Tension heightened in Onitsha yesterday as traders of Abada Market in the commercial town vowed not to pay any levy to the government until they are allowed to conduct elections for a new leadership. The traders have been having a running battle with their leadership over the delay in conducting election just as they threatened that they will never pay any levy to the government until they were allowed to conduct their election.

The Vice Chancellor of the Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi has urged the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to check the prolife-ration of universities in the country.

Adamawa State has been thrown into serious confusion as speculations of the possibility of Ex Governor Murtala Nyako’s return to power gathers momentum.

I had gone to collect some clothes from the tailor but they were not ready, so, I decided to wait. While he made finishing touches to them, we chatted away on the conduct of many artisans especially on their penchant for disappointing their clients. Suddenly, a little girl aged seven or eight ran into the shop. I was struck by her beauty and innocence. She was fair skinned, had neatly groomed hair, even after the long school hours, her pair of white socks and green uniform were still quite clean.

“Banish the social media, dismantle the internet and confiscate their mobile phones. Isolate them, put out their lights and shut in these trouble makers and there will be peace.” “All in favour say aye” If we hesitate, with this senate, the ayes will have it. The biggest threat to the perpetuation of the enslavement of the poor majority in Nigeria by the political class is the social media.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the December 5 Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Election, Chief Timipre Sylva, has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding that all results from the recent election be summed up and the winner declared.

Youth and Sports Minister Solomon Dalung, Thursday expressed outrage that allowances and bonuses of the Olympic soccer team were yet to be paid even after they beat Senegal 1-0 the previous day to qualify for the Rio Olympics.

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Fourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, a resident and a civilian vigilante assisting the military said on Friday.

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who joined micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday, 2nd December, has attracted 4,642 followers as at 21:30 on Friday, 11th December.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the nation’s laws needed to be strengthened to realistically contend with the miasma of corruption.

Young Nigerians – Opeoluwa Aiyegbusi, Lawrence Oye and others have developed and unveiled a new mobile app called Swap Naija– with the aim of bringing convenience into the use of mobile telecommunication in Nigeria. Swap Naija is a mobile app, which makes airtime swap possible on the go in real-time. Before now, what was obtainable was a transfer between subscribers within a similar telecom network. With Swap Naija, Nigerians can now send airtime to any telecom network.

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, said on Friday that no Nigerian resident in or visiting the state would run the risk of avoidable death from over-speeding vehicles or a drunk-driver.

The Executive Board of the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) Friday, met with the President of the Senate to discuss the Frivolous Petition Bill, which has been widely reported and labeled as the “Social Media Bill.”

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Friday, commenced the process of launching a national security campaign to counter insurgency across the nation, especially in the North-east.