Ijaw Youths Urge FG to Punish Boko Haram Members, Sponsors
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has asked the federal government to take drastic action against members of the Boko Haram terrorist group and their sponsors. The IYC in a statement...
NIGERIA: Conference Releases List of Committees, Membership
NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014 CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT SECRETARIAT 1. COMMITTEE ON DEVOLUTION OF POWER S/No. DELEGATE 1. ADEBANJO, Chief Ayo 2. ADEDEJI, Chief (Barrister) Gbadegesin 3. ADEFUYE, Senator Anthony 4. AKINTOLA, Chief Adeniyi SAN...
NIGERIA: APC’s Body Language, Utterances Promote Insurgency, PDP Insists
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated its calls on Nigerians to stand up and resist unpatriotic elements whose actions and utterances have continued to fuel insurgency in the country....
NIGERIA: FCT to Install Bomb Detectors in Buses, Motor Parks, Says Minister
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration is to collaborate with the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to provide security at motor parks and public places in the territory....
Bomb scare at National Assembly
ABUJA-BARELY 24 hours after the Nyanya bomb blast, there was pandemonium Tuesday at the National Assembly as staff abandoned their duty posts as early as 1.30pm to avoid being killed...
A nation without defined property rights will continue to be at war with itself
The challenge facing Nigeria today is not being tackled at the roots. It seems the symptoms are what those in position of authority are chasing after. It is like chasing...
Islamists abduct ‘many’ schoolgirls in Borno
MAIDUGURI (Codewit) – Heavily armed Islamist gunmen kidnapped a group of girls from a secondary school in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state and torched the surrounding town, a local official and...
The hype of GDP revaluation and matters arising
In the aftermath of the announcement that Nigeria’s current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had risen to $510bn, the question on the street was simply, that of, whether or not food...
Pipeline vandalism: Absence of accused stalls hearing
Hearing in a case of alleged petroleum pipeline vandalism, brought before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, failed to hold on Tuesday, due to the absence of the accused....
Tambuwal visits Nyanya bomb blast victims
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday visited victims of the Monday bomb blast at the National Hospital, Abuja. It would be recalled that on...