From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Sequel to persistent attacks in some communities in Plateau, the State Government has announced restriction of movements at night in seven Local Government Areas (LGA) of the State. This directive was made in a press statement issued Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary, State’s Ministry of Information, Mr. Christopher Bello and […]
By Niyi Adeyi with Agency Report – Former Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has identified reckless penchant for power and lack of respect for laws as key factors that prompted the ongoing weeks of political violence in Burundi. Atiku’s comments Wednesday morning coincided with the Police attack in Bujumbura, the Burundian capital, where […]
The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja over immense suffering of Internally Displaced Persons across the country. Joined as defendant is the Attorney General of the Federation, Muhammed Adoke. In the suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/15/15 and filed last week by […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Influential Igbo Youth Moment, (IYM) has lambasted some politicians from the South East zone that have denounced the out- going President Goodluck Jonathan, so soon, because of their selfish interest, saying ingratitude is not in the character of a true Igbo man. In a press statement signed by its […]
A Civil Rights Group, Transparency Coalition of Nigeria (TCN) has called on the President-Elect, General Mohammed Buhari to insulate the EFCC from being manipulated by politicians to witch hunt perceived enemies when he assumes office. In a statement issued by its Secretary General, Mr Peter Gimba in Abuja on Tuesday, the TCN said it was […]
Again, another major earthquake has hit the eastern Nepal, the capital of Kathmandu, near Mount Everest, making the latest natural disaster two weeks after similar, which erupted in the town and left over 8,000 dead. No fewer than four victims have been confirmed killed, by the First aid agencies while unidentified figure were injured. The […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has inaugurated an 18-member committee to appraise the performance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state in the last general elections. The committee headed by a former state chairman of the PDP in the state, Chief Ndidi Okereke, is charged among others with the responsibility of ascertaining […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, has decried the high African immigrants fatality in the Mediterranean Sea, describing it as sordid and scandalous. The Parliament spoke through its Speaker, Senator Ike Ekwermadu during the opening of the 2015 First Ordinary Session of the Community Parliament […]
Efforts initiated by the European Union (EU) Leaders to check lingering crisis associated with the transit of migrants to the continent via sea, has begun to manifest as the body pleaded Monday to the United Nations (UN) to dismantle the syndicates that responsible for the illegal human movement. EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini at […]
From Agabus Pwanagba – Jos – Following recent attacks in Wase of Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, where scores of people were killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, the State’s Youths have threatened to take the Nigerian military to the International Criminal Court of Justice for committing crimes […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A State House Correspondent, Ubale Musa with a German Radio – Deutsche Welle, Monday, was banned from the Presidential Villa for asking the visiting Chadian President, Idris Deby questions, considered embarrassing to President Goodluck Jonathan. Musa asked President Deby about the relationship between the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and mercenaries […]
GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Abia State, Chief T.A. Orji, has approved the appointment of Prof. Nwachukwu Israel Kanu as the new Medical Director of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. The Governor has also approved the appointment of Dr. Uwadilachi Iweha as the Chief Medical Director of the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has sent a goodwill message to David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain, congratulating him on his victory in the just concluded elections in his country. In a statement released in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari said he looked forward to collaborating with the British government led […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservative Party of Great Britain on their victory in the country’s general elections. As Prime Minister Cameron and the Conservative Party prepare to form a new British Government backed by the clear majority in Parliament which they won in yesterday’s elections, President Jonathan assured […]
The Debt Management Office, DMO has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that its role in the management of the subsidy regime is purely administrative as “ Physical custody of the funds used for the payment of subsidy claims by oil marketers are, at all material times, kept and domiciled with the Central […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja – The spate of malnutrition amongst children in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has remained a source of worry to stakeholders in the health sector of the Nigerian economy in recent times. Due to its grave implications for the mental, physical, growth and development of children, malnutrition which manifests in some […]
The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Commission, INEC, for taking another incestuous step in rubbishing Nigeria’s democracy, particularly in Rivers State. PDP and INEC, Thursday, the campaign outfit alerted the public, sponsored some persons to the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, where they […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has raised the alarm over lots of sycophants already surrounding the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, warning the incoming president to beware. Akiolu spoke at the 2,900 days of Governor Babatunde Fashola in office held in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The monarch said “a lot of things […]
The chairman of Lee Engineering and Construction Company, Chief Leemon Ikpea, has called on the Nigeria Government to further strengthen the local content law to enable more indigenous companies, especially those in the oil and gas sector, participate in the development of the Nigeria economy. Speaking to a group of senior editors, in Houston, Texas, […]
General polls to usher in new Prime Minister and new parliament are underway in the United Kingdom (UK). The elections which opened Thursday at 0600 GMT and expected to be rounded of 2100 GMT is being contested by the Conservative party, which formed alliance with the Liberal Democrats in 2010 polls and put an end […]
