Category: Nigeria News

THERE is a paradox governments have built around education — they are spending billions of Naira on education, yet the financial issues around education are not being resolved. The Academic...

The New Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has sent an emissary to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, seeking postponement of the reconciliation meeting billed...

ABUJA — THE Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday examined the 53 years of Nigeria’s independence and came up with a verdict that Nigeria as a nation was...

When the Chief Justice of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Philips, freed 233 inmates from the Kirikiri Prison, in September 2012, she urged them to go and sin no more. However,...

Other than the usual congratulations, platitudes, expressions of joy and offerings of thanks to God I believe that as we celebrate our nation’s 53rd independence anniversary it is time for...

PORT HARCOURT— RESIDENTS of Kokori in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, fled the community in large numbers over fear of arrest and harassment by soldiers deployed...

PORT HARCOURT— GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi of  Rivers State has again lashed out at some of the alleged actions of the Police in the state, describing them as an attempt by...

Gusau — Governor Abdulazez Yari of ZamfaraState said in Gusau, Monday, that gunmen killed 160 people and abducted 10 married women in different villages of the state in the last...

The last time I really and truly enjoyed and celebrated Nigeria's Independence was in 1970 (our 10th Independence Anniversary). The country was at war within itself then (The Biafran Civil...

Just as the nation celebrated her independence, there were certain incidents which happened on that same day. Among the incidents,  was an unfortunate case for the road side traders of...