Sokoto — Machines for the N3.8 billion Sokoto State Independent Power Project,  IPP, have arrived in Sokoto, the state capital aboard a chartered aircraft from the United States.

The machines were received by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sahabi Gada, on behalf of Governor Aliyu Wamakko.

Gada said the state government embarked on [...]

By Inalegwu Shaibu

ABUJA — THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Adamu Aliero has threatened to revoke a plot of land allegedly owned by the former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, if he fails to develop the land by March 2010.

The plot of land facing revocation threat housese [...]

Immediate past Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Mike Okiro has described the death of Dr. Maryam Babangida, wife of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida as shocking, saying “she was a woman with vision for the rural women.”

Okiro who was reacting to her death in a statement said, “her death is a great loss [...]

The first ever glamorous First Lady to burst into the political firmament of Nigeria, Mariam Babangida, is gone at the early age of 61. Before her, that position of First Lady was virtually unrecognized because those who were there before her chose to withdraw under the shadows of their husbands.

Former first lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Maryam Babangida (nee Okogwu) was born a Christian. She was then known as Maria. She converted to Islam following her marriage to General Ibrahim Babangida. The duo reportedly met in Kaduna.

MARYAM Babangida was not someone anyone could forget, not in a hurry, if ever. You either liked her or disliked her. You never had a choice of being indifferent to this woman, whose spell-bound beauty came in that dark hue that left few doubts that black is beautiful.

ABUJA—THE creation of more states for Niger Deltans, particularly the Ijaws, would be the first phase of development emergency in the region.

This was contained in the communique issued at the end of the 3-day National Association of Ijaw Female Students,NAIFS, 2009 Convention held in Abuja recently, with the theme “Niger Delta must be like [...]