Month: June 2014

 Following rising insecurity in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has suspended the scheme in the three North-eastern states, stating that any corps member who...

 One of the organisers of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday went for the jugular of those seemingly opposing the group’s efforts. This is coming on the heels of...

 Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of plotting to eliminate him, in a fresh twist to a longstanding row between the two leaders. Kwankwaso in an ...

 No fewer than 4,000 projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) worth trillions of naira scattered across the region have been abandoned, the commission’s chairman, Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw disclosed...

 President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday swore in his new Political Adviser, Prof. Rufai Alkali. Jonathan charged him to be mindful of provocative utterances capable of undermining the peace and unity of...

 The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Yola, Adamawa State, has advised the Adamawa and Yobe State Governments to close down all television viewing centres in their states...

 The Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, warned that if members of the Boko Haram sect are allowed to overrun the north-eastern part of the country, they will seek to...

 A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja, has held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) lacked the powers to prevent or stop rallies or possessions held...

 There was confusion in some parts of the north yesterday when radio listeners of the BBC and VOA Hausa Services were unable to tune to either of the stations forcing...