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The Department of State Services (DSS) has watched with keen interest the disturbing trend desperate and mischievous elements have tended to steer the ship of our nationhood to calamity and irretrievable destruction. Only recently, the Arewa Youths in a press statement called for the relocation of the Igbos from the North. Unfortunately, this development has […]

It has been revealed that attempts to undermine the authorities of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo by some ministers and government officials have been vehemently countered by President Muhammadu Buhari, even from medical vacation.  It was gathered that attempts by such officials to see him secretly with documents has also been blocked. According to impeccable sources […]

Two prominent members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in Abuja on Saturday faulted the government’s handling of the anti-corruption war. The Chairman of the committee, Prof. Itse Sagay, said the President and his team must be innovative in the way they go about prosecuting the war against corruption. Sagay made the comment […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has enjoined the adherents of the two major religions in Nigeria to imbibe the spirit of harmony and tolerance in order to strengthen the bond of unity across the country.  The Minister made the call in his hometown of Oro, Kwara State, on Saturday at the […]

The lingering political feud between Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial district at the National Assembly and Governor Yahaya Bello may have re-echoed the time-tested cliché that in politics “there are no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests.” Daily Trust on Sunday digs into the origin of the titanic battle that is now […]

Efforts by the Lagos State Government to curb the activities of land grabbers popularly known as Omo onile received a massive boost on Thursday as the Special Task Force on Land Grabbing set by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode arrested one Kamorudeen Lamina alias Sir K Oluwo, a notorious Omo onile kingpin, who has been terrorising […]

The European Union (EU) Commission on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, announced a support package of €143 million to help the early recovery and reconstruction needs in the North East of Nigeria. The package is for the provision of basic services including energy, education and health, job creation, strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems as well as […]

The All Progressives Congress in Bebeji local government area of Kano state has expelled the suspended House of Representatives member, Alhaji Abdulmumini Jibrin from the party over alleged anti party activities. In a prompt response, the lawmaker debunked the expulsion, saying it was done by unauthorised persons. Jibrin said the person who addressed the news […]

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has approved a major re-organisation of the upper echelons of the Nigerian Navy. In a major posting of senior officers, 21 Rear Admirals were affected. The new Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command is Rear Admiral SAG Abbah, formerly Navy Secretary while Rear Admiral VO […]

A civil liberty organisation, Movement of the People of Nigeria, on Wednesday alleged that the persons behind the lawsuit against personnel of Nigerian military authorities in the United States, were not Nigerians “but terrorists and extremists.” The group, which demanded an investigation of their real identities, however promised to raise its own team of lawyers to confront […]Read More

The reconstitution of the grazing reserve management committee, was in the interest of all and not intended to harm anyone or group, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said on Wednesday. The governor who assured all its citizens, especially those from the Eastern Senatorial Zone that no Bill has been sent to Kogi State House of Assembly in that […]Read More

SunTrust Bank has debunked the claim that the bank failed to pay some staff of the National Assembly who protested non-payment of their salaries on Tuesday. It would be recalled that the protest by legislative aides was triggered by the death of Hassan Abiodun, an aide to the Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Suleiman as they blamed […]