Author: Isa Isawade
Senator Bode Ola calls for immediate release of June 12 election results
Sen. Bode Ola, a lawmaker in the 6th Assembly and Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti has urged…
Super Falcons need to improve for subsequent matches – Okala
Former Green Eagles goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala on Wednesday said the Super Falcons still needed to work hard in spite of…
Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani unveils legislative agenda for constituency
Former Enugu State Govrnor, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani says he will hit the ground running in the 9th Senate by sponsoring…
June 12: Osun gov. calls for peaceful coexistence
Governor of the State of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola, has called on Nigerians to use the celebration of June 12 as…
How sports enthusiasts react to renaming of Stadium after MKO Abiola
Sports enthusiasts in Abuja on Wednesday reacted to the renaming of the Abuja National Stadium as MKO Abiola Stadium by…
Revive reading culture to keep history afresh – ANA
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to revive the nation’s dwindling reading culture to eliminate illiteracy,…
Better days lie ahead, Sen. Akwashiki assures constituency
Sen. Godiya Akwashiki (APC-Nasarawa North) has assured his constituents of better days ahead by hitting the ground running. Akwashiki made…
June 12 it is, May 29 was creation of the Military – Bot-Mang
Mr Pam Bot-Mang, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Plateau, says June 12 is the actual date…
Take security more serious, Yoruba group tells Federal Govt., S/West Govs
A pan-Yoruba social-cultural group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the South-West governors to…
June 12 Democracy Day, significant moment in Nigeria’s history — Timipre Sylva
Former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva on Wednesday described June 12, 2019 Democracy Day as a moment of deep significance in…
News Analysis: June 12 as Democracy Day and Humiliation of Olusegun Obasanjo!
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Today, 12 June 2019, Nigerians celebrated Democracy Day, made so by the enabling law signed by President…
Kidnappers, Akeredolu, Igbinedion and Mt. Kilimanjaro
Ademola Adegbamigbe When Lucky Igbinedion was Governor of Edo State, Mr. Babajide Kolade Otitoju (former editor of TheNEWS and now…
Auto mechanic arraigned over alleged N500, 000 fraud
A 35 year-old Auto mechanic, Pamilerin Akinbola, on Tuesday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for…
Involve technocrats in your cabinets, Muslim group urges governors
The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof. Ishaq Akintola, has urged state governors to involve technocrats and business gurus in…
Democracy Day celebration: VIO deploys personnel in Abuja
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the Federal Capital Territory has deployed 105 personnel to ensure smooth traffic…
Assembly inauguration commences amidst protest over use of secret ballot
The inauguration of the 9th Senate started at 10:00a.m. on Tuesday with protest from supporters of Sen. Ahmad Lawan following…
Money laundering: Erastus Akingbola’s trial resumes June 13
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned until June 13, the money laundering trial of a Managing Director…
Inauguration: Security beefed up around assembly complex
Security has been beefed up around the National Assembly Complex in the Three Arms Zones, Abuja, venue of the inauguration…
Hong Kong prepares for more protests, strikes as extradition anger boils over
As the City of Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam, continues to push for a bill that will allow people to…
9th Assembly: Ndume arrives NASS
Senator Ali Ndume, a contender to the position of the Senate President in the 9th National Assembly, arrived at the…
Plateau NYSC gets new Coordinator
The Deputy Director, Publicity and Public Relations, at the NYSC headquarters in Abuja, Ms. Caroline Embu, has been appointed as…
Abiola: A Lost Hope
Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola, born on 24 August 1937, did not disappoint his parents. He gave them reason to…
NPFL: Enyimba beat FC IfeanyiUbah to lead in title race
The race for the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title heightened on Monday at the Agege Stadium in Lagos…
Expert tasks Nigeria on Aviation Masterplan
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Mr Ikechi Uko, An aviation and tourism expert on Tuesday said Nigeria should develop…
Mines Ministry spends N20bn from intervention fund
The immediate past Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, revealed that about N20 billion has been…
9th Assembly: PDP endorses Ali Ndume, Umar Bago
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed support for Sen. Ali Ndume for the…
PDP governors, party leaders meet on 9th Assembly leadership
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Monday night held a meeting to decision on the election of leaders…
Russia’s Olympic chief regrets IAAF extension of doping ban
Russian Olympic Committee chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Monday he regretted the decision by global athletics governing body IAAF…
U-20 World Cup: Nigeria failed to prepare – FA official
Godwin Bamigboye, board member of FCT Football Association (FA), says the woeful performance of the Flying Eagles of Nigeria in…
Nightclub drug raid: Cambodian police detain over 400
The Cambodian Police have arrested over 400 people at a Phnom Penh nightclub over the weekend, including Cambodian and foreign…