Melaye recall bid fails as INEC releases verification results
Leke Baiyewu, Gbenga Odogun with agency report The bid to recall Senator Dino Melaye from the Senate has finally crashed as only 5.34 per cent of the total 188,500 signatories to his recall petition...
View ArticlePresidency upbeat as Buhari meets Trump today
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency was very upbeat on Sunday as President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in the United States of America ahead of his scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump. The...
View ArticleHerdsmen killings’ll be over soon, says Aregbesola
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said the persistent killings by herdsmen in the country will be over in some few weeks to come. Aregbesola said this in Osogbo on...
View ArticleAnother $202m belonging to NIA missing, says Reps panel
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has said that another $202m belonging to the National Intelligence Agency is unaccounted for and must be...
View ArticleObasanjo coalition slams Buhari for campaigning despite killings
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for campaigning in different parts of the country despite...
View ArticleDoctors, health workers can’t receive equal pay – FG
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Health has told health workers who are currently on strike that their demand for the same pay as doctors is unrealistic and unacceptable. The Minister of...
View ArticleCrisis persists in NASENI over delayed appointment
Niyi Odebode and Everest Amaefule The crisis in the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure over the delay in appointing the substantive Executive Vice-Chairman of the agency...
View ArticlePDP, Ekweremadu lament as explosion rocks Ohanaeze President’s house
Ihuoma Chiedozie and Leke Baiyewu The country home of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, was on Sunday rocked by an explosion which is believed to have been caused by an...
View ArticleProtecting your personal information on social media
Facebook’s data scandal has made some people nervous about staying on the social network. It seems every other week there’s a new data breach, hack or security issue. It is no surprise that it makes...
View ArticleAgain, bandits attack Kaduna village, kill 14 miners
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some bandits, on Saturday, reportedly raided a mining site at Janruwa Village, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing 14 miners and injuring many others....
View ArticleThugs disrupt APC meeting in Kaduna
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Suspected thugs on Sunday disrupted a gathering of some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress loyal to Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, representing the Kaduna North Senatorial...
View ArticleKillings: Nigeria experiencing ethic cleansing, says Soyinka
Gbenga Adeniji Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria is on a terminal nose-dive and that its pilot, who he noted is missing, must cry for international help as many had advised. Soyinka,...
View ArticlePope decries attack on Nigerian church as Christians protest killings
Pope Francis on Sunday decried an attack on a church in Nigeria during which two priests and other worshippers were killed. Associated Press reports that the pontiff spoke on Nigeria during his remarks...
View ArticleTowards redeeming Nigeria’s education system
Wole Adejumo “We all detest problems, but problems are the reason for every improvement we make” – John Hagee Being part of the 80th Anniversary Planning Committee of my alma mater, one of the most...
View ArticleHolidays for PVC
Bob Etemiku, Benin City, Edo State, majirioghene@aneej.org: I write to request the authorities to declare a week’s holiday to enable Nigerians go get their Permanent Voter Cards. Many Nigerians are...
View Article‘LASG paid out N254.7m as aid’
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government says it has given out over N254.7m as aid to 2,046 indigent residents of the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Mr. Benjamin...
View ArticleGovt, firms funding security in Lagos – LSSTF
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) has said the peaceful atmosphere and security being enjoyed in the state can be largely attributed to the support given to security agencies...
View ArticleAssailants kill, dump civil servant’s corpse inside well
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar SOME unidentified assailants have reportedly killed and dumped the corpse of a civil servant in Cross River State, Mr. Ndifon Ntui, in a well. The assailants said to have taken...
View ArticleAbia students protest killing of colleague
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A 400-level student of Agricultural Economics at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Obinna Chiaha, was reportedly killed by a commercial...
View ArticleSuspected Imo kidnap kingpin arrested in students’ hostel
Chidiebube Okeoma,Owerri A suspected notorious kidnapper and armed robber, Godwin Onyebuchi, also known as Papa G, has been nabbed by the operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo...
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