By Kenneth Ehigiator Zaria – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed one of its staff (names withheld) involved in examination malpractice that recently rocked the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although NCAT prepares its students for licensing examinations, the regulatory agency has the statutory responsibilities for conduc-ting the examinations. […]

By Tina Akannam Dutse – Windstorm has blown off the roofs of about  1,500 houses and some school buildings in Gumel Local Government in Jigawa State, destroying property worth millions of Naira. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ya’u Kura, who disclosed this to newsmen in Gumel, said already, as interim measure, the local government has […]

He also lampooned those suggesting that the Atlas Cove Jetty bombing carried out by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was an assault on the Yoruba nation just as he commended Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for not turning the attack into a tribal issue.

While the reason adduced by Amodu may sound unreasonable elsewhere, it is perfectly logical in the Nigerian context. The way football analysts and fans criticize the coach and players and call for the employment of Siasia after every match is not encouraging at all. Friendly matches are not supposed to be a do or die […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Col. Paul Ogbebor (rtd), has stressed the need for the warring party leaders in the state to bury the hatchet in order to have a united party that will face the opposition in future elections in the state.