Year: 2015
Chibok Girls And Social Decadence In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare It has been a year now that over 200 girls were abducted from their hostel at the…
Tinubu And The Resurgence Of Progressive Politics
By Lateef Raji His small trim figure and frail frame belie the enormous strength it carries, and does not in…
We Will Stop Boko Haram
By Muhammadu Buhari When Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than…
A Note Of Caution To APC
Come 29 May 29, 2015, the president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari will be sworn in as the next president of Africa’s most…
Somali Shebab university massacre gunmen were Kenyans
All four gunmen from Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab who carried out the Kenyan university massacre earlier this month were Kenyans…
Kano, Sokoto, others conduct mass weddings for 3,000
More than 3, 000 couples were married off in various mass weddings held in four states of the North West…
Jonathan directs MDAs to submit hand over notes April 20
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to submit their handing over notes by April 20.…
Court quizzes ex-NSC DG over corruption charges
Patrick Ekeji, a former Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), was cross-examined on Wednesday over the corruption charges against…
Rivers Election Tribunal relocates to Abuja for security reasons
The Rivers Election Petition Tribunal has relocated to Abuja for security reasons. This was contained in a statement made available…
INEC fixes April 25 for re-run election in Imo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has fixed April 25 for re-run of the 2015 Governorship and some constituencies in…
Man Kills, Buries Daughter’s Lover
The River Basin Authority at the Mile 8 area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been thrown into…
S.African police vow to halt spread of xenophobic attacks
South African police on Thursday vowed to quell a wave of anti-immigrant violence after attacks spread to Johannesburg overnight and…
FCMB promises shareholders enhanced dividends
FCMB Group Plc on Wednesday said that the company would ensure increased return on investment to all shareholders in 2015…
Parties, observers, disagree over Rivers governorship elections
Representatives of some political parties in Rivers and observer groups on Wednesday, expressed different views on the outcome of the…
Gombe elections was free, fair – International Observers
Population and Environmental Monitoring (International Observers) has described the conduct of the 2015 general elections in Gombe State as free,…
Grief, anger as S. Korea marks ferry disaster anniversary
Grief, anger and political tension coloured the first anniversary of South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster on Thursday, as weeping relatives…
Muslim-majority Indonesia cracks down on alcohol sales
Indonesia on Thursday introduced a ban on small retailers selling most alcoholic drinks, the latest move to curb drinking in…
New York protesters demand $15 minimum wage
Thousands of demonstrators, including many fast-food workers, protested in New York on Wednesday demanding a minimum wage of $15 an…
Pacquiao anxious to throw blows at Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao pronounced himself ready to fight Floyd Mayweather, saying he’s willing to engage the unbeaten American in the middle…
Nigeria: $60m required for measles pre-elimination campaign
Over 60 million dollars would be required by Nigeria to prosecute the proposed first and second phases of the national…
Borno has suffered years of marginalisation – Ndume
Re-elected senator Mohammad Ndume, (APC-Borno South), has appealed to the All Progressives Congress to zone the Senate Presidency to Borno,…
Emir of Kano demands good governance from elected leaders
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II , on Wednesday called on elected leaders to have fear of God…
APC plans to destabilise us, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was trying to destabilise it…
Porto poised for semis after stunning Bayern
Porto have one foot in the Champions League’s semi-finals after their shock 3-1 win at home over Bayern Munich in…
Suarez at the double as Barcelona blow PSG away
Luis Suarez hit a brilliant second-half double as Barcelona appeared to end Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League dream for another year…
S.Africa ruling party condemns xenophobic violence
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Wednesday condemned a wave of attacks against immigrant shopkeepers that has left…
Taraba Rerun: Atiku demands removal of implicated INEC, security officials
Former Vice President of Nigeria and APC Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar says INEC and security officials implicated in the conduct of…
I didn’t snub Custom, NSCDC boss – Buhari
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed as fictional and uncharitable report by an online medium that had…
Oyo royal fathers congratulate Ajimobi on re-election
Prominent traditional rulers from Oyo, Ibarapa, Ogbomoso and Oke Ogun areas of the state joined the list of visitors to…
Ajimobi vows to deal with Ladoja if he misbehaves
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has warned that his administration would not tolerate any form of violence…