Dogara gave PDP strategic House committees — Dhatti-Muhammad
Former Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Garba Dhatti-Muhammad, tells JOHN AMEH that the Peoples Democratic Party was favoured in the distribution of committees by the Speaker,...
View ArticleHouse not for only APC – Namdas
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media/Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, explains to JOHN AMEH that All Progressives Congress lawmakers chair the most important committees in the...
View ArticleAnother strange case of sexual assault
Kaine Agary Some of you may remember the case of former Iowa lawmaker Henry Rayhons, which I reported a few months ago. In that case, the 78-year-old was charged with sexual assault for allegedly...
View ArticlePoor ranking of Nigerian airports
CONSTANTLY living in denial, Nigeria’s aviation authorities have stridently debunked a new report that ranked the country’s leading airports as being among the worst in Africa. In its 2015 survey,...
View ArticleAvoiding ‘cancer’ in processed meat
In this piece, ARUKAINO UMUKORO examines the World Health Organisation’s recent report which linked processed meat to cancer Last week Tuesday, the World Health Organisation, released a report which...
View ArticleSaraki, Dasuki trials like Clinton hearing
Minabere Ibelema Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki, former National Security Adviser Sambo Mohammed Dasuki and US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton may want to have tea together sometime to...
View ArticleCorruption and federalism in Nigeria
Mike Ikhariale One would have thought that whenever a democratically elected government, in pursuit of its mandate, assumes the responsibility to tackle head long a national malaise as serious as...
View ArticleDad watches tennis to relax — Christian Chukwu’s daughter
Adaora is the daughter of former Nigerian football player and national team coach, Christian Chukwu. She talks about her father’s life and career with MOTUNRAYO JOEL Tell us a bit about yourself. My...
View ArticleDealing with emotions from family quarrels
Gloria Ogunbadejo Family quarrels are bitter things…They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough ‘material’– F. Scott Fitzgerald...
View ArticleUsing intellectual property system to harness African creativity
Francis Gurry Poetry must not perish. Because if it does, where will the world’s hope be?” These famous words flowed from the pen of former Senegalese President Leopold Sedar Senghor, just one of...
View ArticleOffiong Edem sets target
Idris Adesina Nigeria table tennis star, Offiong Edem, has said her target is to help her Portuguese club ADC Ponta do Pargo win the league title at the end of the season. The 28-year-old joined ADC...
View ArticleSunshine, Rangers clash in Lagos
Idris Adesina Sunshine Stars will continue their push for a continental slot against Enugu Rangers on Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. It is one of their outstanding matches of the Glo...
View ArticleSouthern Sun holds annual golf tourney
Kazeem Busari The 5th edition of the annual Southern Sun Ikoyi Golf Tournament will hold at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Course on November 11, the management of the hotel has said. The tournament, which held...
View ArticleNaijaBet pays winners
Sports-betting company, Naijabet.com has issued cheques worth N2m to two of their customers, Ayinde Emmanuel and Akin Oluwagbenga, who won N1.4m and N600,000 respectively at the sports betting company....
View ArticleChile 2015: Dosu warns Eaglets over Mexico
Idris Adesina With Nigeria set to play Mexico in one of the semi-final matches of the Chile 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup on Thursday, former Nigeria goalkeeper, Joseph Dosu, has warned the team to...
View ArticleOsun plans land use charge law to boost revenue
Femi Makinde The Osun State Government has sent a Land Use Charge bill to the state House of Assembly for passage into law. The Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori, said at the public...
View ArticleEFCC files fresh money laundering charges against Oronsaye
Ade Adesomoju The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fresh money laundering charges before a Federal High Court in Abuja against a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen...
View Article12 alleged drug traffickers killed by Colombian military
At least 12 alleged drug traffickers were killed and five camps destroyed early Tuesday in what is called “the first direct bombing of a criminal ring” conducted by Colombian Air Force. The offensive,...
View ArticleRussia, US planes in safety test over Syria
US and Russian aircraft have conducted communication tests over Syria, US officials said, in tentative signs the powers are working together ahead of UN talks aimed at ending the war. Russian officials...
View ArticleOgbulafor, Nwaka hail Abia tribunal judgment
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Vincent Ogbulafor, has hailed the judgment of the Abia Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which upheld Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s...
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