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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $1 million for the rebuilding of the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, Borno, as part of efforts to rehabilitate the community ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. The Vice-Chairman, Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI), Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday the 27th […]

Three king makers and  former presidents of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar Tuesday held a meeting in Minna, Niger State over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. It was learnt that the three former Presidents have decided to pay a visit to the President Buhari to ascertain the […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), has told President Muhammadu Buhari to seek further medical assistance if he needs such. CAN President who is also the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev Samson Ayokunle also called on the Federal Government to rise up to the challenges in the country that are bringing untold hardship […]

A Jigawa Chief Magistrate Court has ordered that the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, be remanded  in prison till 4th May  for allegedly making inciting comments. Chief Magistrate Muhammad Lamin issued the order on Tuesday. Lamido is standing trial on four counts of inciting public disturbance, defamation of character, criminal intimidation […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee has called for unconditional release of the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido and other political detainees in custody. The Political party made the call via statement issued by Mr Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the Committee on Monday in Abuja. Adeyeye stated […]

There was drama in Abuja on Monday as angry workers refused to allow the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, address them. The event had progressed smoothly until Ngige began his address to the workers at the Eagles Square where workers in the Federal Capital Territory gathered for the Workers’ Day celebrations. Instead of listening […]

Eminent Nigerians has demanded that President Buhari heed the advise of his personal physician and proceed on medical leave without further delays. The demand was made in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to the statement, ‘When President Muhammadu Buhari was recently in the United Kingdom on a medical vacation, which lasted 59 days, many […]

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has been arrested by the police in Kano. The former governor was arrested on Sunday for allegedly inciting his supporters to stop the conduct of the state’s upcoming local council polls. According to reports, Lamido made comments deemed to be inciting during a programme aired on one of […]

A former External Affairs Minister and vice chairman of the National conference, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi has called on the government to stop exposing National Intelligence Council (NIA) over the N13bn recovered from Osborne Towers, Ikoyi by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He also said that the three-man panel constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari to […]

The Police in Abuja has cautioned members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to embark on anyprotest. Such protest may result in breakdown of law and order, the Abuja Command Spokesperson, ASP Usen Omorodion, noted in a statement on Sunday. The statement reads: “Intelligence report at the disposal of police revealed that a […]

The first batch of beneficiaries of the Women Empowerment Programme organized by Aisha Buhari Foundation in Kano state have rounded up their training on Friday, April 28, 2017. The graduands, numbering 1000 were randomly selected from different women groups from the state’s 44 local governments, and trained based on their choice of vocation. The beneficiaries were taught […]Read More

The Federal Government has urged all State Governments to allow free movement of people on Saturday, 29 April 2017 to enable students to participate in JAMB’s Voluntary Mock Examination fixed for that date nationwide. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the mock examination […]