegedly “burnt in the early hours […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo – I always take exception and umbrage at hearing that slogan “Ibadan ki sin eniyan le’meji……”. (Ibadan people do not serve the same leader twice). What about other Oyo State people? It is as preposterous as it is denigrating. The insinuation and connotation, from the literal translation, is that Ibadan people worship […]
Roland Bankole, Florida – Harmattan season is ripe in Sierra Leone at Christmas. But there will be no Christmas in my motherland. Don’t tell our nervous folks back home or abroad that it’s not a blizzard winter condition. Christmas church service may not take place here in US, as climatic conditions could be brutal or […]
Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has written to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking the party to disqualify former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Bello Masari over alleged presentation of forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Keyamo said he is writing on behalf of his clients, […]
Written by Obinna Akukwe – The construction of 2nd Niger Bridge through a Public Private Partnership involving Julius Berger -NSIA Consortium and tolling the Igbo people for 25 years thereafter is another 419 on the Biafran Igbo citizens of South East Nigeria. According to the terms of this fraudulent business, the project is a Design, […]
Barely 10 months after he took charge as the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, former presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro, has changed the face of the organisation and its ways of doing business. Niboro has not only renovated NAN’s New York Office in the United States, but also embarked on a similar upgrading […]
In more than a decade since the end of its military rule, Nigeria has made significant strides toward solidifying itself as a bastion of democracy. Today, Nigeria prides itself as a country with open elections and freedom of the press, the right to due process and an independent judiciary. But in spite of the substantial […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos – Following the recent threat of a looming attack by the leader of dreaded Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, against the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, a non governmental Muslim organization – the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on government and security agencies to beef up watch on the […]
The Nigerian leading opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has named Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, with the major term of reference to win next year’s Presidential election. APC in a statement issued in Lagos Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the announcement […]
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam, Makurdi – Barely a week to the Christmas celebration, the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) has started taken measures for accident – free festivity seasons as its Benue State Command has dispatched its men to the State’s highways and recalled the staff currently observing their annual leave. The State Sector Command […]
Ignatius Okpara, Asaba Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, of Delta state on Wednesday presented a budget estimate of N327.68bn for 2015 to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The proposal is made up of recurrent estimates of N161.6bn and a capital estimate of N166.07bn. The 2015 estimates are lower than that of last year, […]
Suspected members of Boko Haram have stormed Binitiri community, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and killed over 30 residents while kidnapped several others. According to the agency reports, the attack which information just filtered into the airwaves occurred last Sunday and extended to the Maiduguri metropolis. In the meantime, updated reports also indicated that […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu, The Anglican Bishops under Enugu Ecclesiastical Province on Wednesday threatened to resist any attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field a Roman Catholic tickets in the 2015 governorship election in the state. They insisted that since the PDP candidate in the state, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, is a Roman Catholic by […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Anglican Bishops under Enugu Ecclesiastical Province on Wednesday threatened to resist any attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field a Roman Catholic tickets in the 2015 governorship election in the state. They insisted that since the PDP candidate in the state, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, is a Roman Catholic by […]
Ayo Balogun – At least, 54 Nigerian soldiers are to die by firing squad “for mutiny, act of cowardice and refusing to fight members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.” The 54 soldiers had been standing trial and were sentenced to death on Wednesday by the Nigeria Army. However, five other soldiers were acquitted and […]
