Osinbajo Regrets Protracted Fuel Crisis, Assures Queue ‘ll Ease Off In Days
By Nuel Suji – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday empathized with Nigerians over the protracted fuel crisis, assuring that the biting fuel scarcity across the country would begin to ease off in a matter More...
Yuletide: NEMA Prepares Stakeholders For Special Operation In North East
By Sadiq Umar – With its well-trained staff and adequate tools for disaster management, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has flagged off the Operation Eagle Eye to tackle any unforeseen emergency More...
Fresh Controversy Trails $1Billion ECA Approval, Oil Producing States Demand 13 Percent Deduction
By Sadiq Umar – Fresh controversy has dug the approval granted the federal government to withdraw $1billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to combat security challenges in the north-east, as Chairman More...
Expulsion Fear: EFCC Grants Autonomy To NFIU
By Nuel Suji – Acting chairman of Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday disclosed that the agency has granted autonomy to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) More...
Senators Decry Less Than 12 Percent Budget 2017 Implementation, Delay Passage Of 2018 Budget Over Executive’s Lack Of Seriousness
By Nuel Suji – The Nigerian Senate may have resolved to slow down the passage of the 2018 budget over what it perceived as lack of seriousness and shoddy budget proposal by the Executive arm, even as Senators More...
Allegations Against Me Make No Sense To Any Right-Thinking Person, Says David Mark
By Sadiq Umar – Former President of the Senate, David Mark, on Sunday described as senseless allegation that he shared N2billion to 109 senators in 2010. The allegation was levelled against him by the Economic More...
EEP Is For Uninterrupted Power In 37 Varsities, 7 Teaching Hospitals Not “Mere Solar-powered Streetlight” -Fashola
By Nuel Suji – The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has said that the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) of the Federal Government is aimed at rejuvenating the nation’s education system by providing More...
Excess Crude: Fayose Faults $1Billion Withdrawal Claim, Says It’s Meant To Prosecute Buhari’s Re-election
By Sadiq Umar – The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose Friday faulted the federal government’s claim that 36 states governors gave the approval to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to More...
1,317 Nigerians Return From Libya In 10 Days, Says NEMA
By Sadiq Umar – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,317 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in the last 10 days having been stranded in the volatile country en route More...
2019: PDP Needs Yoruba Votes To Defeat Buhari, Says Dickson
(News Investigators)/The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would need the full support of its members in the South West to effectively execute its plan to regain political power in 2019, Chairman of the party’s National More...
Niger Delta Minister, Usani Usani, Says East-West Road Designed To Fail
By Sadiq Umar – The Minister of Niger Delta, Usani Usani, has said that the East-West had been messed up from inception, declaring that the road project was actually designed to fail. Mr. Usani said this Wednesday More...
How 22 Year Old Female Dancer Was Sexually Assaulted @ Lagos Carnival, Abandoned By Govt
By Sadiq Umar – A 22-year-old lady @theibkolukoya shared on her Instagram how she was sexually assaulted at the the just concluded Lagos State Carnival organised by the Steve Ayorinde led Lagos State Ministry More...
Cooperate With Other PDP Chairmanship Aspirants, Ogun PDP Chair Advises Secondus
By Nuel Suji – The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has been advised to be magnanimous in victory and work with other National Chairmanship aspirants who More...
Transparency Is Key To Corruption-free Infrastructure In Africa
By Chris Heathcote The first Regional Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance was held in Cape Town at the beginning of November. Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International, who addressed the event, reflects More...
PERSPECTIVE: Boko Haram Conflict Enters Counterinsurgency Phase As Nigeria Erects “Fortresses”
By Jacob Zenn The latest news from northeastern Nigeria is that the Nigerian army will erect fortresses around the region’s larger towns to prevent Boko Haram raids and allow farmers to tend their fields in safety. More...
Tinubu Replies Okorocha’s “Misrepresentation,” Insists APC Can Not Jettison Its All-inclusive Ideals
By Sadiq Umar – A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has clarified what it called the misrepresentation of a statement credited to him by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, More...
Secondus Vows To Avoid PDP’s Past Mistakes, Pledges Internal Democracy
By Nuel Suji – The newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has vowed to ensure internal democracy within the opposition party, saying necessary step would be taken More...
Secondus Elected As New PDP National Chairman
By Nuel Suji – A former National Vice Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Uche Secondus, has been declared as the winner of the National Chairmanship election of the party. Former Governor More...
Group Accuses Emir Of Kano Of Instigating Numan Massacre, Demands Investigation
YOLA/By Tom Garba – An indigenous group in Nigeria’s north-east, Pene Da Bwatiye has demanded an investigation into the recent massacre of scores of innocent natives in Numan communities in Adamawa, even More...
Numan Killings: Adamawa Christians Seek Buhari’s Protection, Embark On Three-Days Fasting, Prayers
By Tom Garba -Yola/Following the incessant killings of innocent people in Numan and Demsa Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared a three-day fasting and More...
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital, Directs Relocation Of Embassy
News Investigators/US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that his country has now recognized Jerusalem as the Israel’s capital, directing the relocation of its embassy in Tel Aviv to the ancient city More...
Senate Approves MTEF/FSP, Pegs Oil Benchmark At $47 Per Barrel
By Nuel Suji – The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, even as it increased the oil benchmark from $45 per barrel to $47 per More...
Buhari Seeks Senate’s Confirmation Of Ojukwu As Exe. Secr. Of NHRC
By Nuel Suji – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to confirm the appointment of Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu as Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission. Buhari in a letter dated 27th More...
2019: Buhari Is Better for President Than Anybody Else -Marwa
By Tom Garba/Yola – A former Presidential aspirant and erstwhile military administrator of Lagos State, Buba Marwa (rtd), has thrown his weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term of office, More...
Dangote Partners With Jumia To Sell Cement Online
By Nuel Suji – In a new move designed to reduce price and ease logistics inherent in the purchase of its products, the management of Dangote Cement Plc has signed a pact with the foremost e-commerce platform More...
2019 Guber: PDP Begs Wike For Financial Assistance To Counter Tinubu
By Nuel Suji – The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State Chapter, Moshood Salvador has appealed to Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to assist financially in order to counter former More...
JAMB Announces Dec. 6-Feb. 6 New Dates Sales Of Forms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed a date for the commencement of the sale of the 2018 application forms. The board said the sale and registration for all candidates including those from More...
PDP Welcomes Atiku Back, Urges Aggrieved APC Members To “Return Home”
By Sadiq Umar – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said it was pleased to welcome the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar back to its fold, even as it urged aggrieved members of the All Progressive More...
Russian 2018: Nigeria In Same Group With Argentina
By Sadiq Umar – The Super Eagles of Nigeria, Friday emerged in Group D, the same group with Argentina for the 2018 World Cup holding in Russian. It is the fifth time the Nigerian side would be grouped with More...
Recall Your Ambassadors From Libya Now, Archbishop Tutu Fellows Tells African Countries
By Nuel Suji – The South-African based Archbishop Tutu Fellows has called on all African countries to recall their ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from Libya, even as it urged investors to divest More...
N97.3m Fraud: Court Dismisses Perm Sec’s Application To Transfer Case To Abuja
By Nuel Suji – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday dismissed an application filed by a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Illoh Clement, seeking to stop More...
