Reports

As part of efforts of the Borno State Government to curtail violence in the state through investment in education, the government on Monday paid over N270 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) as fees for 33, 000 students writing the 2012/2013 examination. Borno State Commissioner for Education, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the reported plot to abduct, blackmail and force Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi to resign from office, calling it the last desperate act of those who are bent on getting rid of the governor at all costs.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National […]

As direct fallout from the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Bayelsa State Government and the Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in the United States of America, Government is to set in motion, the modalities for the selection of the first set of beneficiaries for a scholarship programme. A Government House statement, explained that, two persons each […]

Just 14 months to the general elections in Nigeria, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who is believed to be interested in the governorship of Lagos State, states his next political move, in this interview   We all know that so much is happening in the country, what is […]

Anti-corruption group, Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) has criticised Nigerian churches for founding tertiary institutions of learning with offerings and tithes of members of the congregation and the going ahead to fix school fees that are way beyond the reach of the very people with whose money the churches were build. According to the group, the situation […]

Interim National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the party would begin the registration of its members nationwide next month. Although Mohammed admitted that the November date is tentative, he revealed that the party has already finalised the process as well as created a format of its […]

Members of the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons on Friday held a meeting with Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch, United Nations (UN) Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Daniel Prins in New York, both parties reiterating the importance of international cooperation to countering terrorism in Nigeria and other similarly challenged countries.   Chairman of […]

The national executive of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has criticised the recent decision of the Osun State government to mix Muslim with Christian pupils in missionary schools, describing it as a move by Governor Rauf Aregbesola to Islamise the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, National General Secretary of CAN, […]

Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio took his cabinet by surprise on Monday when he sacked three commissioners and one special adviser. This is the second time this year that the governor would be sacking members of his cabinet. A statement by Mr. Aniekan Umanah, the Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state said the sack […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Presidency of using Rivers State as a testing ground for creeping fascism ahead of the 2015 elections, saying it is imperative for all Nigerians to pay a close attention to the apparently-instigated ugly developments in the state. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its […]

At about 2pm on Saturday, October 5th, recuperating APC leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, returned to Nigeria looking fit and fresh after a successful surgery.  Three months after he left the country for a knee surgery in the United States and taking time off in the United Kingdom to properly heal, Sen. Tinubu returned to the […]

Legal practitioner and public affairs commentator, Barrister Jesutega Onokpasa has condemned the call by the Delta State Youth Forum for Good Governance, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the recent training of Delta State House of Assembly members in the USA. In a chat with journalists, Onokpasa described the group as […]