Kwara Govt to hand over schools back to owners

Kwara Govt to hand over schools back to owners

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has restated the readiness of government to hand over grant aided schools to proprietors who expressed the desire to wholly run the schools.
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Mercy Johnson delivers baby NO 2 in US

Mercy Johnson delivers baby NO 2 in US

Nollywood star actress has delivered her second child, this time, a bouncing baby boy after baby Purity, her first child a couple of years ago.

‘Nigerian oil not needed’

‘Nigerian oil not needed’

Propelled by surging shale output, the United States is fighting for supremacy in the global oil market even as a pullback in crude prices threatens to challenge the boom.

Thousands of Christians protest in Ilorin

Thousands of Christians protest in Ilorin

Thousands of Christians, members of various church denominations stormed the streets of Ilorin early hours of Wednesday morning to protest the taking over of their schools by kwara state government demanding that they want their schools back.

Gunmen kill nursing mother in Bauchi

Gunmen kill nursing mother in Bauchi

There was pandemonium and wailing yesterday in the Igbo community in Bauchi State following the murder of a popular business woman by gunmen on Monday night.

TAN and opponents of Jonathan

TAN and opponents of Jonathan

Barely five months to the 2015 general elections, and as most political parties and likely contestants are still ‘consulting’, a new unique phenomenon called the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, has taken over the polity.

Kashamu vs Obasanjo: Court adjourns hearing till Nov 17

Kashamu vs Obasanjo: Court adjourns hearing till Nov 17

Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, yesterday, adjourned further hearing on the N20billion libel suit that was instituted against former President Olusegun Obasanjo by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West, Mr. Buruji Kashamu till November 17.

Rivers plans rally to mark Amaechi’s Supreme Court victory

Rivers plans rally to mark Amaechi’s Supreme Court victory

The Rivers State Government has inaugurated a committee charged with organising the mother of all rallies to mark the seventh anniversary of the October 25, 2007 historic Supreme Court verdict that enthroned Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the authentic, duly elected Governor of Rivers State instead of Sir Celestine Omehia, the imposed PDP gubernatorial candidate during the February 2007 polls.

PDP govs meet with Jonathan over cancellation of endorsement today

PDP govs meet with Jonathan over cancellation of endorsement today

GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will today meet with President Goodluck Jonathan to express their displeasure over nullification by the National Working Committee, NWC of their consensus endorsement of their candidates ahead of 2015 general elections and their own candidature.

Soldier goes berserk in Bayelsa, kills colleague

Soldier goes berserk in Bayelsa, kills colleague

Yenagoa—Onopa area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was thrown into confusion Monday night as a soldier attached to the 423 Battalion, Elele Barrack, in Rivers State working in Bayelsa, went berserk and shot dead his colleague.

SERAP drags CBN to court over Boko Haram Sponsor

SERAP drags CBN to court over Boko Haram Sponsor

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over its alleged failure to expose those involved in alleged money laundering to fund the dread Boko Haram terrorist group.

2015: Buhari storms PH, seeks  support

2015: Buhari storms PH, seeks support

ALL Progressives Congress, APC, presidential hopeful, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday stormed Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, urging the people of Rivers State and the South-South region, to vote for him in the February 14, 2015 presidential election, should he be picked by his party.