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As President Goodluck Jonathan commences his second year in office from June 1; Nigerians on Tuesday in Lagos expressed diverse expectations from him. Some told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that although Jonathan did not perf...
Mixed reactions on Tuesday trailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-naming of the University of Lagos to MKO Abiola University. While some respondents supported the idea, others saw it as unnecessary. The president had in his broadcast to t...
The 2012 African Development Report, launched on Monday, in Arusha, Tanzania has identified the private sector as the major driver of sustainable African development. The report, sponsored by the African Development Bank (AfDB), dwells on the challenge...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday reassured that Nigeria would soon overcome its challenges, saying that Nigerians must not lose sight of those values that strengthen them as a people. Jonathan gave the reassurance in a nationwide broadcast in Abu...
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector on Tuesday lamented the neglect of the sector after the discovery of crude oil in the country. A cross section of the stakeholders told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the country was still paying f...
The Federal Government on Tuesday directed that the University of Lagos be renamed Moshood Abiola University in honour of Chief M.K.O. Abiola’s accomplishment and heroism. President Goodluck Jonathan, who disclosed this in his Democracy Day natio...
The Police in Kaduna on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) concealed in a television set and planted at Katsina roundabout along Ahmadu Bello way. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Jinjiri Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, sa...
Students of the University of Lagos on Tuesday, took to major streets around the university in protest of the change of the name of the university by President Goodluck Jonathan. Our correspondent reports that students came out in thousands to demonstr...
The Niger State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has criticised some human rights groups in the country for rising in defence of the Bida based Islamic scholar Alhaji Abubakar Bello Masaba who has 86 wives, maintaining that their defence of th...
A chieftain of the Abia State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ikedi Emenike has faulted the Supreme Court judgment which confirmed Governor Theodore Orji as PDP’s candidate for the April 2011 gubernatorial election in ...
Much has been said in attempts by various groups to score President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance in his one year in office. GEORGE AGBA, in this report, analyses the perception of critics and their divergent views to ascertain the veracity or ...
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Monday said the government would equip the state University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) to handle rising urology cases in the state. Uduaghan said while interacting with newsmen in Asaba ...
The former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said he would only reply the abuses allegedly hurled at him by the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, by removing him from office at for...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back in the news, but not for good reasons. Last week, he stunned Nigerians with his revelation that there are rogues and criminals in the National Assembly. UCHENNA AWOM, in this analysis, traces the timeline of O...
Two cars were involved in a mid-day accident on Constitution Road, between the Churchgate Junction and the NNPC mega station on Sunday in Abuja. The number of casualties as at the time of the report were unknown but the cars that co...