Middle Belt Forum, MBF, yesterday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to jettison any plan of reintroducing the Inland Water Ways Bill rejected by the 8th National Assembly.   President of MBF, Dr Bitrus Porgu, who spoke in in Abuja, however, called on Nigerians to keep a close watch to nip the bill in the bud should Buhari reintroduce it in whatever guise to the 9th National Assembly.

Exactly 2-years after the sudden death of his friend and official DJ, DJ Olu, popular pop music singer, Davido, on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, celebrated the late DJ’s second posthumous birthday.

Soni Daniel – Abuja Controversial Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, was fired by the Presidency over multiple factors, chief among them questions over his certificates and illegal actions taken by him, which seriously embarrassed the Federal Government, a top source said last night. The Presidency […]

IN the past month, Hong Kong, the iconic city of international commerce, finance, shipping and other logistics, has been in turmoil, with extremist radicals wreaking havoc on its reputation. By now, it is obvious to any discerning person that the sustained protest by extremist radicals has little to do with the proposed amendment of legislation on fugitive offenders ordinance and the mutual legal assistance in criminal matters ordinance by the Hong Kong legislative council.

THE trees which make up our forests are “trees of life” because they manufacture and release the oxygen we breathe in, and then mop up the carbon dioxide we and other entities and activities release to the atmosphere.  Hence, trees are called “carbon sink” in environmental parlance.

At the weekend, award-winning stand-up comedian, Seyi Aletile Lawrence, a.k.a Seyilaw, held his annual comedy show tagged, ‘Seyilaw Fast and Funny: Blacker than Ever Edition’, a show which had in attendance celebrities from all walks of life.

A mild-drama ensued at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday, as it was established that one of the policemen killed by soldiers in Taraba State after arresting a suspected millionaire kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Wadume, last week, got the commendation of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Burutai, for assisting the Nigeria Army in June 2016.

IT wasn’t a tango in the literal sense of salsa or rhumba. No! If it were, Nigerians would not have been as shocked as they are right now. It was not friendly fire, either. Neither was it a mistake. This is cold-blooded murder. Simple! And the question is: Why? Many before now had come to the conclusion that nothing really shocks Nigerians anymore. We have seen it all – man as his bestial worst. What could be crueller than cutting open the stomach of a pregnant woman to ensure that not even the foetus survives? Or come to think of it, what could be more brutish than strapping bombs around the waist of a 10-year-old girl and detonating same with some remote mechanism from a distance? Despite all these, there was something about the deadly encounter between officers of the Nigerian army and police in Taraba State last week that many are yet to wrap their heads around

The Good Governance and Leadership Project in Nigeria (GGLPN) has accused the police of embarking on media trial in the killing of intelligence response team (IRT) officers. In compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of defence staff, constituted a 7-man joint investigation panel to unravel the circumstances that led to the […]

Hardly would delectable actress, Juliet Ibrahim, strike anyone as a lady who has had to battle with a lot of personal issues because of her drop dead beauty which is capable of making any man drool with lust. But surprisingly, the pretty screen diva has not had it easy with the hard knocks of life.

The Global Amnesty Watch says it is not true that the Nigerian military has a secret cemetery in Borno State. The group consisting of human rights lawyers, humanitarian workers, journalists, academics among others, said this at a public presentation of its two-week research. The programme held in Abuja on Friday. The team said it embarked […]

THE United States Government, yesterday, promised to strengthen the bilateral relations with Lagos State Government on security by improving the safety of lives and property.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Kabir Bala, said, yesterday, that over 6,000 Nigerians were being investigated for various crimes in the country.

With constant bailout funds to Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, without commensurate improvement in power supply, the Senate has advised the Federal Government to approve the sale of its 40 per cent stake in the sector to foreign investors.

There was mild drama at the Medanta Hospital, New Delhi, India, yesterday, as leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem  El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, refused to be treated by those he described as unknown doctors deployed to treat them, saying they were different from those engaged for their treatment before they departed Nigeria.