Reports

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has suggested that violence and insecurity in Nigeria and other countries may have stemmed from frustration among the people as well as the refusal of those privileged to allow others to be heard. Playing host to the Assistant Secretary of the United States Department Bureau of Conflict Stabilisation Operations […]

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have slammed the Coordinating Minister of Education, Nyelsom Wike, for spreading falsehood about the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the bodies, saying his lies were aimed at turning Nigerians against the unions. The two unions, who spoke on their plights […]

I have a cloud of sadness within me as I speak.  It has to do with an absence, a non-event which, both as a product in itself and as the product’s fate, could easily stand – among similar testimonies – as symbolic of the mission of this gathering, and a number of others like it, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to cancel the political rally being planned for him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, scheduled for Tuesday, saying the president cannot and should not be celebrating when over 200 school girls are missing. APC issued the caution in a statement issued […]

  Former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of APC, Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu has expressed  fears over the fairness of the forthcoming general elections in 2015, saying excessive love of power may serve as the bane of the exercise. Tinubu made the disclosure while delivering a speech at his investiture as Chancellor of Ladoke […]

Lagos State Government has disclosed that its ministries, agencies and parastatals have a total of 1,197 cases in court, saying the state Ministry of justice was currently handling the cases for the government. The government also said it is  currently prosecuting 950 criminal cases in different courts across the state and Nigeria. The disclosure was […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a resident of Kano State, Usman Salis, before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and forgery. The accused person was said to have induced one Alhaji Jibrin Umar to part with […]

National Conference Chairman and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, GCON, has announced a change of venue for some of the standing committees, as deliberations at the committee level begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. While Committees One to Ten will hold their sessions at the National Judicial Institute, Committees 11 to […]

Following Sunday’s attack where a five-year-old girl was burnt to death, Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has ordered that the 200 students currently in Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yana, should be evacuated from the premises. Alhaji Ibrahim Aminu, the state’s commissioner for education, explained to journalist on Monday that the students were moved […]

Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram on Sunday attacked Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) in Yana, Bauchi State. An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent said suspected gunmen set ablaze some houses in the staff quarters of the school, charring a five-year old girl to death. Bauchi State Police Spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, in his Easter message, has appealed to Nigerians to support the country’s military force and other security agencies that are making efforts to curb terrorism and other such challenges facing the country. He said only through such support would these security forces effectively rid the country of insecurity. Jonathan also urged Nigerians […]

As part of his Easter message to Nigerians, Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, has encouraged Nigerian leaders to be more sacrificing in the way they serve the country. Delivering the message on Saturday, Tinubu pointed out that there would never have been any celebration as Easter if Jesus had not died […]