By David Edremoda Since October 1 when Nigeria celebrated 60 years of Independence so many contrasting images and messages have flooded the social media space. Some were positive; many were negative and a lot more, as the French would say, was comme ci, comme ca (neither good nor bad). Each of them merely reflected the […]

Promises support of farmers, commends Gov El-Rufai By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Thursday, congratulated the newly appointed Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, on ascending the throne of his ancestors. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President of AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, where […]

-tasks INEC,  Police, Politicians On Credible Poll Election observer group, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as security operatives to ensure that Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo state is not only peaceful but transparent and credible. In its pre-election statement, the CTA also tasked the […]

By Onozure Dania A Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere, Friday, ordered a top Lagos civil servant Ms Olaide Ibraheem and a former lover of Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), to pay N750,000 fine for forcibly taking over Oke-Osanyitolu’s N45million property. Ibraheem is the Director, Admin and […]

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump’s chief rival in Congress, proposed a commission Friday to assess a president’s capacity for carrying out his duties — a move that highlights concerns about Trump’s health weeks before the election. Despite the conspicuous timing of the unveiling, Pelosi insisted that “this is not about President Trump,” who […]

  By Boston Edogi It is no more bearable with the treatment meted out by personnel of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, at the nation’s airports and land borders as most travelers are passing through rigour before getting to their final destination after the nation opened its borders. The harrowing experience by Nigerians […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, yesterday, at a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari, appealed to him to prevail on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gongola basin. The Governor also urged the President to come to […]

Says Programme owes contractors N71.4b By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting […]

These women are Widows, some have lost children & wards… Listen to them #EndSARS pic.twitter.com/VdqeI4ToTF — The Souvenir Whisperer🍓🎗️ (@Inzaghi1) October 9, 2020

…Says over N3 trillion for debt services massive By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said the idea of new borrowing of over N4 trillion to finance a deficit in 2021 budget was worrisome. National Secretary of CUPP, High Chief Peter Ameh, who made the remarks, while reacting to […]