Reports

Wives of governors in the northern states of Nigeria, under the aegis of Northern Governor’s Wives Forum (NGWF), have condemned the kidnapping  of over the 120 pupils of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) , Chibok in Borno state by members of the Boko Haram sect, on Monday. The governor’s wives pleaded with the kidnappers to […]

When we said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, as it is presently constituted, aids and abets terror in Nigeria by omission and commission, some Nigerians doubted us. But what further proof can there be of the culpability of the APC than the decision of its governors to shun the National Security Council meeting called […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to do everything in his power to bring all those behind the Nyanya bomb blast to book. The call was made on Wednesday by Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo State who also doubles as chairman of the forum when he led other […]

The tragic explosion that occurred in Nyanya Motor Park early Monday morning killing 71 people and leaving 124 others critically injured in several hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has left many people sore, bitter, sad and scared. According to witnesses, the bombing occurred at 6.55 am when a car heavily wired with improvised […]

Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has said political activities leading to the 2015 elections should be based on issues, principles and sound ideologies, rather than on ethnic or religious sentiments. Maku made the statement in Abuja on Thursday while giving a speech at the public presentation of the biography of Alhaji Balarabe Musa, written by […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Peter Jack as Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) for the next four years. The appointment was announced on Wednesday in a one-paragraph statement signed by Sam Nwaobasi, the special assistant (media) to the secretary to the government of the federation, Anyim Pius Anyim. […]

Rotimi Abiru, deputy whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has mocked the Federal Government’s assertion that Nigeria has the best economy in Africa. According to Abiru, this is the biggest illusion of the century. Responding to the assertion on Wednesday, Abiru observed that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the nation, which revealed that […]

  Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed that Nigeria is now the largest economy in Africa and the 26th largest economy in the World. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed the development in Abuja on Sunday while briefing newsmen on the results of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rebasing exercise. […]

Election Presiding Officers now have the power to cancel elections if voting materials arrive at polling units late, Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak has said. Ikoiwak made the announcement on Thursday during a quiz competition organised to sensitise youths on the functions of INEC in selected secondary schools in Port Harcourt. […]

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has lamented the Federal Government’s decision to halt the State Government’s Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Project. Fashola revealed the sad development to members of the Lagos public at the Lagos Television Ground, Ikeja, the state’s capital, on Tuesday at the commemoration of his 2,500 days in office. The project, intended […]

Debate, comments and opinions on the Presidential speech as a footpath to issues and decisions continued on Tuesday at the ongoing National Conference holding at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja. Moderated by the Conference Deputy Chairman, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, most of the delegates described the President’s speech on 17th March at the inauguration of […]

Oil marketers are threatening to embark on yet another industrial action in protest against the decision of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to shut down the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) last week Monday. According to Chairman of a concerned group of IPMAN, Mr. Abidemi Agunbiade, the shutdown of the […]