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New Face Of Osun Schools

The ongoing education reforms in the State of Osun are already yielding stupendous dividends It was midday. Pupils at Union…

We Have Democratised Learning —Laoye Tomori

Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Education in the State of Osun, Chief Mrs. Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, speaks with FUNSHO BALOGUN, GBENRO…

Aregbesola Not a Muslim Fanatic —Ifaturoti

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the governor of the State of Osun, is one governor who has demonstrated uncommon interest in the…

SSANU joins ASUU, declares indefinite strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday began indefinite strike. This followed by a unanimous resolution adopted…

Jonathan sets up committee for national dialogue

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced the setting up of an advisory committee to come up with the frame…

Jonathan faces the nation again

Less than 48 hours after he faced a panel of interviewers on television Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan will make an…

Families demand compensation from NDLEA

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Families of two teenagers allegedly shot by officials of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Owan…

Atiku carpets FG over threats to arrest dissenters

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized the silence of the government over the rumors and threats of certain members…

Court proceedings end as NURTW members clash

Proceedings at the Federal High Court, Adeoyo, Ibadan, Oyo state, western Nigeria ended abruptly on Monday when two factions of…

Nigeria At 53: A Celebration With Mixed Feelings

By all accounts, Nigeria’s political history has shown that the struggle for independence and nationhood has not only been tortuous…

Canada Condemns Terrorist Attack In Yobe

Canada has strongly condemned Sunday’s attack at the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe, where more than 40 students were killed.…

Court Remands 2 Motorcyclists For Murder

An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded two commercial motorcycle riders (Okada men), Folorunso Aliu, 37, and Akinwale Ogunro, 30,…

Civil Defence Shuts Illegal Security Companies

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has shut down over 65 private security companies for operating…

ASUP To Join ASUU Strike Friday

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, saysit  will  embark on an indefinite strike from Friday, 4 October, 2013 to…

Students’ Massacre: Our School Not Guarded —Provost

The Provost of Yobe State College of Agriculture where Boko Haram massacred at least 42 students of the college in…

Media Chat: The 5 Lies Of Jonathan

Efforts made by President Goodluck Jonathan to shield some obvious truths during the fifth Media Chat held last night on…

Okonjo-Iweala’s Dad Fight Over Throne

The  battle between Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, father of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, and a royal family over the…

Fashola Opens West Africa’s Tallest Hotel

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has unveiled the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos, built at a cost…

APC Appeals To Boko Haram To Ceasefire

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the…

2 Principals In Soup Over Illegal Levies

Two Principals of junior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria, are in soup for allegedly imposing and collecting…

Sudan marchers want Al Bashir overthrown

About 1,000 people marched in the Sudanese capital calling for the overthrow of the government of President Omar Al Bashir,…

PDP denies APC allegation on poll rigging

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has no plans to rig the 2015 presidential and general elections as alleged by the…

Jonathan: ‘I won’t declare my re-election plan now’

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday evening declared that he was not going to make any categorical statement…

Kogi deputy governor unhurt in road accident

Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of the central Nigerian state of Kogi on Sunday escaped unhurt in an accident…

Nigeria not a mistake, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the amalgamation of Nigeria by Lord Lugard was not a mistake and called…

Jonathan wants labour laws reviewed to tame ASUU

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday advocated a review of labour laws to curtail the excesses of the…

Atiku: Students massacre casts horrible image on National Day

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as “senseless and tragic,” the murders of dozens of agriculture students gunned down…

Governor cries after another Boko Haram massacre

It was an emotional scene as the Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe visited the capital’s specialist hospital…

APC accuses PDP of Satanic plots to rig 2015 polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has uncovered a grand and serpentine plot by the PDP and the Presidency to rig…

In Pictures: Atiku visits Jacob Zuma

Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited South Africa recently as guest of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma.