Honorable Zakariya Shamaki, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Kaduna state is a former Member Federal House of Representatives in 1992 ,a former local government chairman, former Senior Special Assistant on NGOs and Student Matt...
‘Different strokes for different folks’ you may say when it comes to choices we make on various issues of life. But when it comes to one’s health, a second thought need be given as whatever decision we make has the potential to either...
Two churches in Bauchi Metropolis were hit by a suicide bomber and many worshippers killed penultimate Sunday. The unfortunate incident has left many families mourning for their dead and wounded. NAJIB SANI spoke with some of the survivors of the attac...
The House of Representatives is witnessing considerable tension over allegations of $620,000 bribe involving Hon. Farouk Lawan, chairman Ad Hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy Regime. As this scenario unfolds, Deputy Speaker EmekaIhedioha was fingered as...
A Federal High Court in Abuja declared the non-interest financial institution operating under the principles of Islamic jurisprudence as illegal and unconstitutional. Justice Gabriel Kolawole held that had it not been that the plaintiff , Godwin Sunday...
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and AlhajiLateefSofolahan who were convicted of the murder of AlhajaKudiratAbiola have filed additional grounds of appeal at the Lagos Division of the Appeal Court, against the judgement of Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lag...
Two children have been allegedly killed in the Wadata area of Makurdi by the men of the police force, during a gun fire battle between the police and angry Muslim youths, who were demonstrating the demolition of a mosque, houses and shops, by the Benue...
Following a rise in the cases of plates number and driver’s license racketeering, as well as, extortion by men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the Corps Marshal, Mr.Osita Chidoka, has disbanded the Zone 6 headquarters and the Rivers...
A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chinaza Nede, has been arrested by the police in Ebonyi State for allegedly killing her nine-year-old son. Nede, a widow, is helping the police to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of her son, Olisaemeka, whose body wa...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday dismissed the application filed by Senator Mohammed Ndume seeking to quash the four count terrorist charge brought against him by the Federal government. Justice Gabriel Kolawole while delivering ruling on ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday carried out an early morning raid of the Abuja residence of former Bayelsa State governor, Timiprie Sylva’s brother-in-law and another top associate of the governor, leading to their a...
Lagos State governor, Mr BabatundeFashola (SAN) and ACN leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have urged the people of Edo State to cast their votes for Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state. Speaking at a fund raising din...
The Justice A M Liman-led Election Petition Tribunal hearing petitions arising from the re-run election held in some wards of Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, yesterday dismissed the applications brought by the Independent National ...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday inaugurated a 20-member Board for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) in Gombe. The board has Alhaji Mohammed Kafarati as Chairman and Alhaji Shuaibu Danlamias Secretary as well as...
Two persons sustained gun shot injuries while the Bodija Police Station was set on fire on Friday following a clash between the police and some members of the Hausa community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that...