On Tuesday in Lagos, retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, former president and immediate past chairman, Board of Trustees of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delivered a damning indictment of the national and state parliaments by alleging they a...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made a solemn promise to media practitioners and members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists that he would stop at nothing to ensure the freedom of the press as enshrined in the country’s constitution was no...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has described the statement credited to the leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retired), on the likely consequences of flawed elections in 2015 as a call to make democracy wo...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atuNasril Islam (JNI), Muhammad Sa’adAbubakar III yesterday said lack of accommodation, welfare and understanding among the people were the main problems facing Nigeria today and said t...
The Imo State police command recorded a major breakthrough on Wednesday by rescuing 10 victims in a thick forest believed to be the hideout of kidnappers in Orogwe, Owerri West local government areas of the state. The state police commissioner, Mr Chri...
The 36 State governors, under the aegis of Governors Forum have said that they are in full support of the new electricity tariff regime and the on-going power reform programme of the federal government. The Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi who ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor engaged in what it called ‘a contextual misinterpretation of relevant facts’ on the PDP National chairman, Dr.Bamanga...
Nigeria has contributed over 240,000 troops since it started sending soldiers, police and other personnel required by the United Nations to keep peace in the world. This revelation came from the 2010 UN report, which also classified Nigeria as the four...
One of the sons of the former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday stated that he is not afraid of his father’s present political posture in the country. Sam Clark, the fourth son of Chief Clark spoke at the 85th Birthday of his f...
The Supreme Court yesterday confirmed Theodore Orji as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the April 2011 gubernatorial election in Abia State. The five man panel of justices led by Justice Afolabi Fabiyi unanimously dismissed an appeal ...
A few large companies dominate export markets in developing and developed countries, with the top one percent often accounting for more than half, sometimes nearly 80 percent , of total exports, according to a new World Bank database with a wealth of d...
It is a known medical fact that non-smokers, who inhale cigarette smoke are at risk of cancer and other health problems just like the smokers themselves. This is not only applicable to adults, as children who are exposed to passive smoking are li...
Senator Aisha Jumai Alhasan represents Taraba North at the National Assembly where she is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs. In this interview with John Mkom, she speaks about political issues in Taraba State. We were a little bit t...
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has stated the resolve of his administration to move the state out of poverty through a vigorous pursuit of policies tailored in that direction. The governor, who stated this in an exclusive inte...
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammadu Uwais has said that it is only the National Judicial Council (NJC) and not PresidentGoodluck Jonathan that has the constitutional powers to reinstate the suspended Preside...