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Headlines, Senate
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday said the Boko Haram insurgency had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekweremadu said the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration had almost rolled back Boko Haram and its activities in the North-East. The deputy senate president also expressed the fear the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 10th, 2015
’Tunji Ajibade South African government officials will make good dramatists. But if they ever win an award, I won’t clap for them. After they saw to it that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, safely left South Africa the other time, government officials had it reported that the Sudanese president escaped in the course of the African […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Obiefuna advertisement TOP HEADLINES A THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Lagos-based trader and suspected drug peddler has died of cocaine ingestion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The suspect, identified as Ndulue Emmanuel Obiefuna, collapsed at the Departure Hall and was taken to a nearby hospital. Ndulue was an intending […]
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Anambra, Boko Haram, Ebonyi, Headlines, South-East, State News
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, on Thursday explained why the planned protest by traders against the relocation of some Boko Haram suspects to Anambra State did not hold in the state. He told journalists during an inspection tour of ongoing projects in Abakaliki that since the suspects had already been taken to Abuja, […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Peterside and Wike The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Thursday reaffirmed its ex parte order made on June 11, 2015, granting permission to the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, to inspect the electoral materials used […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Mr. Lawal Musa Daura President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sacked the Director General of the Department of State Service, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong. The Director of Communications in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, announced the appointment of Mr. Lawal Musa Daura as the Acting DG of […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has turned down an offer by the Federal Government to procure five new armoured Mercedes Benz S-600 (V222) cars for his use. The cars which total cost is put at about N400m were planned to be purchased by the State House. A Presidency source told journalists on Thursday that Buhari […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Ayade sets up Green Police As part of his administration’s initiative to protect and conserve its over one million hectares of forest reserve, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, in partnership with the United Nations (UN), yesterday announced the setting up of Green Police. The Green Police, which is a special martial, according to […]
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Governors, Headlines
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
By Bimbola Oyesola The organised labour has warned state governors against mismanaging the N400 billion given by the Federal Government towards offsetting the backlog of salaries owed workers. This is even as Nigerians have been charged to demand accountability from the governors. Speaking at the formal inauguration of the National Council of the IndustriALL Global […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
From DAVID MOLOMO, YOLA Two kid suicide bombers, between ages nine and 11, have been apprehended and handed over to the Nigeria Police in Yola for attempting to detonate a bomb allegedly given to them by an adult. They were arrested while attempting to sell the improvised bomb said to have been handed over to […]
