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There seems to be no end to the sorrow, tears and blood flowing in the country. While the government claims to be doing the best it can to end the carnage, the killing of over two hundred Nigerians by Boko Haram insurgents, following several similarly gruesome killings in the past, has reinforced the palpable despair […]

A massive explosion has occurred late Thursday evening at a junction leading to the house of Ibrahim Hassan Dankwanbo, governor of Gombe State. According to a security source, the explosion destroyed the Amoured Personnel Carrier (APC) parked at the junction by security personnels guarding the junction. The cause of the explosion is yet on known […]

Protesting students of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Thursday evening took over the office of the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, barricading the main entrance with some of the buses they came with, while swearing to remain at the scene until the governor favourably reviews the hike in their school fees. When www.www.aso.rocks search […]

  The Lagos State Police Command has warned protesters against blocking of roads state, saying although citizens have the right to carry out peaceful protests, they do not have the right to block roads and make other road users uncomfortable. While briefing newsmen after the Security Council meeting chaired by the Governor Babatunde Fashola, at […]

A community leader who witnessed the killing of over 200 civilians by Boko Haram terrorists on Monday has alleged that the military was warned about the imminent attack, but they refused to act. The witness, who said the killers were dressed in military garbs also revealed that residents of Danjara, Agapalwa, and Antagara villages in […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Professor Rufa’i Alkali as his new Special Adviser on Political Affairs.  Professor Alkali, a Political Scientist, once served as National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was appointed Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna last year. He hails from Gombe State. The President has also appointed […]

Never mind the barefaced denial from Dr. Reuben Abati, Presidential Spokesman that the Commander-In-Chief, President Goodluck Jonathan, did not offer the Islamist group, Boko Haram, amnesty. On democracy day, we heard the speech of the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, loud and clear, and should anyone be in doubt, here are his words, […]

The management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has refuted rumours that its office at the United Nations complex in New York has been closed, describing such information as strange and untrue. NAN highlighted in a press statement signed by its acting Editor-in-Chief, Lawal Ado that rather than folding up activities, the agency is […]

The money laundering case against Rt. Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, suffered another setback on Wednesday, when it was adjourned till Thursday by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Ikuforiji, a top contender for the 2015 governorship election in Lagos, is facing an amended 56-count charge alongside his […]

Nigerian singer, Kefee is still in coma after she slumped while on a flight to Chicago, the United States, her husband has revealed. Her publicist released a statement on behalf of her husband, Teddy Don-Momoh, on Wednesday, confirming that the Branama crooner is in the intensive care unit of a hospital in America. He appealed […]

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has presented a proposed budget of N322.6biilion for the Niger Delta ‎Development Commission (NDDC) for its operations in 2014 to the House of Representatives. The letter forwarded to the Reps on Wednesday, revealed that the sum of N15.8bn was set aside for personnel cost. The sum of N10.1bn was earmarked for […]

Former Governor of Kano State and former All Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate during the 2011 general elections, Ibrahim Shekarau, was among the four people whose names President Goodluck Jonathan sent to the Senate for confirmation as ministers in his cabinet on Wednesday. The three others are: Abdul Bulama from Yobe State, Adedayo Adeyeye, leader […]