Author: Isa Isawade
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…
Sanwo-Olu appoints Acting Chief Judge for Lagos State
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Justice Kazeem Alogba as acting Chief Judge of the state with effect…
Federal Govt declares Wednesday public holiday
In line with the enactment into law of June 12 as the new Democracy Day in Nigeria, the Federal Government…
Ibadan Electric begins deployment of Distribution Transformer meters
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has begun the deployment of Distribution Transformer (DT) meters to all public distribution transformers…
Abia Assembly elects Senator Theodore Orji’s son as Speaker(Corrected)
Members of the Abia State House of Assembly, on Monday, elected Chinedu Orji, son of Senator Theodore Orji, the former…
Mongolia declares war on syphilis
The Ministry of Health in Mongolia has declared war against syphilis, a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) which has become a…
Economic growth of Nigeria depends on entrepreneurship – Timipre Sylva
Former Governor of Bayelsa, Mr Timipre Sylva has said that Nigeria’s economic development depends on the growth of entrepreneurship in…
Daura NULGE commends council chairman for donating bulls for Sallah
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has commended Alhaji Abba Mato, the Chairman of Daura Local Government Council…
Abia Govt releases N6bn to complete road projects
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the release of N6 billion to complete all ongoing road projects…
APC NWC adopts Omo-Agege as Deputy Senate President for 9th Assembly
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has formally adopted Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege for the position…
9 key terrorist social media personalities killed – Army
The Nigerian Army on Monday said it killed nine ”social media personalities” of the Islamic State for West African Province…
Ihedioha still behaving like a lawmaker – Okorocha
The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has lambasted his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, of behaving as if he…
MKO Abiola’s Epetedo Speech that made Abacha jail him
On Wednesday, 12 June 2019, Nigerians will roll out the drums to mark Democracy Day, declared by President Muhammadu Buhari.
How Abacha announced Buhari’s takeover in 1983
Twenty-one years ago, precisely on 8 June 1998, former Nigeria’s maximum ruler, the late General Sani Abacha died mysteriously in…
Photos: Severe drought forces villagers out of home in India
A persistent severe drought has forced many residents out of their homes in Hatkarwadi, a stony hillside outback ringed by…
Nigeria lacks maturity for state police -Tsav
Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, a retired Commissioner of Police, on Sunday said that Nigeria was not yet civilised and mature for…
Imo NUJ congratulates Onyeagocha, others on state appointments
The Imo chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has congratulated Uche Onyeaguocha and Chris Okewulonu on their appointments…
I am still in the race for Speaker – Dyegh
A member of the House of Representatives contesting for the office of Speaker of the 9th Assembly, John Dyegh, says…