THIRTY-FIVE bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Yobe State, after a coordinated assault by Boko Haram targeting the security forces, a hospital source told AFP on Monday. The attack, late last week Thursday in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, was the first raid in a major urban centre […]
CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, Honourable Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, on Monday, disclosed that anyone found culpable in the purchase of the controversial bulletproof cars reportedly for the minister of aviation risks five years jail term without an option of fines. The lawmaker, speaking on behalf of the committee, stated this while speaking with […]
THE Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mallam Nasir Armed El-Rufai has said that based on the ongoing talks between the party and the Baraje led new PDP , the G7 governors may soon join the APC El-Rufai , made the assertion while speaking with newsmen on his arrival […]
VICE Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Sola Adeyeye, has urged the Federal Government to urgently cut the allowances of all elected and appointed officials by 50 per cent. Adeyeye made the call in Abuja, on Monday in Abuja, while speaking to newsmen against the backdrop of the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union […]
SUPERVISING Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri, signed the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Israel on behalf of the Federal Government, on Monday, even as the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, was present in Israel, where the agreement was signed. Professor Onwuliri, who represented President Goodluck Jonathan at the event, signed […]
THE Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, on Monday dismissed criticisms trailing the imposition of N1,000 processing fee on applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, he argued that the criticisms were misplaced as the service has not done anything out of the […]
US Senator, Ted Cruz, is asking for a peace meeting with Nigerian-Americans who have demanded that he retracts his controversial joke last week which many of them considered insulting, Empowered Newswire reports. According to a letter from the senator released over the weekend to leaders of the Nigerian community in Houston, Texas, where the controversial […]
BY VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA-The Canadian Embassy in Nigeria has introduced a new visa policy which will require provision of fingerprints and a digital photograph for applicants for visitor visa, study or work permit. In a statement in Abuja, yesterday, the embassy said visitors to Canada from several countries, including Nigeria, were affected by the new […]
The office of Ted Cruz has issued a statement from the Senator apologizing saying no offense was intended by the remark. The full statement reads: It’s unfortunate that we’re living in a time where just about every joke can be misconstrued to cause offense to someone. To the good people of Nigeria — a […]
By Tochukwu Ezakanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 27, 2013 – Over the years, Nigerians got use to members of the Nigerian House of Representatives fighting themselves in the hallowed chambers of lawmaking. Essentially, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with legislators shoving and punching each other in the legislative House. Undoubtedly, it is indecorous. But […]
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