Yenagoa— Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have called on members of the Boko Haram sect to sheathe their swords and embrace amnesty like the former militants of the Niger Delta region did. The royal fathers, under the aegis of EA/EJA Oil Field Traditional Rulers Leadership Forum made the call in Yenagoa after a meeting with […]
Minister of National Planning, Dr Olanrewaju Sulaiman. The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it had secured a fresh funding of about N100bn for developmental projects over the next five years from the European Development Fund. The immediate past Supervising Minister for National Planning, who is now the Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador […]
Panic gripped residents of Osun State on Wednesday when operatives of the Department of State Service in about 50 Toyota pickup vehicles fired into the air as their convoy rode through the capital city. The officials, some of whom wore masks, were fully armed and were conveyed round Osogbo in the siren-blaring vehicles. They […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated Nigeria’s new 64-page e-passport with a call on Nigerians to protect the image of the country by shunning uncomplimentary statements and actions. Jonathan launched the traveling document shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He and Vice President Namadi Sambo […]
Osogbo Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said on Tuesday in Osogbo that his decision to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was well-thought-out. Speaking with newsmen, Fani-Kayode said it was better for him to “return home’’. The former minister said he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he did not like the way […]
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that the Federal Government spent the $500 million China Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan obtained for the construction of modern terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt judiciously. The minister, speaking after inspecting the new airport terminal in Abuja, stated that […]
TEN senators of the United States (US) are seeking sanctions against Nigeria, over what they described as “a growing trend of laws and proposed legislation targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Africa.” In a letter to President Barack Obama, published by The Cable, the senators were seeking a review of the African […]
No Nigerian infected .Nigerians should stop eating bats .Domestic animals not carrier of the virus By Chioma Obinna, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Lawani Mikairu & Daniel Eteghe The Lagos State Government disclosed, yesterday, that the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi Nnadozie, three staff of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and 55 others had […]
The All Progressives Congress has said that it is ready to answer any inquiry over allegation by the Presidency that it was sponsoring the violent Boko Haram sect. The APC stated its readiness to answer the inquiry following accusations by the Peoples Democratic Party and some foreign agencies that it was using the militant sect […]
The Nigerian Army has apprehended a suspected insurgent in relation with the twin bomb blast that rocked Kaduna on Wednesday. The twin-bomb attacks which resulted in the deaths of over 100 innocent citizens, targeted a former military Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari and a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi. A statement released on […]
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