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On January 21, 2014  the Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh, said  “the military will bring the Boko Haram insurgency in the country to an end before April this year.” He went on to say that “it was mandatory for the military to eliminate the Boko Haram insurgency in the next three months […]

Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group, Boko Haram, are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labour, and rape in captivity, Human Rights Watch revealed in a report released Monday. According to the Human Rights Watch in a 63-page report, the group has abducted more than 500 women and […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Monday evening switched on an 11.8 kilometre stretch of public lighting covering Ikorodu Road to Iddo via Jibowu and Murtala Mohammed Way, Yaba, appealing to residents to take ownership of the asset. The project was broken into two sections, one section  consisting of 1.2 kilometres from Ikorodu Road […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to all Nigerians to persevere in standing by Nigeria, under whatever circumstances they may find themselves. The president made the call on Sunday while speaking at the “A Day with Jesus for Nigeria in Israel” event at the Israel International Conference Centre, Jerusalem. He described the program as giving him […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to members of the international community to stop discriminatory checks and stigmatisation of Nigerians travelling abroad, now that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified the country Ebola-free. The president made the appeal on Monday while speaking with the Foreign Ministers of Germany and France who paid a visit to […]

Since 29th May 2011, Imo State and her people have been witnessing ‘ Abracadabra’ in governance, lawlessness, insecurity, kidnapping , negative and haphazard polices, deceit and the more you look the less you see, showmanship, lies and falsification, lack of procedure and total neglect to lay down procedure and heavy debt burden to the incoming […]

The presidency has described Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s statements about President Goodluck Jonathan, the First Lady and the Federal Government as false and baseless, saying it is a reckless bid to advance his selfish political interests to a new level of irresponsible and rascally behaviour.  In a press release signed by Reuben Abati, the […]

Block Moulders nationwide have lauded the leading role being played by Dangote Cement Plc in enlightening the stakeholders in the building and construction industry on the standardization of cement and other allied products being undertaken by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON). Speaking at the Obajana Cement Plant of the Company at the weekend after […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold an extraordinary national convention on Wednesday, 29th October 2014 in Abuja to approve amendments to the constitution of the party and also adopt its manifesto for the 2015 general elections. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Sunday, the party said the […]

Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and former Head of State is a different kettle of fish to different people across the strata of Nigeria. In the far Northern part of Nigeria, the almajiri children on the street of Kano, Katsina and Sokoto States see Buhari as their ‘Amir’. This is […]

”When I say that the Presidency must come to the north next year I am referring to the Hausa-Fulani core north and not any northern Christian or Muslim minority tribe. The Christians in the north are nothing and the muslim minorities in the north know that when we are talking about leadership in the north […]

Just when the worst seems to have been seen or heard of sloppiness in governance capacity, the Jonathan administration manages to find a way of outdoing itself into further depths of ignominy. Last Friday, the federal government announced with fanfare, that it has reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram, ostensibly to end the orgy […]