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Monday 5th December, 2011 was 10th of Muharram, 1433, and day in which the Muslim Consultative Forum (MCF) hosted Iftaar of the Ashuraa fast and discussion at the main hall of the Abuja National Mosque Conference Hall. The Executive Secretary of the Na...
The Governor of Imo State, Chief Owelle Rochas Okorocha has declared emergency on all the bad roads in the 27 local governments of the State and said that they will be completed and commissioned soon. Already contracts have been awarded for the d...
Former Minister of Defence and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chieftain, Dr Shettima Mustafa, at the weekend vowed to bring the South West States presently under the control of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, back to the PDP if elected chairman...
That the marriage of Kate Henshaw has hit the rocks is no more news. In fact saying she has joined the league of the celebrities whose marriage has become history is no more exclusive. But the question people are asking this Calabar, Cross-River state-...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has warned the government and those in authority against denying Nigerians the avenue to express their grievances, saying that doing so will ultimately lead to trouble. Kukah spoke yesterday a...
Couples are usually freaked about romantic dates and spicing their love life with lots of fun during the courtship period, but once they become comfortable in the relationship, get married and start having children the romance can sometimes dwindle. Wh...
Lagos has come to be synonymous with Eyo festival; the festivity that depicts the history and culture of the indigenous people of Lagos State. OLAOLU OLADIPO in this piece examines the place and significance of the festival to the indigenes of Lagos St...
If the federal government is serious about putting an end to the menace of the Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram in the country, then it should employ the service of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC). OPC coordinator, Chief Ganiyu Adams, said i...
In a bid to check traffic congestion and inculcate a sense of responsibility on motorists, especially those in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that vehicles parked within the City, must pay a minimu...
Following the bomb blasts in Jos, the Plateau state capital, on Saturday the Operation Officer of the Special task-Force on Jos crisis (STF) Col. Joseph Iwara , has assured residents of Jos and its environs of their safety, saying the special task forc...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has said the refusal of the Federal Government to implement the agreement it reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has proven that it is untrustworthy and therefore cannot be trusted to k...
The Fulani community in Southern Kaduna has said that the Fulani men said to be attacking the people are from Niger Republic and should be treated as criminals. Former executive secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Abdul...
The 49 teachers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) whose removal were reversed by the Supreme Court two years ago, have returned to the court to enforce the implementation of the judgment terms by the university. The lecturers, are asking the Feder...
Contrary to public opinion that Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Wamakko would be disqualified from seeking return to government house on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket, the party cleared the governor and two others, FRANCIS AGBO reports. Nigeria...
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Bank Limited (EBL), Ahmed Kuru, discussed the workings of the bridge bank and its future with Business Editors. Blessing Anaro was there. Excerpt As a bridge bank, are you expected to bu...