IPC Tasks Journalists On Effective Use FOI Act
Journalists in the country have been urged to make proper use of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in unraveling hidden truth, especially in the area of corruption. The advice was given by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, the director of International Press…
Students’ Unrest: Buhari To Set Up Fact-finding Committee
Apparently concerned by the recent unrest in some tertiary institutions in the country, the Office of the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Youths and Students’ Affairs (OSAPYS), has reached out to major stakeholders towards resolving the problem. The…
Lagos CJ Frees 153 From Prison
No fewer than 153 awaiting inmates of the Maximum and Medium prisons Ikoyi, Lagos, we’re released by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade on Wednesday. Three of the released inmates were said to have been in the…
Ivwurie Extols Osanebi’s Leadership Virtues
Member representing Ethiope East State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Evans Ochuko Ivwurie, has said that the Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi, is an exceptional Deltan and an…
UK Telegraph: Buhari Using Britain’s Money to Fight Opposition Not Boko Haram
Hundreds of millions of pounds of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists is instead allegedly being used to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians, UK Telegraph reports. In a publication on Tuesday, Con Coughlin,…
EFCC Re-arraigned NAMA MD, 6 Others Over N6.8bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Tuesday, re-arraigned the serving Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Ibrahim Abdulsalam and six other persons over alleged stealing and conversion of the agency’s money amounting to N6,850,447, 609.90. The…
Epileptic Power Supply: Fashola Calls For Patience
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has said government appreciated the challenges Nigerians are facing as a result of the shortfall in electricity supply in the country, asking for patience, while noting that the…
Dangers Of Fulani Janjaweed In Nigeria
The Janjaweed are militia that operate in Darfur, Western Sudan, and Eastern Chad. Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed comprised Sudanese Arab tribes, the core of whom are from the Abbala (camel herder) background with significant recruitment from the…
Enugu Governor, Minister Of Labour Advocate Coordinated Efforts In Diversifying Nigeria’s Economy
The Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday advocated coordinated efforts at all levels of government aimed at diversifying the nation’s economy from its present mono-economy status. They…
BREAKING: Nigerians in Pain, Reshuffle Cabinet Now – CNPP Urges Buhari
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as insensitive to indescribable economic hardship its policy decisions inflict on the now impoverished Nigerians, advising Mr President to urgently reorder his cabinet to save the…
Kashimbilla Dam, Top Priority Project To Be Completed In Water Sector- Minister
The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has stated that the Kashimbilla multi-purpose dam project is one of the top priority projects to be completed under this present administration in the water sector. The Minister stated this on…
