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…Calls for Prompt Approval to Rebuild The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has cried out that churches are the major targets of Boko Haram insurgents, pointing out that over 750 churches have so far been burnt by the Islamic extremist group. The group expressed its concern on Thursday at an emergency meeting of its National […]

The opening ceremony organizers displayed the wrong flag while announcing Nigeria on Thursday. Instead of Nigeria’s flag, it projected an image of Niger’s flag onto the globe at midfield during the ceremony.  Twitter user Cameron Laws pointed out the blunder. Nigeria’s flag features three vertical stripes, with a white stripe sandwiched between two green stripes. […]Read More

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday called for mass participation of all eligible voters in the country in the coming general elections saying it is the only way to keep the spirit of June 12 alive. Speaking at the LTV Blue Roof Multi-purpose Hall, Agidingbi, venue of this year’s anniversary of the June […]

Collaboration between political parties is a veritable instrument for democratic consolidation and national stability, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega has said. Jega made the assertion at the All Nigeria Political Parties and Political Stakeholders Summit on Thursday at held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja. In a keynote address titled “Interparty Collaboration, […]

Many football fans in Adamawa State would be deprived of the Brazil 2014 World Cup action, as the state authorities have ordered the closure of all venues planning to screen live coverage of the football World Cup. The announcement was made on Thursday, obviously because of the current security challenges in Nigeria. The state authorities […]

Kidnappers suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sects have demanded 800 heads of cattle as ransom for the 20 women they abducted earlier this week, a local vigilante group leader has revealed. The women were seized near the town of Chibok,Borno State, where more than 200 girls are still in the sects […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Wednesday afternoon approved a cut of between 34 to 60 percent in the tuition of the Lagos State University (LASU). The reduction is coming after the students engaged the institution and the government in a persistent protest that lasted many days. The students had on Tuesday again beaten the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised alarm over the desperation of the PDP-led Federal Government to capture Ekiti State at all cost, saying the ongoing clampdown on the national media is part of a grand strategy to silence Nigerians ahead of the satanic plan to thwart the will of the people of Ekiti and […]

  The ongoing harassment of newspaper vendors which includes seizure of newspapers,  arrest of circulation drivers of several newspaper publishing companies as well as depriving the reading public access to information by operatives of the Nigerian military and other security agencies  is absolutely unacceptable and clearly out of place in any democratic society. The military […]

Military clampdown on the media is a sad reminder of dark military dictatorship days, Lagos State House of Assembly has said. Hon. Moshood Oshun, representing Lagos Mainland Constituency 2, raised the issue on Tuesday, at House’s plenary, under “Matters of Urgent Public Importance”. He expressed bitterness over the recent attack on some vendors, condemning the […]

The Lagos Government House and its adjoining environment were a temporary jungle on Tuesday afternoon, protesting students of the Lagos State University (LASU) turning the premises to a battle arena with the state security forces. Signs of a security issue became eminent when armed officials of the State Rapid Response stationed vehicles at the two […]

Following the disruption of All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ado Ekiti and unruly behaviour of a police officer towards Kayode Fayemi , the state governor on Sunday, federal lawmakers from Ekiti State APC have demanded for the removal of the state Mopol Commander, Gabriel Selenkere  who led the assault. Led by Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, […]