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Labaran Maku, Minister of Information under former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said he would speak concerning the $2.1 billion arms scandal that is currently rocking the administration which he served, but that he would wait for Nigerians to air their opinions first. Maku said his decision to remain silent over the issue for now was […]

The Nigerian military has continued with its struggle to stem insurgency in Nigeria, recording another success with the announcement that it has arrested seven top members of the sect. The seven top insurgents were, before their arrests, in charge of the insurgent’s bomb making factory in Kaduna State. The army said it took a painstaking […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said the Nigerian government has suspended the subsidy on petroleum products as at 27th December, as a result of the current low price of crude in the international market. Kachikwu said the non-payment of subsidy would remain the same, as long as market trends allow. […]

The Nigerian government is to spend  N2,648,600,000,000 to service debt in 2016 as seen in the breakdown of the 2016 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on 22nd December. The breakdown of the budget released by the Budget Office shows that out of the total budget of N6.08 trillion presented by […]Read More

Scores of residents were on Thursday roasted in a gas explosion that occurred in an industrial gas plant in Nnewi, Anambra State.The casualty figure has not been ascertained at the time of this report. Some believe the figure could scale up to 100. The gas plant is owned by Chikason Group and is called Inter […]

Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different it is almost unrecognizable. In this same country, in the 70s, Christmas was a season of celebration, but also of spiritual upliftment, joy abundant, hope, reaffirmation of faith in the certainty of Salvation, and the ritual […]

Hopes by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, in his case against Governor Ifeanyi Okowa were dashed Thursday by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. Okowa, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 governorship election in the state was declared winner by the Independent National […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians to be mindful of their lives as they join others across the globe to celebrate this year’s Christmas. Buhari’s warning was contained in his statement to Nigerians during the Christian festival. The President also urged the people to reach out in love and compassion to their fellows “who […]Read More

The Naira is taking an unprecedented bashing in our parallel Foreign Exchange Markets. In the Parallel Market, the Dollar sold for as high as N280 and the Pound Sterling N398 some days back. A friend of mine who travelled to the U.S. to attend the child’s graduation sent me a WhatsApp message last night lamenting […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has solicited the support of the nation’s media for the war against terrorism, saying when Nigeria is at war, they cannot afford to be neutral. “Gentlemen, in this time of war, you cannot afford to be neutral. Yes, you must remain professional at all times, and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari , Tuesday, presented a budget of N6.08 trillion for the 2016 fiscal year to the joint session of the National Assembly. While presenting the budget, the President said the 2016 budget proposal, which is the first of this administration is aimed at stimulating the economy, making it more vibrant by concentrating on infrastructural […]

Christians worldwide will, next Friday, December 25, celebrate the portentous event of the Incarnation; the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior whose life of virtue, revolutionary teaching and sacrificial death on the Cross of Calvary, form the basis of the over 2000-year-old Christian religion. The birth of Christ as prophesied marks […]