The police in Ogun State on Tuesday said they had arrested a 22-year-old man, Giraima Suri, suspected to be a member of Boko Haram in Isheri-Kara area of Ifo Local Government. The police said the suspect from Bulunkutu Kasuwa, Maiduguri, Borno State, was arrested by detectives acting on a tip-off. The command added that the […]
A rights group, Women Empowerment and Legal Aid, has given 30 days ultimatum to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, to prosecute Senator Ahmed Yerima, for marrying a 13-year-old girl. Founder and Chairperson of the organisation, Mrs. Funmi Falana, who addressed journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, said Yerima’s marriage to the Egyptian girl […]
Dr. Muhammed Ali Pate, Minister of State for Health earlier today voluntarily resigned his position from the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan with effect from Wednesday. In his resignation letter to Mr. Jonathan, Dr Pate said his decision was hinged on his desire to take up the position of Professor in Duke University’s Global Health […]
The dateline was Wednesday, July 17, 2013 and the environment indeed wore a mournful look as the Senate held a special valedictory session in honour of one its own, Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido, who represented who Delta Central Senatorial District on the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) and who changed mortality for immortality […]
THE Federal Government declared on Tuesday that the 2009 Agreement signed with ASUU is practically impossible for any administration to implement, but assured that very soon, the issue and crisis would be finally resolved. Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, made this known when he appeared before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National […]
The circumstances surrounding the accident, which claimed the lives of the foster mother of Nigeria’s First Lady, Madam Charity Oba, and that of a 12-year-old in her company, would soon be unravelled, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has promised. The FRSC’s assurance came just as the Rivers state police command confirmed the death of […]
FIRST Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, is said to have received the news of the death of her mother in ghastly motor accident with sadness and grief. The woman was said to be the foster mother of the wife of the president. Presidency source revealed in Abuja, on Tuesday, that Patience, who is away in Geneva, […]
THE Senate reversed itself on the controversial 2013 amendment bill as it declared that it will, today, take a clause-by-clause consideration of the bill which scaled second reading at the plenary on Tuesday. President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, also disclosed that the bill might be eventually passed into law after all the senators […]
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, is worried about the Nigerian Senate’s passage of a resolution to retain the provision of section 29 (4) (b) of the 1999 constitution which states that, “any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” As the leader of […]
Super Eagles opponents in the Mandela Challenged billed for August 14, Bafana Bafana, continued their shape up for the tie with an impressive result against Lesotho on Saturday in the COSOFA cup at the Ndola Stadium. Although the side merely ended up as third place finishers claiming, Bronze in the regional championship, coming from behind […]
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