The African Renaissance Party (ARP) yesterday urged the National Assembly to reconvene as a matter of national urgency, to help tackle the Boko Haram threats. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appeal follows a three-day ultimatum by the...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and religious leaders in the state have called on Nigerians, irrespective of their religious persuasions, to embrace peace, love and live together in peace and unity. They made this call yesterday at an open-air...
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, yesterday led a prayer session for the New Year, even as he announced the constitution of the State Inter-Religious Council as a proactive measure aimed at guaranteeing religious harmony, peaceful co-existence and se...
Members of Lagos State House of Assembly have added their voice to the general condemnation of the removal of the subsidy on fuel by President Goodluck Jonathan on January 1, 2012. Hon. Saka Fafunmi, representing Ifako/Ijaiye Constituency 2, told journ...
There were protests by many youths in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday over the removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the federal government. Though the protests were peaceful in most parts of the state capital, it was relia...
Kano State Government has cautioned the public against violent protests, saying it is not the best way for the people to express their disagreement over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Speaking to journalists yesterday in K...
The crisis in the Bauchi State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] has taken a new dimension as the present leadership of the party and the supporters of former Governor of the State, Alhaji Ahmed Mu’azu, who is now aspiring for ...
While it is sometimes difficult to understand internet addiction, a concept usually associated with the two vices: drugs and alcoholism, it is an inescapable use disorder which can result in addiction. RALIAT AHMED writes. The use of internet all over ...
The Northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has not made any comment on the controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government, saying it had expressed its position long ago. The forum stated that “ACF had...
Despite the increase in the price of fuel, airfares have remained stable while airlines still enjoy a boost in their operations which started since the Christmas and New Year periods. A visit to the domestic terminal of the Lagos Airport still revealed...
With the intense debate that is raging over the removal of the fuel subsidy by the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, bloggers on several websites have said the social media has been responsible for the few protest so far and are now calling Nigerians to jo...
From Lagos to Abuja, Benue to Kano, Bauchi to Kwara, Oyo to Kogi – the story is the same: A groundswell of mounting protests, like a bushfire, has continued to ravage the country, a fallout of Federal Government’s subsidy removal. The prote...
Prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have risen in most markets across the country following the recent announcement of fuel subsidy removal. At noon yesterday in Lagos, many c...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today issue certificates of return to 10 members of Hon. Aminu Masari –led faction of the Katsina State Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) that won the January 13, 2011 primaries organi...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mallam Yahaya Mahmood, yesterday, described the Dr Christopher Kolade- led Committee on Subsidy Reinvestment Empowerment Programme Board as illegal and unconstitutional. President Goodluck Jonathan had yesterday appo...