Year: 2015
PDP calls for unity among members, promises to bounce back
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday called for synergy among its members, especially those in the two chambers of…
Buhari condoles with Anambra people, Joe Biden
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed his condolences to the governor and people of Anambra State over the petrol tanker…
Pay-Per-View: What You Need To Know
SPONSORED Pay-per-view (PPV) is a television service through which subscribers can buy events to watch via private telecast. Every subscriber…
APC planning to cause crisis in PDP-controlled states, says acting national chairman
The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus, has stated that the ruling party, All…
Gov. Dickson condemns Ekiti crisis, calls Buhari to intervene
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, has joined other PDP stalwarts in condemning in its entirety, the…
Amaechi slams Wike, PDP over false looting claims
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The immediate past governor of Rivers state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has raised alarm over attempts by…
Wike accuses Amaechi of looting State House
The new Peoples Democratic Party government in Rivers State has accused former governor Rotimi Amaechi of stripping bare the State…
Edo Bans Revenue Collection Agents
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Government on Monday has banned agents who collect taxes and levies from artisans, market women and…
Speaker: Rivers State Assembly dumps Patience Jonathan’s candidate, elects Igbani
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Shortly after Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state declared open the 8th Assembly the 32 lawmakers of…
Wike swears in Justice Okocha as Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has sworn in Justice Daisy Okocha as the acting Chief Judge…
Boko Haram: Buhari to visit Chad, Niger Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Chad and Niger on Wednesday as part of his initial steps to find solution to…
Beijing slams tough ban on public smoking
Beijing on Monday imposed a ban on smoking in all indoor public places, the country’s toughest to date, as China…
3 Nursing School Students Gang-Rape girl, 6, in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three final year Nursing Students of Edo State School of Nursing, have reportedly gang-raped a six-year old girl…
Why It Is Incorrect To Say President Must Appoint 37 Ministers
By Festus Keyamo The long-held notion in Nigeria that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is under an…
Nigeria’s Longest Two Months And Need To Review Transition Process
By Peter Claver Oparah From our nasty experiences in the past two months, I don’t think the idea of keeping…
Preventing Oil Tanker Fire Tragedies
Tragedies caused by oil tankers will continue to occur unless the government takes decisive measures to stem them. Curbing oil tanker…
Invest In Human Resource, UNFPA Urges Buhari
The Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to invest in human…
Gov Wike Sacks Amaechi’s Appointees
Okafor Ofebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt Authority…
Robbers Raid Hospital, Rape Nurse In Turns
Cyriacus Izuekwe An angry 18-year-old auxiliary nurse has accused the owner of a private hospital of negligence after robbers raided…
Ambode Rejects Posh Marina Residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has dumped the posh State House, Marina where the former…
Hajj: Bauchi Pilgrims to undergo Ebola, Meningitis screening
All intending pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj operations to Saudi Arabia from Bauchi State would undergo screening for the Ebola…
Lalong appoints SSG, Chief of Staff
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday made his first set of appointments with Mr Rufus Bature, former Minority Leader,…
Buhari will fish out Boko Haram sponsors, fighters, says Ex-VC
Prof. Shehu Riskuwa, Former VC Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto has expressed confidence that the present administration led by President Muhammadu…
Sustain developmental strides, Ijebu-Ode residents tell Amosun
Residents in Ijebu-Ode on Saturday urged the Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun to sustain the good governance and complete key…
Ogun govt. needs to support private schools
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Call has gone to the governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun to support private schools in the state…
Invest in human resource, UNFPA urges Buhari
The Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to invest in human…
Buhari ready for positive change – Catholic Archbishop
The Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language so far shows that he is ready…
EFCC to arraign CBN officials, 16 top bankers for fraudulently recycling N8 billion
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Five top officials of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and 16 other top bankers presently in the net…
Wike sacks Board of Directors appointed by Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt…
Commissioner for Lands/Housing kidnapped in Kogi
Stephen Maiyaki, the Kogi State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, has been kidnapped. NAN gathered that Maiyaki was kidnapped by…