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Renowned economist and public commentator, Professor Pat Utomi has described Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as a man with a lot of substance who is administering the state methodically and is very sensitive to important things. Utomi, who spoke in an interview with newsmen shortly before delivering a keynote address at the unveiling of […]

A former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who was remanded in prison custody, has been released having perfected his bail conditions.  The Federal Government had arraigned Badeh on a 10-count charge bordering on alleged diversion of about N3.9 billion belonging to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) while he served as Chief […]

An aggrieved observer of the Nigerian Ministry of Sport, Rashidi Balogun has written a petition against the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung for not following due process in hiring two non-Nigerians, Angie Taylor and Eric Campbell. According to the petition addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, in which vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo; the National Assembly; Secretary […]

As fuel scarcity in Nigeria continues to bite very hard, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is to commence immediately, 24-hour surveillance of filling stations in the country to ensure that they comply with government’s directives against black market sales of premium motor spirit, better known as petrol. Alhaji Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, the […]

Former governor of Ogun State and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Aremo Segun Osoba, has finally returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This has confirmed a recent report by www.www.aso.rocks search engine that Osoba and his successor, Gbenga Daniel, were planning to defect to the APC. Osoba had left the party […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted four special committees in preparation for the party’s National Convention and the overall rebuilding and repositioning process. The Committees, which are to be inaugurated on Tuesday 5th April 2016 are the National Convention Committee, Reconciliation Committee, Zoning Committee and the Finance Committee. A statement by the spokesperson of […]

An outlawed group operating from Kebbi State and known as Yansakai, has killed 13 residents of a village in Zamfara State in alleged connivance with the village head. The 13 villagers were killed in Tugbar Wabi, a neighbouring Fulani settlement in Maru Local Government Area, on the evening of March 24 by members of the […]

As the Nigeria Police Force commences its nationwide recruitment, former Commissioner of Police in Rivers State and now an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Joseph Mbu, is appealing to the Federal Government to rehabilitate police colleges. This, he believes, would assist the new recruits in proper training ahead of the challenges they would meet in the […]

Apart from the recent arrest of Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru terrorist group in Lokoja, Kogi State, the Nigerian Army has confirmed that more terrorists have been arrested while other Boko Haram members have also surrendered to the security agencies. The Director Defence information, Brigadier Rabe Abubakar who confirmed this development to PRNigeria, disclosed […]

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2),weekend said it is still awaiting regulatory approval from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) before commencing operations, despite obtaining authorisation from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to commence regional operations at MMA2 as set out in the concession agreement between […]

Tope Aluko, the former PDP Secretary in Ekiti State who went on Channels TV to openly accuse the state governor, Ayo Fayose of rigging the state’s governorship election in 2014 has reconciled with the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose. Aluko and Fayose met at the governor’s house yesterday night where they buried their old grievances.  […]

President Muhammadu  Buhari  has returned to Nigeria, after participating at the 4th edition of Nuclear Security Summit in the United States.   The presidential jet touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at the early hours of Monday.   He was received by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and other prominent […]