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The Federal Government on Tuesday directed all public and private primary and secondary schools not to resume till 13th October. The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, gave the directive when he briefed newsmen after a meeting with Commissioners for Education in Abuja, saying,  the minister and all commissioners met today,26th August, to discuss issues […]

Disturbed by reports that 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroonian territories following fierce fighting from heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents, the Military authorities have said on Monday that the soldiers were manoeuvring. In a statement posted on Defence Headquarters website, the authorities said the troops found in Cameroun had to make the move as […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigeria may be able to organise truly free, fair, credible and transparent elections in the nearest future if the recent comments by INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega reflect the thinking of the electoral commission. In a statement issued in by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Monday, […]

The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced the appointment of Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N. as Chairman, succeeding Ambassador Joe Keshi. Mr. Elumelu is Chairman/CEO of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company, founded by Mr. Elumelu in 2010, which holds stakes in a number of leading African businesses, including Transcorp […]

… Commends government’s Response The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has warned the federal government against closing its borders and grounding flights to neighbouring West African countries following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, describing it as unjustifiable. The organisation commended the federal government for its response to the Ebola […]

Nigeria has recorded the first two cases of Ebola Virus Disease in secondary contacts of the index case, the Liberian-American, the health authorities have said. According to a press statement from the office of the Health Minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, the two patients are spouses of primary contacts of the Liberian-American who flew the disease […]

    1.Mr Chairman, very distinguished delegates, it is with all gladness that I address you this day. After nearly five months endeavour to find the appropriate verb for the noun of our country within the syntax of human experience, you have brought to a grateful Nation, the report of the 2014 National Conference.

Penultimate friday, Security experts, Nigerians and friends of Nigeria gathered at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute of Advance Study to discuss Nigeria’s security challenges and proffer solutions. In attendance were Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, Prof. Ade Adefuyi, Prof. Robert Rotberg, Prof. Nimi Wariboko, Prof. Okey Ndibe, Prof. Max Abrahms and Emmanuel Emeke Asiwe, editor-in-chief www.www.aso.rocks search engine and Pastor, […]Read More

The headquarters of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in Wuse Zone 7 District, Abuja been razed by fire. The cause of the fire which was still on at the time of this report, is yet to be known, but it has spread to the offices of the President, Secretary General and the accounts department. The […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday strongly warned the Department of State Security (DSS) against its alleged plan — at the behest of some politicians — to arrest its Chairman in Borno State, Hon. Ali Abubakar Dalori, on trumped-up charges, saying it is capable of precipitating a crisis in an already-volatile environment. In a […]

Medical doctors in Lagos on Monday took to the streets in protest against the sack of their over 16,000 striking colleagues by the Federal Government. The resident doctors, clad in their white overall brandished placards carrying various inscriptions including “Poor Chukwu you are a disgrace”, “Sack Boko Haram Not Doctors”, “Resident Doctors Have Been Volunteering […]Read More

Security operatives on Monday arrested a young man suspected to have been sent by the Boko Haram group of insurgents to bomb the Centre x unit of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency along the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspects, with some forms of disability, had evoked suspicion with his presence at the particular […]