The Senate Committee on Appropriation on Monday directed the Federal Ministries of Petroleum Resources, Budget and National Planning and Finance to reconcile their records and include an additional N108bn in the N465.3bn supplementary budget submitted to the National Assembly by President…N465.3bn Budget: Senate raises supplementary budget by N108bn
Violence erupted at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Monday as supporters of the new Kogi State governorship candidate of the party, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, and James Faleke’s loyalists engaged themselves in a bloody clash.
Faleke was the running mate of the l…Faleke, Bello’s supporters in bloody clash at Abuja APC Hqtrs
Ex- defence minister, Sokoto gov risk arrest
Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
Indications emerged, yesterday, that more heads may roll over the disappearance of $2 billion meant for the procurement of arms and ammunition for the country’s armed forces in the office of the National Security A…$2bn arms deal: EFCC arrests Yuguda, detains Dasuki’s Finance Director, others
Seven pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jogana in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, have been killed after one of the school hostels went up in flames.
It was learnt that 25 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident which happened around 8pm on Sunday and …Fire guts Kano school, kills seven pupils
ABA—The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio -cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended the former military heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Yakubu Gowon over their support for the election of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction.
Former President Ibrahim B…Igbo presidency: Ohanaeze lauds IBB, Gowon
….Calls For The Arrest of Dakuku, Abe, Uchendu, Other Rivers APC Leaders
The chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Rivers State chapter, Bro Felix Obuah, says he is further disappointed and concerned about the continued show of disrespect for the law and breach of public peace by members of t…APC Procession In PH, Illegal, Treasonable, Security Breach, Inciting – PDP
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan allegedly escaped assassination attempt by some gunmen in Bayelsa State.
The men who according to an unconfirmed report were suspected militants loyal to the All Progressives Congress in the state, drove into his convoy.
The men were…Breaking: Jonathan escapes assassination attempt in Bayelsa
David Ikhueoya writes in from Benin City, Edo State capital
It’s expected that while the bell tolls consistently for Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s imminent exit that the succession storm will readily gathered with higher intensity after nearly eight years in the saddle. As the governor of Edo Sta…Oshiomhole’s legacy lies on his successor
Car hire operators have raised the alarm over security threats at the nation’s airports as a result of the operation of illegal cab operators.
The Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN) said unless the government curbed the activities of illegal cab drivers at the airports, security of p…Airports security under threat, cab operators cry out
By Jide Oluwajuyitan
Last week, in a rehash of ‘rent-a crowd’, an art perfected by Niger Delta wheelers and dealers as leaders when confronted with their betrayals of the poor on whose name they swear, sponsored demonstrating half-naked women who claimed to be “mothers, sisters and aunts to Chief…Oshiomhole vs. Niger Delta vultures
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has signed a Bill establishing the State College of Nursing and Midwifery into law.
The governor also signed into law the Primary HealthCare Development Agency Bill to regulate healthcare.
Governor Oshiomhole
At the ceremony yesterday, Oshiomhole said: “We h…Oshiomhole signs Healthcare Agency Bill into law
THE crisis created by the demise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Kogi State’s governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu, seems to be growing fast.
James Faleke
Audu’s running mate in the November 21 election, James Abiodun Faleke, has declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya Bel…Kogi Election Crisis: I won’t surrender people’s mandate – Faleye tells Odigie-Oyegun
President Buhari’s words vs President Buhari’s actions, according to FFK
An ardent critic, though also being criticized by Nigerians, Chief Femi Fan-Kayode has harshly criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over his action which he said is different from his utterances.
General Buhari
Fani-Kayode …You say you are a democrat? – Fani-Kayode harshly fires Buhari
Kogi State: Faleke rejects APC decision
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has given its Kogi State governorship nomination form to its new candidate, Mr. Yahaya Bello, to fill.
The development may have foreclosed the consideration of any other candidate as the party’s standard bearer.
Bello f…APC gives Kogi governorship form to Yahaya Bello against all odds
ABEOKUTA— Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged the federal, state and local governments to do more in the area of employment.
Olusegun Obasanjo
The former president who spoke at the 10th anniversary and 6th and 7th convocation ceremonies of Tai Solarin University of Education, T…Obasanjo expresses fear over rise in unemployment
Akinjide served as minister of education in the Tafawa Balewa’s cabinet in the First Republic and as minister of Justice and Attorney General in the Second Republic government of President Shagari. Akinjide was a frontline member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN and served as the p…Appointing northerner continuously as FCT minister is not of Nigeria interest
ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress, APC, was last night tethering towards a major crisis over the strong positions of major stakeholders on resolving the problems arising from the death of its candidate in the Kogi State governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu.
The crisis in the party, it w…Kogi Election: Crisis rocking APC deepens
By Reuben Abati
One of the finest persons I have been privileged to know is Odia Ofeimun: the man has a clean heart, he is completely incapable of malice, and in the face of all odds, he has a sunny view of life, add to that his incandescent mind, his absolute brilliance from which has poured…2016: The Man Who Would Be Edo State Governor – Reuben Abati
ABUJA- FOLLOWING the nullification of his election by the Makurdi division of the Court of Appeal and call for a re- run of the poll within 90 days, former Senate President David Mark said yesterday that he will win 100 times if conducted that period of time.
Senate President, David Mark
It…Appeal Court Judgment: I will win 100 times anytime, says Mark
OSOGBO – The Governor of Osun state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has said that states of the federation must look inward for their survival as funds coming to them from the federation account can no longer support their development projects.
Aregbesola
Aregbesola said with Osun’s receipt of N55 million fo…FG has no money to rely on – Aregbesola
The on-going protests in the South-East requires creative handling by the federal government, governors of states that comprise the zone and Igbo leaders of thought to avoid unnecessary escalation of the situation. But the arrogant, insensitive, and threatening comments by a few military…What has changed since Buhari became President
Protests rocked Kogi State, yesterday, following a report that a candidate had been picked by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Saturday’s governorship supplementary election outside Kogi East, dominated by Igala people where the Prince Abubakar Audu, the late candidate of the party, ha…KOGI ELECTION IMPASSE: Protests over Audu’s replacement
Dele Momodu has written a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to as a matter of urgency fix Nigeria saying that Nigerians are lamenting that the change he promised is fast becoming a mirage and that Buhari’s style and methodology appear too slow.
Dele Momodu
He also went further to say …Nigerians are lamenting – Dele Momodu writes Buhari
Information reaching us says over 15 heavily-armed gunmen Saturday night kidnapped 78 year-old Mrs. Mabel Abiante, in her residence at Ngo, headquarters of Andoni local government of Rivers State.
Mrs. Abiante was kidnapped at about 8.50pm while watching television in her sitting room. She had …Gunmen kidnap 78 year-old Mrs. Abiante in Rivers State
The student opened the letter she was clutching in her hands and felt the walls around her crumble.
As Jane Ottah stood outside her departmental office at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, the reality of what she had just read began to gradually sink in.
“What I saw in the l…SHOCKING: Rivers University expels student for having “speech and hearing challenges”
