A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Ernest Elochukwu has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for sacking the National Security Adviser (NSA) General Andrew Owoye Azazi and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Haliru Bello Mohammed, des...
The bomb explosion that rocked high-brow Wuse II last Friday night has left on its trail unpleasant experiences. Though no life was lost, but the wind shields of vehicles parked at the vicinity of the incident were shattered. Also, buildings housing co...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kaduna State chapter, has kicked against calls from some individuals, within and outside the state, for a State of Emergency in Kaduna State. In a press statement signed and issued by its Publicity Secretary, Morde...
The Kogi state Governor, Capt. Idris Wada at the weekend said he was not afraid of next week’s court judgment. A federal High Court in Abuja is due to deliver a landmark judgement in one of the myriad of cases instituted against the g...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Saturday said Lagos would soon experience a seven-day rainfall. Mr Abayomi Oyegoke of NIMET Central Forecast Unit, Oshodi, Lagos, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). O...
Mixed reactions on Saturday trailed the sack of the National Security Adviser, retired Gen. Andrew Azazi, and the Minister of Defence, Dr Haliru Bello Mohammed The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Goodluck Jonathan relieved them of t...
Some residents of suburbs of Jos have appealed to the Plateau State Government to reverse its decision on the ban on all motorcycles from ply some major roads in the state. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Saturday that the...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Saturday met with Christian and Muslim leaders to discuss the protracted crisis in the state. Yakowa met with the religious leaders shortly after a similar meeting with political stakeholders. The govern...
On March 28, 2012 in faraway Seoul, the South Korean capital, President Goodluck Jonathan boasted to the international community that his administration would end the menace being posed to the nation by the vicious Boko Haram sect by June this year. Th...
Assakio, the headquarters of Lafia East Development Area in Lafia Local Government of Nasarawa was turned into a theatre of war with no fewer than 30 killed following a clash over disagreement over land rent. Although the conflict has been contained by...
The Gombe State commissioner for education, Hajiya Aishatu Mohammed Bose Ahmed, is determined to overhaul the education sector in the state. In this interview with HUSSAINI JIRGI, Hajiya Ahmed, who also served in the same ministry during the tenure of ...
The FCT administration under the leadership of Senator Bala Muhammed in June, 2010, gave an order that prostitutes should stay off the streets of Abuja or be made to face the full wrath of law. As a result, a task force was inaugurated to help enforce ...
Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday refuted report making the rounds that he was spearheading an imposition of a state-of-emergency in Kaduana State in a bid to unfold his presidential ambition into a pleasant reality in 2015. The report in sections...
The crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) opened another ugly chapter recently following a declaration by Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State that the party was dead, provoking a combative fight-back by Governor Peter Obi of Anamb...
The Kano Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested four persons for allegedly trying to plant a time bomb at Waje Friday mosque in Fagge local government area of Kano. It was gathered that the incident which resulted in the arrest of the suspects had ...