By SOC Okenwa… Late last December 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari appointed some chairmen and members of boards of government agencies and parastatals. In total about 209...
Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has stated that “Fulani do not carry arms”, in rejecting the call for the designation of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the period for the free e-dividend registration exercise till February 28, 2018 to encourage more shareholders to mandate their...
After three successive bullish trading sessions that saw equities net N712 billion in capital gains, investors in Nigerian equities turned around on Thursday to monetise the...
As part of efforts to bring to an end the herdsmen killings in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is now chairing a committee comprising of...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has stated that it was unlikely for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rule the country for 16 years...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the Thursday judgment of the Abuja High Court which upheld the September 20, 2017 proscription and tagging of the Indigenous Peoples of...
The Senate, on Thursday, indicted the Presidency, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, for violating the constitution and other laws of the land,...
Samsung Electronics says Nigeria is not ideal for setting up its manufacturing plant. Sung Yoon, the Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics Africa, made this known...
Following the wanton killings in some states of the federation, especially the Middle Belt states, Kwara State government has directed the state Police Command to intensify...
Despite the efforts of Governor Ayodele Fayose in promulgating the anti-open grazing law, local hunters and vigilante groups to guide against herdsmen attacking citizens of his...
The hopes of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to reverse the court’s order proscribing it and designating it a terrorist group was on Thursday dashed...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that the Nigeria Police Public Relation Officer, Jimoh Moshood, has now become the spokesman of the killer herdsmen in...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, has suggested that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience is the person sponsoring the militants group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)....
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been warned against tinkering with the idea of apportioning land in Kogi State for the Federal Government to build cattle...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria, have maintained the 51st spot in the FIFA/ Coca-Cola World Rankings, according to the January edition released on Thursday. The team,...
The mouths of babes speak truths that the hoary and the wise dare not utter. This may be an unusual way to begin an address on...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai is having sleepless nights over the high incidence of teenage pregnancies in Kaduna state. This adds to his headache over unqualified teachers in...
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that his administration will support the Federal Government in ensuring success of exploration activities in the Sokoto Basin. According to...
The European Union (EU) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently increase efforts to bring violent bloodshed by herdsmen to an end and also defend...
A professor of the Faculty of Humanities, Northwest University, Kano State, has described the Fulanis as unbeatable and said that Benue State belongs to them by...
Paul Unongo has resigned his position as the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). He said that the decision was to afford himself the opportunity...
The Federal Government has hinted of ending the Presidential Amnesty programme in the oil region of Niger Delta, saying that the programme has achieved peace and...
Asian giants, China has approved the plan of building the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope – a facility that would ‘listen’ to cosmic sounds and...
Following rampant killings in some states of the federation by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has called on the nomads to immediately...
Southern leaders and their Middle Belt counterparts on Wednesday threw their weight behind Governor Samuel Ortom prohibition of open grazing in Benue State. They also called...
Nigeria is now “more divided than it had ever been,” former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said in an exclusive interview with The Guardian....
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim is fighting to keep his integrity after being accused of collecting N575m for special service....
THE House of Representatives Committee on Customs, yesterday, unearthed companies alleged to have been defaulting and abusing waivers since 2010. This was revealed when some of...
Barely six weeks after Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State established the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment headed by his sister, Ogechi Ololo, the ministry...
There are strong indications that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission may have abandoned the downward review of salaries and remuneration of political office holders,...
Tragedy struck in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos yesterday when a bus conductor identified as Toheeb Olayiwola who was in a vehicle loaded with smuggled rice...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has revealed that the decision by the United States to cut funds to the organization has sparked its...
Unlike some of his colleagues and many other Nigerians opposed to the plan by Federal Government to establish cattle colonies across the country, Kogi State Governor...
Nigerian equities continued their mouth-watering rally on Wednesday with a net capital gain of N297 billion within five hours of trading, pushing the aggregate market value...
The Federal Government has approved a new framework geared towards expanding the 33KVA and 11KVA electricity transmission lines in the country. The framework will ensure distribution...
By Churchill Okonkwo…. Over the years, I have realized that distressing about environmental issues in Nigeria is “a lonely exercise in abstract worry.” Yet, I am...
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has confirmed the shocking revelation that the works ministry did not execute a single capital project in 2017....
At least 12 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a suicide bomb exploded around Muna Garage area of Maiduguri, the Borno State...
Fresh attacks in Benue State communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen is said to have left no less than six more people dead. The attacks as gathered...
More protests are expected to erupt in the West Bank region after an Israeli court ordered the continued detention of 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamini and...
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has called on the Federal Government to brace up for a doomed 2018 saying it wants the oil region to be...
Two policemen were on Wednesday killed and two foreigners, an American, and a Canadian, kidnapped in Kaduna State by unknown gunmen. The incident which has been...
The Federal High Court in Abuja was on Wednesday told that the two companies’ accounts of Jide Omokore, had been closed down sequel to “a worldwide...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a trust fund for victims of attacks by herdsmen, saying that such will...
A Senator from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Isah Misau, who represents Bauchi Central senatorial district at the Senate, has alleged that cabals in the...
Senator Kabiru Marafa, chairman of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), on Wednesday told his colleagues that the Federal Government has so far paid N450...
There was an uproar on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, when Senator Sunday Ogbuoji rescinded his earlier decision to defect to the ruling All...
Why are Yoruba ladies so cocky superficially but graceful inside? It is confidence! Be sure of yourself before even asking one for a date. Yoruba men...
A High Court in Abuja has been told of how two top shots of the Federal Ministry of Works, who were working in the Anti-Corruption and...