Prof Pat Utomi, a presidential candidate in the 2011election, on Sunday said that 2012 would be a time for true statesmen to stand up to save the country from the brink of collapse. Utomi stood for election under the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to adopt policies and programmes in the New Year that are favourable to the people. In a New Year Message on Sunday, NLC President Abdulwaheed Omar urged the government to tackle the securi...
Though tribe and tongue may differ, the Cultural Parade segment of the Calabar Festival was an array of culture, costumes, styles, dances, instruments and colour differently displayed but depicting the heritage of the people. The four kilometre parade ...
A new vice chancellor has been appointed for Katsina University- the first Islamic university in Nigeria- He is Associate professor Nasiru Musa Yauri of Usman Danfodio University Sokoto. Addressing the press shortly after an inaugural meeting of the va...
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has assured the citizenry that their welfare will be given top most priority in the scheme of governance in 2012. This was contained in the governor’s new year message signed by the Special Assistant, Med...
The Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) has thrown its weight behind Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy, saying policy will open up the economy and help in building critical infrastructure. Speaking to LEADERSHIP SUNDAY yesterday in...
Fellow Nigerians, it has become necessary to address you on recent events in some parts of the country that have threatened our collective security and shaken the foundations of our corporate existence as a nation. 2. You are all awar...
State Governors and other political leaders have ushered in the new year with renewed promises of a better life for majority of Nigerians. In his new year message, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar urged all elected leaders in the country to, in 20...
Fire has razed three shops, destroying property worth hundreds of thousands of naira in Nasarawa-Eggon, Headquarters of the Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a one-room apartment...
Barely four days to the start of hearing on the appeal against the Imo state Governor’s election, speculations are rife that some top-notch officials of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo state, had made unsuccessful attempts to bribe ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr Zakari Ibrahim, as the new Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service. A statement issued on Saturday in Abuja and signed by Mr Nanven Nimfel, the Director/Secretary of the Civil De...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has call on Nigerian to continue to believe in the power of Almighty God, who remains the unquestionable author of all human endeavour.The was contained in a New year’s message signed by the National Chairman ...
Bauchi state government is set to established a cement factory worth 36 Billion Naira in Gwana area of Alkaleri local government council of the state in conjunction with an American company. The director of press affairs to Governor Isah Yuguda, Ishola...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made real his threat to crush Boko Haram – he declared a state of emergency in 15 selected local government areas of Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Niger states, even as he ordered for the closure of Chad and Niger...
Expectations that the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will emerge this year in the person of Justice Alooma Mukhtar may not materialize afterall, as the Presidency has finalized arrangements to send an Executive Bill to the National Assembl...