Delta Denies Paying N500m Ransom for Clark’s Son’s Release
The Delta State Government has denied involvement in paying any money as ransom for the release Mr. Ebikeme Clark, son of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, who was kidnapped and...
Ado Ekiti: Remaking of a State Capital
Akinbami Faloye writes that the administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi is leaving no stone unturned to making Ado-Ekiti a quintessential state capital Prince Aderemi Fasiku was in Ado,...
2015: Jonathan must get to destination —Tukur
ABUJA — Erstwhile National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, declared yesterday that those opposed to President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election for second term in 2015 will fail, saying...
2015: PDP pleads with Gov Lamido to stay in party, back Jonathan
After many months of staying away from the fold of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, yesterday, staged a major reintegration with his party by hosting...
Anyansi-Agwu backs Osaze for World Cup
A member of the Nigeria Football Federation Technical Committee, Felix Anyansi-Agwu has openly thrown his weight behind the return of ostracized Super Eagles players but conceded that the coach has...
Lamido Adamawa’s condition for 100% resource control: We ‘ll take ownership of Abuja lands and you ‘ll pay rent
LESS than two weeks after his comment that he would lead his people to join the Republic of Cameroon if Nigeria disintegrates generated furore in the polity, the Lamido of...
5 soldiers, scores of terrorists killed in Boko Haram ambush
ABUJA—Following continued air and land strikes on Boko Haram terrorists in the hills and forests of the North-East, an officer of the Nigerian Army and four soldiers have been killed...
Endless agony, as power network collapses
LAGOS—Nigeria’s Power situation has in the last couple of weeks attained a worrisome dimension, raising questions on the country’s recent emergence as the 26th biggest economy in the world. Electricity...
Zamfara killings: Reps query NSA, IGP, Defence Minister
ABUJA — Members of the House of Representatives, yesterday ,mandated its committee on security to invite the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, the Minister of Defence, General...
Fatal virus in Ghana was not Ebola
Blood tests have shown that a 12-year-old girl in Ghana who died of viral fever with bleeding did not have Ebola, Health Minister Sherry Ayittey said on Monday. The girl...