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Economy, General Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
LAGOS— EMINENT Nigerians, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently provide the right response to the current hardship across the country, lamenting that his ministers had performed below expectation. BuhariBuhari They warned that if appropriate answers were not provided within the shortest possible time, the country might experience a total economic collapse. While calling […]
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Headlines, Sports, Track & Field
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
TOP HEADLINES Rio 2016: Nigerian rower, Chierika Ukogu, qualifies for the semi-final • Three Nigerians create records at ongoing Olympics Chierika Ukogu Nigerian rower, Chierika Ukogu has qualified for the semi-final of the Women’s Single sculls rowing event in Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Ukogu finished fifth in Quarterfinal 3 and although she was initially ruled […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Fifty senior Republican national security officials issued a stinging rejection of their party’s White House nominee Donald Trump on Monday, warning he would be “the most reckless president in American history” if elected. The group, some of whom had already announced they would not vote for Trump, included former homeland security chiefs, intelligence directors, senior […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, yesterday said more than 340 of the members of the House are in support of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, which renders attempts for his removal an impossibility. Yakubu Dogara Abonta also pointed out that the Speaker was human, and so could […]
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First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Gabriel Enogholase THE Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Support Group, has described the statement credited to the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari to the effect that women’s support for the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming election in the state was not negotiable as laughable. The group, in a statement in […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Boko Haram, Ebonyi, Headlines, National Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI—Three police officers indicted in the stripping and battering of a 15-year-old Uzoamaka Chukwu in Umunaga Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, are currently undergoing orderly room trial. Uzoamaka was stripped naked and beaten with cables and canes by some persons in the area with the pictures and video of […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Members of Ladanawa village in Katsina State have allegedly stolen bags of poisonous grains meant for destruction. The state Commissioner for Local Government, Abdulkadir Ahmed Zakka, told journalists that a truck carrying 300 bags of grains from the state Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (KTARDA) main store to another location for destruction, broke down in […]
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Corruption Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
The General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has blamed materialism for the monumental corrupt practices in the country. The cleric, who spoke at the launch of a foundation to celebrate the 52nd birthday of the 2nd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Onyekachi Ubani in Lagos, lamented that […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Sultan of Sokoto
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
Review anti-people policies, Sultan tells FG — 10th August 2016 From Ndubuisi Orji and Basil Obasi, Abuja The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to review policies and programmes that are not in the interest of the people, noting that if policies do not work, there was nothing […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
Survival strategy for Abuja civil servants — 9th August 2016 By Fortune Eloagu It is not unusual for people to operate “kabukabu”, Nigeria’s parlance for unregistered cabs. What is, however, news is that it has gradually become a way of life especially in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for most civil servants. Residents of […]
