On restructuring we stand – Middle Belt Forum

On restructuring we stand – Middle Belt Forum

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA-Leaders under the auspices of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) yesterday at a press conference in Abuja, lend its support to the calls for the restructuring of the Nigerian State. Declaring the conference open, National President of the forum and former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana said leaders of the Middle Belt […]
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Nail-in-the-head boy: Suspect yet to be prosecuted

Nail-in-the-head boy: Suspect yet to be prosecuted

Lagos State Police Command is yet to prosecute Mr. John Paul six days after he was handed over to the Police for reportedly driving a three-inch nail into the skull of his eight years old nephew, Friday Paul.

2019: No  referendum no elections in southeast – Nnamdi Kanu

2019: No referendum no elections in southeast – Nnamdi Kanu

Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, has said that If the Federal Government does not agree to conduct referendum fro Biafra there will not be any form of election in the Southeast during the 2019 general elections.

NSCDC nabs alleged mastermind of Agip facility

NSCDC nabs alleged mastermind of Agip facility

YENAGOA— SUOYO Dickson, aka Hustler, the alleged mastermind of last month’s attack on an oil facility owned by Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, at Lagosgbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.

34 Nigerians deported from Europe arrive Lagos

34 Nigerians deported from Europe arrive Lagos

lagos—34 Nigerians deported from six European countries for committing immigration-related offences yesterday arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ,MMlA, Lagos in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Senators and Governors: The battle in Kogi West

Senators and Governors: The battle in Kogi West

The fight to the finish between the senator and the governor again brings to light the unending rivalry between governors and senators. It is a game of cat and mouse with governors often depicted as the cat and senators as mice.

Muslim group charges govt on alleged Islamisation agenda

Muslim group charges govt on alleged Islamisation agenda

NACOMYO, in its Eid-el fitri message, urged Federal Ministry of Education (FMOE) to consult and do justice to issues raised by Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Catholic Church over an alleged Islamisation agenda by the ministry on perceived short-changing of Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) with Arabic/Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) and other subjects.

Build ranches for herdsmen, cleric urges FG

Build ranches for herdsmen, cleric urges FG

BENIN—BISHOP of the Benin Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Edo State, Rt. Rev. Peter Imasuen, has charged the Federal Government to tackle the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers across the country by working on the possibility of building cattle ranches for them at their home base.

PDP flays FG over alleged neglect of Rivers, N-Delta

PDP flays FG over alleged neglect of Rivers, N-Delta

PORT HAR-COURT— PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, has flayed the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government for failing to keep its promise to attract federal projects to the state when elected.

Quit Notice: Nigeria needs to be restructured to remain united — Retd DIG Ekpoudom

Quit Notice: Nigeria needs to be restructured to remain united — Retd DIG Ekpoudom

RETIRED Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mr. Udom Ekpoudom has described the quit notice given the Igbo by the Arewa youths as treasonable and contravenes the laws of the land. He also identified fault in the present structure of the country and advocated restructuring as the panacea for dousing the tension generated by the various ethnic groups in the country.

Six European countries deport 34 Nigerians

Six European countries deport 34 Nigerians

Thirty-four Nigerians deported from six European countries for immigration-related offences arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos yesterday.