UNIPORT: No life was lost during students’ protest – Police
The Rivers Police Command on Monday denied that there were casualties during a protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).
2016 Budget: What I know about controversial ‘Lagos-Calabar rail’ — Senator Ashafa
Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport and Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Gbenga Ashafa has issued a statement to clarify controversies surrounding the Lagos-Calabar rail project in the 2016 budget.
Shiite/Army Clash: 347 unknown corpses committed to mass burial – KDSG
The Kaduna State Government said on Monday announced that 347 persons were killed during the Dec. 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria.
MASSOB banishes Nwodo, Wogu from Igbo land
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Monday, warned former governor of Enugu State, Okwesilieze Nwodo and former Minister of Labour/Productivity, Emeka Wogu, not to set their foot on Igbo land, following the anti-Biafra stance allegedly adopted by the duo.
Cynthia Osokogu: Failure of accused to file written address stalls trial
The trial of four accused charged over the alleged murder of Cynthia Osukogu, a postgraduate student of Nassarawa State University, before an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Monday suffered a setback
Buhari did not reject 2016 budget – Presidency
Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said President Muhammmadu Buhari did not reject the 2016 budget as being speculated.
Morris, Meg and Linda: Rising Stars of Nollywood
By Pamela Echemunor Linda Osifo, Meg Otanwa and Morris Kay Sesay; these three phenomenally gifted artistes – all well read and all entrenched with a passion for the arts retreated from their comfort zones to pursue a career in acting and film making. With hope in their hearts and a longing spirit to succeed, these […]
NFF crisis: Nigeria’s pillar of sports calls for truce
Lagos – Donatus Agu-Ejidike, Nigeria’s Pillar of Sports, on Monday called for truce between the two factions in the nation’s football house. Agu-Ejidike said: “The warring factions should toe the path of peace and resolve their differences amicably instead of opening up old wounds. “Now is not the best period to open any can of […]
ECOWAS court to hear Dasuki case
West African regional bloc ECOWAS ruled on Monday it will hear the case of Nigeria’s ex-national security advisor Sambo Dasuki, who claims he has been unlawfully arrested and detained without trial.
Fuel scarcity: Low turnout mars schools resumption in Lagos State
As directed by the Lagos State Government, Public Primary and Secondary Schools in Lagos resumed for the Third term of the 2015/2016 academic session on Monday, but the resumption was marred by low turnout of pupils.
Of DSS, Shallow Graves, Sensationalism and Sectionalism
The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate to have come from an otherwise responsible security outfit.
