Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central has taken a swipe at governors over consistent trips out of their states. This is coming at a time when the All Progressives Congress governors paid President Muhammadu Buhari a visit in Daura on friday [...]
APC leaders to meet Buhari in Daura: President Muhammadu Buhari will Saturday afternoon meet All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains at his country home in Daura, Katsina State. Among those expected are APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Others are current [...]
Imam Imam, spokesman to Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has revealed identity of those behind killings in Zamfara state. Imam, in series of tweets on Twitter, poured out his heart over the recurring attacks in the state. Imam lamented that [...]
February 17, 2018
Societal issues
The former NURTW Chairman was arrested on Thursday while Ade Lawyer was arrested on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo State, by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. The two men were arrested for the murder of Ganiyu Ayinla, [...]
Here's a friendly reminder from Quartz Africa that things aren't always the way they seem: Feature phones [aka dumb phones] are making a comeback in Africa. But in truth, they never really went away. The market share of feature phones [...]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has given insight on why he is supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in 2019. The governor said his decision was not for his political gain but because Buhari remained the best candidate [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the bill to establish Peace Corps which was transmitted to him last year. According to Vanguard, Buhari has refused to append his signature to the NPC Establishment Bill, which was officially sent to [...]
A Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Center For Initiative and Development (CFID), has donated working implements, worth millions of naira, to women presently taking refuge in the various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Taraba State. The tools include sewing machines, rice [...]
The Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Ben Nwoye, has attributed his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to a petition accusing him of diverting the sum of N20.4m belonging to the party by [...]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified peace and stable security as the panacea for the country’s development and progress.Obasanjo said this yesterday during a visit to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to inaugurate completed projects of the Governor Seriake Dickson [...]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has assured that next year’s general elections budget would be concluded next week. Yakubu also expressed dissatisfaction over underage voting at the just-concluded council poll in Kano State, saying [...]
The NAF has clarified misconceptions about the Tsaigumi UAV, a drone launched by President Buhari on Thursday, February 15, 2018. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reacted to claims in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari had inducted an Unmanned [...]
PDP claps back, says Buhari’s government is swimming in an ocean of corruption. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is swimming in an ocean of corruption. Spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said this while reacting [...]
The underage voting in Kano controversial photos were said to have been taken during the local government election in Kano State. The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) is set to probe the underage voting in Kano state. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu on Friday, February [...]
Amaechi says the PDP is hungry for money and not power. The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi says corruption would return automatically if the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) returns to power. Speaking to Pulse correspondent and other journalists in Abuja on Thursday, February [...]
With the uncertainty that hangs around the air with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, the lives of Nigerians in America could come to an end. It’s months to the Christmas of 2017 but for Oluwatoyosi Bankole*, a chemical [...]
February 17, 2018
International