Wrestling is one of the three disciplines in which Pakistan has won a medal in Olympics when Mohammad Bashir claimed bronze in the 1960 Rome Games.Hockey has been the most successful sport of Pakistan at Olympic level as the country has so far bagged t...
Ahuraka Isa examines some of the good, bad and ugly rulings and verdicts of the judiciary in the last 10 years. On May 24, 2011, the Justice Ayo Isah Salami-led Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja was full to capacity. Some of the ...
An Ibadan High Court yesterday granted bail to former Oyo State governor Adebayo Alao-Akala in the sum of N500m with two sureties.The court also grand bail to two other accused persons, Sen. Hosea Agboola and the Managing Director of Pentagon Engineeri...
The Managing Editor (Northern Operations) of the Nation Newspapers, Mr. Yusfu Alli, was yesterday released by Police after he was detained for over 48 hours.Alli was arrested Tuesday alongside the Abuja Bureau Chief, Mr. Yomi Odunuga, as well as Deputy...
The Senate yesterday declared as illegal, the post- University Matriculation Examination (UME) conducted by the universities. Consequently, the senators resolved to beam its search lights on universities that indulge in the exam. To give the resolution...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna, yesterday upheld the election of Governor Patrick Yakowa as the duly elected governor of Kaduna State.The tribunal Chairman, Justice Garba Ayuba Kwajafa, while ruling on the petition by the candi...
The Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that six states are financially distressed with 15 others likely to go down if the revenue allocation formula was not reviewed to cushion the effect of the financial burden on the states as a resul...
Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has expressed dismay over the way and manner the Vice President Namadi Sambo has been handling his purported presidential ambition saying he should not disgrace the region. The group in an emergency meeting in Kaduna, said that...
Plateau State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that there is no going back on the ongoing strike in the state.Addressing a press conference in Jos, the state capital, the state NLC Chairman, Comrade Jibrin Banchir, said the strike ...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Muhammad Garba has applauded the decision of the Bauchi State government to order for the completion of the Bauchi State NUJ secretariat located around Ahmadu Bello Way. The NUJ presid...
The glaring call by the 36 states governors for the full withdrawal of oil subsidy has been described as a selfish interest without considering the fate of majority of Nigerians. The Chairman of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP),...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that though it has received an application for the return of former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Fayose, it is yet to take a final decision on the matter. The national publicity secretary of the party, ...
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has vowed to tackle problem of housing in the state, saying he has given approval for the construction of more low-cost housing estates in the state to solve the accommodation challenges facing residents of ...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party,( ANPP), Enugu State Chapter, yesterday flagged off its ward and local government congresses for the forthcoming council polls in the state, just as it called on the Enugu State Independent Electora...
As former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, prepares to face trial over charges of corruption, his successor in office, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, yesterday, stormed the Wadata Plaza Headquarters of the PDP with party chie...