At least three persons suspected to be members of the Kwankwasiyya group have died while two injured in a ghastly accident along Kaduna-Abuja road. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Sanusi B. Dawakin Tofa, an aide to the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Abba K. Yusuf. The statement read: “We received the sad … Read more
Following United Kingdom purported plan to return the sum of $9.6m stolen by ex-Delta State governor Chief James Ibori to Nigeria, a group, known as Delta State Society Roundtable on Grand Corruption has said that the state government should be given the money instead of the FG. The group in a statement through Pastor Innocent … Read more
Following the alleged conviction of the Deputy Senate President,Ovie Omo-Agege for felony by a United States’ court in 1996,a coalition of nine civil society organizations have threatened to stage a protest at the National Assembly if he(Omo-Agege) failed to resign and the Delta Central Senatorial District seat declared vacant within the next 72 hours. The … Read more
Erstwhile Ogun State Deputy Governor, Senator Gbenga Kaka, has said that he was not a loyalist of any political godfather, but he was loyal to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress. The former deputy governor, who served as deputy to Osoba between 1999 and 2003, made this known on Monday while dissociating himself from … Read more
The police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have beefed up security around the United States Embassy and British High Commission in Abuja, following reports of possible attack on the embassies. The head of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport on January 3. His … Read more
The people of the gas-rich settlement in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, to complete the construction of a new unity bridge to replace the collapsed one linking Imiringi. The bridge, which is the fastest route connecting natives and visitors from the Kolo end of … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday declined the application filed by the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, requesting the court to reject documented evidence presented against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Okon Abang, who ruled on the matter, said the defendant was not … Read more
Aston Villa have signed former Liverpool and Spain goalkeeper Pepe Reina on loan from AC Milan for the rest of the season. The World Cup winner, 37, was in the stands as Villa lost 6-1 to Manchester City on Sunday. Villa needed to add to their goalkeeping options after England international Tom Heaton was ruled … Read more
Some potential presidential aspirants have lobbied the United States to support the Igbos 2023 presidential ambition. It could be recalled that this move was similar to the global campaign undertaken by members of All Progressives Congress, APC, prior to 2015 presidential election. At an event held in Washington, D.C. on January 10, and attended by … Read more
Barcelona have confirmed the appointment of former Real Betis manager, Quique Setien as their new head coach after Ernesto Valverde was shown the exit door on Monday. Setien, 61, led Betis to their highest finish since 2005 and to the Copa del Rey semis before leaving in May. He has agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal … Read more
Last year October, about a week after the nation space that we have generously agreed to refer to as Nigeria, celebrated her 59th year of Independence from colonial rule, I found myself at the Athens Democracy Forum, Athens being of course that former nation-state that claims the honour of pioneering a system of governance that … Read more
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has belittled the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Dan Orbih, for allegedly fabricating stories of an empty treasury against the state government to score cheap political points and save his ebbing political career. Osagie debunked … Read more
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has emerged the zonal leader of the All Progressive Congress APC in the Northeast. The decision was taken Monday in Abuja at a meeting of the zonal caucus held at the party’s national secretariat. Reading the communique issued at the end of the caucus meeting, zonal Publicity Secretary of the … Read more
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on ICT, Alhaji Lado Abdullahi, has revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and State’s Service will join the committee to investigate telecom providers, over alleged non-remittance of the one per cent annual turnover to NITDA. Abdullahi told newsmen in a telephone interview on Monday that effort … Read more
For more than two decades after his asylum application was rejected, Sunny a Nigerian found a safe haven aboard the buses that zigzag across London at night. What’s it like to spend every night on the lower decks? Sunny waits patiently, wind penetrating his well-worn jacket and the winter cold biting at his extremities. It’s … Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has set up a state’s Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC) to facilitate investors in doing business in the state. Inaugurating the Council at the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike said that the council is critical to the economic development of the State. He said: … Read more
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has applauded the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for his administration’s infrastructural development in the state. Osinbajo stressed that Ganduje had toed the federal government in infrastructural development, ensuring that development gets to the common people. He disclosed this in Kano during his visit to commission a multi billion … Read more
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the recent use of the Presidential jet by Buhari’a daughter, Hanan to a private function as sending strong message to Nigerian ladies to eschew laziness. MURIC was responding to the recent social media criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan use of the presidential jet on her trip … Read more
The Pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Professor Anya O. Anya, has urged Nigerians to learn from other nations of the world that survived war. Anya made this know during the Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo Lagos, in collaboration with Civil Society Organization, ‘Never Again’ Conference, with the theme: “Nigeria Civil War: 50 … Read more
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday lauded the creation of the regional security outfit of the Southwestern States with the code-named ‘Operation Amotekun. Soyinka, while describing the security outfit inaugurated last week as “a desirable New Year gift,” said he had earlier given up on the political leadership of the region until the launch … Read more