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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Peoples Democratic Party’s  reference to the recently unveiled APC roadmap as a product of “Janjaweed Ideology” is a thinly-veiled religious blackmail, which is in furtherance of PDP’s ongoing campaign to pigeon-hole the APC as an Islamic party, rather than engage in an informed critique of the roadmap. […]

Nigerians can easily recall the last nationwide fuel subsidy strike embarked upon to protest against fuel subsidy increment by the federal government which was abruptly terminated by the devastating January 20, 2012, Boko Haram terrorist attack in Kano. Many will remember how the attack succeeded in diverting our attention away from the burning issue of […]

In a bid to restore normalcy to the nation’s fuel supply and distribution matrix currently challenged by scarcity of petrol, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke at the weekend embarked on intensive monitoring of fuel depots and stations across Lagos. Beginning from Saturday afternoon at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja upon her arrival from […]

Civil rights organisation, the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) on Sunday implored the Federal Government to investigate the $20 billion that suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi claimed was not remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The group also stated its plans to organise a protest […]

Reports that 13 students collapsed at Ogba Junior Secondary School in Lagos after inhaling a gaseous emission at the school premises are alarming and worrisome. It is equally unacceptable that the incident occurred five months after 25 students in the same school fainted after inhaling a similar emission, whose exact cause and origin the Lagos […]

Until you hear the Scotsman play the bagpipes in the early morning mist of the Scottish highlands, you have heard nothing. Until you hear the Irish maiden sing ”O Danny Boy” on the lush green fields of the Emerald Isle, you know nothing. Until you hear the Welshman sing ”Men of Harlech” in the beautiful […]

Vigilant security personnel at the Lion Building of the Enugu State Government House on Saturday repelled an attack by unknown thugs who struck very early in the morning. One of the thugs was shot dead while three others were arrested. Witnesses said the tragedy would have been worse, were the assailants in possession of guns. […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu has not given up on the return of the five former governors of the party who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the north-central solidarity and unity rally of the ruling party in Minna, Niger State, Mu’azu begged the governors to […]

God made us exactly like him (in his image and likeness), to be his companion and eternal associate; and conversation is a common phenomenon amongst companions. Prayer is simply conversation or dialogue with God. It is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with God. Prayer was an integral part of Jesus’ Life […]

The government of Lagos State has denied owing former Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele any of her entitlements as a former Number Two citizen of the state. The government accused the former deputy governor of throwing up allegations that her entitlements were withheld just because she wanted to win the sentiments of […]

Despite the renewed onslaught of terrorists in the North-East against civilians, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1,910 corps members to Borno and Gombe States, for the 2014 batch ‘A’ Orientation Course to be hosted in Gombe State. According to Head of the Public Relations Unit of the NYSC in Gombe, Miss Margaret […]

Officials of the Nigeria Navy on Friday rescued three Indian expatriates kidnapped in Bayelsa State where they work for C F Offshore. Kidnapped since 5th March 2014, they were rescued from a hideout in Ajudaigbo, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, where they have been kept since their abduction. The news is coming […]