Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim The Federal Government will cut down the N7bn budget earmarked for the delegates to the national conference, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Saturday. A source in the Presidency told SUNDAY PUNCH that the reduction became necessary because the amount was an estimate for 571 delegates […]
Dr. Junaid Mohammed | credits: pointblanknews.com The convener, Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has criticised the Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, for boasting that the Peoples Democratic Party would win presidential and state governorship elections in 2015. Aliyu had said recently: “PDP shall form the next Federal Government, […]
Nigeria will provide $2m to support reconstruction and development in African countries emerging from conflicts, the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, has said. Mohammed made the disclosure on Saturday in Addis Ababa at the inaugural Africa Solidarity Conference aimed at mobilising support from within Africa for countries emerging from conflicts. The News […]
By Mohammed Allie BBC Sport, Cape Town Libya claimed their first senior African title with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Ghana in Cape Town. The African Nations Championship final had finished 0-0 after 90 minutes before Joshua Tijani missed the crucial spot-kick to give Libya victory. Ghana’s Abdul Mohamed had the best chance to […]
The brutality of the Nigeria Soldiers was again displayed on 30th January when an innocent man had his eyes popped out as a result of the beating given to him. According to an eye witness, the incident which happened at 1st Artillery Junction, Portharcourt left everybody in shock. We gathered that the unlucky man’s offence […]
Tunde Fagbenle | credits: File copy I call Ogbeni “the guru” and not without cause. It’s an appellation some of us who were friends of the late rabble-rouser Kanmi Ishola-Osobu gave Kanmi. “Guru” is a fond word for someone who displays high acuity of mind, a master. The online dictionary meaning includes “an intellectual […]
Obi and Mimiko The Peoples Democratic Party has said all is set for the defection of the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, and his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi, to the ruling party as the 2015 elections approach. Mimiko is the only governor on the platform of the Labour Party, just as […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said on Saturday it arrested a man with 107 automated teller machine cards in his possession at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. A statement by NDLEA said its officers discovered the ATM cards in the man’s luggage during the outward screening of passengers travelling to Istanbul, Turkey aboard […]
Muslim pupils during a protest against hijab ban in Lagos public schools | credits: Stanley Ogidi Muslim pupils under the umbrella body of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria marched through some major streets in Lagos State on Saturday, protesting against the hijab ban in public schools. The procession was peaceful and many of […]
El-Rufai and Asari-Dokubo The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday referred to ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, saying there was no basis for comparing both of them. El-Rufai said this during an interview with Sahara TV, while responding to a question on his […]
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