Month: May 2014

PORT HARCOURT – ABOUT ten persons were feared dead in the early hours of yesterday in a petrol fire explosion at a creek close to the NNPC jetty in Okrika,...

ABUJA — The arrest of Sadiq Aminu Ogwuche, mastermind of Nyanya bomb blast, was made possible through on-going collaboration of Nigeria and Sudan’s intelligence community, Sudanese High Commissioner to Nigeria,...

A suspected car bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, witnesses said.   The blast on a busy road lined with...

ABEOKUTA—Almost three years after he left office as governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, weekend, took on his successor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.   But Governor Amosun, in a reply...

Mr Mike Omeri is the coordinator of the National Crisis Information Management Centre, the Federal Government’s clearing house for information on the ongoing war against the Insurgency fueled by the...

IBADAN—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State yesterday, said the activities of Boko Haram had made President Goodkuck Jonathan a victim of circumstances. Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation  Committee of the...

The move by the  National Pension Commission, PenCom, to transfer the N305 billion Police pension fund to the  proposed NPF Pensions Limited has continued to generate criticism as financial analysts...

ABUJA—As the National Conference begins the consideration of the reports turned in by its 20 committees, intensive lobbying has begun with a view to influencing its outcome in favour of...

LAGOS—AS the race for the successor of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State thickens within All Progressives Congress, APC, indications emerged weekend that the plan to pick former state’s Accountant...