NIGERIA: Obi Presents N100m to the Army
Satisfied with the level of work carried out by army engineers in the reconstruction of internal roads within the Barracks at Onitsha, Governor Peter Obi yesterday presented another cheque of...
NIGERIA: ACF Flays Members’ Support for Jonathan’s Re-election
The seeming crack within the northern socio-cultural organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), came to the open Thursday, when the chairman of the forum, Alhaji Aliko Mohammed, openly expressed disappointment...
Anti Climax at PDP NEC: Tukur Not Discussed
It was an anti climax Thursday at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended without any single word of opposition against the national chairman,...
NIGERIA: Jang Berates Kwankwaso, Calls Him Enemy of North
The Plateau State government has described the revelations by the Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in which he said he deliberately set up his Plateau State counterpart, Governor Jonah Jang...
NIGERIA: ACF Accuses Presidency of Dividing North
The seeming cracks within the northern socio cultural organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) came to the fore Thursday when the chairman of the forum, Alhaji Aliko Mohammed openly expressed...
NIGERIA: Scheming for APC Party Positions Heats Up
With the distribution of the leadership positions of the budding All Progressives Congress (APC) among its constituent parties, the jockeying for the leadership of the coalition of the nation’s opposition...
Nigeria First Lady Kicks off Re-election Campaign for Jonathan
The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has used her stay in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital to seek the support of traditional rulers for President Goodluck Jonathan in his...
NIGERIA: FG Files Fresh Charges against Lebanese
The federal government has filed a fresh six-count charge against three Lebanese - Abdullahi Thaini, Mustapha Fawaz and Tahal Roda - being held over alleged terrorism activities. Counsel to the...
NIGERIA: Why Nasarawa Elites Are against Me – Al’Makura
Governor Umaru Tanko Al’Makura of Nasarawa State has alleged that he has been having a running battle with some of the elites in the state in the last two years...
NIGERIA: Domesticate Child Rights Act; UNICEF Charges Governors
The Country Representatives of the United Nations’ Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Jean Gough, has called on state Governments to hasten the domestication of the Child Rights Act. Speaking yesterday...