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I read in utter shock and disappointment when our very revered literary icon, Prof Wole Soyinka openly threatened to destroy his American Green Card in protest of Donald Trump’s victory at the just concluded United States Presidential election which held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. I am also aware that Prof. Soyinka issued this threat […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says  the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Yola, Adamawa, has dropped from 60,000 to 18,958. Mr Sa’ad Bello, the Head, NEMA Operation Office, Yola, disclosed this on Friday during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on NEMA to the IDPs camp in Damare, Yola. A statement signed […]

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday relieved his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Sir Joe Akpa, of his appointment. This is contained in a statement  issued by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the governor on Electronic Media, in Port Harcourt. The statement did not give any reason for the action. However, it said […]

The management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has revealed that they are not planning to retrench staff of the organisation. Hadiza Usman while speaking during a tour of Warri Port in Delta State said that the management even has the intention of recruiting more staff. She added that the NPA’s general manager, human resources, […]

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja set the ball rolling for an expansive and all inclusive medium term economic development plan (2017 -2019), at a national economic retreat which featured Nigeria’s topmost economic and multiple technical experts Participants at the two-day retreat, drawn from the public and private sector, consultancies and the academia, were […]

The Senate has rejected the Finance Committee report in which N143.7bn budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service received approval.  On Thursday while debating the recommendation of the committee during the day’s plenary, the Senate condemned the report as lacking details. Many of the senators who spoke on the report also pointed out that  it […]

Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday in Okesa, Ado Ekiti distributed cheques worth N200m to the second bash of landlords whose properties are to give way for the construction of 1.2km Fajuyi/Ojumose flyover. Governor Fayose in his address thanked the chiefs and residents for their understanding and cooperation with the assurance that his […]

A coalition of vexed, angry and frustrated Nigerians under the aegis of #Occupy Unlimited & Be The Change Organisation# on Thursday demanded the removal of immunity clause from the constitution to pave way for the prosecution of the President and governors whenever they contravene the law and dip their hands in public purse. While protesting against the high profile looting […]Read More

Most Nigerians will commend the performance, so far, of the honourable minister since the beginning of his tenure as the minister for works, housing and power and his antecedent in the transformation that took place in Lagos state when he held sway as governor. The pace set, aligning it with what his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that the Nigeria military does not need the help of mercenaries in the fight against Boko Haram. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information in a statement on Thursday, disclosed this in a statement. “The DHQ wishes to state, with emphasis, that the Nigerian Armed Forces has the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that Nigeria would team up with other countries to strengthen maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. He made the comment on Thursday while receiving the Executive Secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, Ambassador Florentina Adenike Ukonga. The reception, which took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was communicated […]

Justice James Tsoho of the federal high court, Abuja, has granted bail to Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesman of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organisation,  in the sum of N50m, and one surety in like sum. In his ruling on Thursday, Tsoho held that the offence Fani-Kayode was alleged to have committed was a bailable one. He, […]