The All Progressives Congress has won all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state. This is contained in a statement signed by Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. Sani Malumfashi, on Sunday in Kano. “The election has been largely successful and peaceful and APC won all […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state has no moral justification to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to court over the disappearance of over 40 percent names of electorate from the voters’ register in the […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied rumour of romance with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba. Oba said such rumour or insinuation that he was romancing the PDP was baseless and untrue. He added […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s aborted trip to Chibok is symptomatic of his Administration’s policy flip-flop in the fight against the terror group Boko Haram, hence it did not come as a surprise to close watchers of the Administration. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos One person has been confirmed dead and eight others rescued as another boat capsized at Bonny Camp area of Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday night. The incident occurred around Bonny Camp when the boat said to be coming from Ilashe took a nose dive before emptying the passengers in the high […]
At least 10 people have been reportedly killed as another car bomb explodes at Sabon Gari in the ancient city of Kano in the series of bomb attack on northern Nigeria by the Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram. It was gathered that the explosion went off shortly before 9:30 pm on Sunday. Unofficial source says 10 […]
By Femi Fani-kayode “If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but these names will never die… let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses…let them say I lived in the time of Achilles”- the Iliad, Homer. […]
And like locusts on a mission to invade a farmland, the visibly malnourished and gaunt looking students, in their hundreds, besieged the entrance gate of the school in anxious expectation of their parents and relations. They giggled and hissed intermittently on sighting a stopover of any commercial vehicle at the adjacent bus-stop; on realising the […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo, akinadejum@aol.com Corruption: Synonyms – Sleaze, dishonesty, exploitation, bribery, fraud, venality, vice. Many of us think we know what corruption looks or is like – a state governor dipping his dirty fingers in the treasury and amassing ill-gotten wealth; an illicit deal carried out by politician; a government official or civil servant taking a […]
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria In Nigeria tensions have continued to rise high since after hundreds of school girls were kidnapped by Islamist militants in Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, somewhere in Borno State North East corner of Nigeria. There is a widespread global demand on it already under the caption […]
-Uwa Eghomeka There appears to be a growing trend in this country. As I reflect on the last few weeks in our nation’s history, something about it seems hauntingly familiar, and it’s not merely the apparent unity of the Nigerian people in the face of the heinous kidnapping of our Chibok girls, or the involvement […]
The rot in the judiciary appears to be worsening by the day. As a sacred institution that is saddled with the administration of justice, all efforts should be deployed to ensure that the canker-worm called corruption tearing the soul of this important arm of government is uprooted without further delay. Judicial corruption could be a […]
Oyewale Oyelola Delegates at the ongoing national conference in Abuja will resume plenary session on Monday to commence discussion on the recommendations of 20 standing committees of the conference. Conference Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications , Mr James Akpandem on Saturday told Journalists in Abuja that all the National Conference Standing Committees will submit their […]
Kayode Adelowokan Despite the laws of Lagos State government warnings landlords/landlady in making life easier for their tenants, it is sad and heartbreaking to realise that, a lot of landlords still treat their tenants like they themselves were never tenants before becoming house owners. Some of these so-called landlords never even bought a land but […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja Piqued the alarming wave of terrorism and insecurity in Nigeria, the Niger Delta Catholic Bishops’ Forum has reiterated the need for all Nigerians to unite and speak with one voice against the perpetrators of all forms of criminality and terrorism in the country. The Catholic Bishops said the safety and security […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign the Chief Executive Officer of Globtec Resources Limited, Joseph Idoko, and three others for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. The other suspects are Mahmud A. Mohammed, Chief Executive, Al-Maqarinaz International Limited, Ikechukwu Nkwoha-Philip and Ibrahim Ali, Chief Executive, […]
Bamidele Aturu The cancellation of the presidential visit to Chibok on any ground whatsoever is an abandonment of the unwritten responsibilities of the office of the President. It is now clear that the President and his aides do not understand the scope of his presidential responsibilities and this is very scary. The President, for God’s […]
It was a solemn atmosphere at Micheal Okpara Auditorium as scores of people, prayer intercessors and clergies from different denomination in Abia state gathered to seek God’s divine intervention to ending the Boko Haram activities in the Northern part of the country. The quiet and heart rendering gathering organized by the Office of the wife […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arraigned one Muhammad Ibrahim Sodangi, before Justice Darius Haet Khobo, of the Kaduna State High Court on a 13-count charge bordering on impersonation and stealing. This is contained in a press statement by Head, Media & Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who said Sodangi arraigned Thursday […]
Kayode Adelowokan Fight against terror took another dimension on Friday when members of a vigilante group in Madagali, a town in Adamawa State, killed more than 70 Boko Haram members and handed over seven captured militants to the police. The vigilante group overpowered members of the terrorist group after a tip-off by a local food […]
