WHEN former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, set out in his convoluted transitions to civil rule programmes (1985 to 1993) to look for those he termed “new breed politicians” to take over the political landscape from the politicians that he and his fellow military adventurists had chucked out of power, it was not clear what he expected of them.Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Dr. Chris Ngige, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Malam Nasir el Rufai, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and so many other political products of the new millennium have defined for us what it means to be a Nigerian new breed politician.

By Shina Abubakar One Femi Afolabi, 40, get himself into trouble as he was docked before an Ile-Ife Magistrate Court for allegedly killing bats at the Obafemi Awolowo University campus. The charge sheet disclosed that the accused person entered into the university campus without the knowledge of the school authority. It added that after entering […]

Calls for a total overhauling of hospital security architecture Demand immediate  prosecution of perpetrators By Chioma Obinna The Commonwealth medical doctors on Tuesday condemned what they described as an oly assault on a Nigerian female medical doctor at the Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, by relatives of a patient who passed on while under the […]

HE is regarded as the journalists’ journalist. There’s no gainsaying the fact that anytime the history of journalism is written, Aremo Olusegun Osoba’s name will definitely resonate.

Bashir Bello – Kano Three members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State died on Monday in an auto accident along the Kaduna-Abuja road. The accident occurred when the car they were traveling in had a head-on collision with a trailer on the highway. Sources said the deceased persons were on their way […]

The equities market today (Tuesday) recorded the first profit taking after a long streak gain this month  leading to a decline in a major performance index as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE All Share Index declined by 1.2 percent or 118 bases points, bps.

Prospective candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria can now easily purchase their Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ePINs using Remita, the leading electronic payment platform, in a fast and reliable manner. This follows a recent announcement by the examination body of the commencement of the 2020 UTME form ePIN sales from January 13 […]

  The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo state, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, says the continuous voters’ registration would soon commence. Agboke made the disclosure at a stakeholder meeting on Tuesday in Iseyin. He said the exercise would capture new registrants and those that have issues with their PVCs such as replacement of lost or defaced […]

Ex-BIAFRA Air force personnel, Chief Peter Ezeliora has warned present agitators for restoration of Biafra republic, particularly the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, that they were endangering the lives Ndigbo residing outside Igboland.

T Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Power and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC) on Tuesday agreed that the planned hike in electricity tariffs was not backed by any law. Therefore, the Committee headed by Magaji Da’u Aliyu ordered the Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman and NERC to suspend […]

WHEN Professor Anya Oko Anya, 82, MFR, FAS, NNOM, Academic, and Administrator, was sired on January 3,1937, he was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. Reason: His father was reasonably well off and had a lorry in 1940.

 The Federal Government has urged state governments to adopt the 2013 resolution of National Executive Council, NEC on Right of Way (RoW) charges to hasten  broadband penetration in the country.

By Peter Duru Indications emerged Tuesday that over 41 inmates at the Abagena Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in the outskirts of Makurdi town lost their lives since the camp was opened in 2018. The camp which is one of the 22 official and unofficial camps housing persons displaced by herdsmen crisis in the state […]

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Ake on Tuesday remanded three men in a correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy, Musa Abdulmalik The defendants, Faruq Sheiidu,34; Nurah Habib, 26; and Mohammed Bello,42, whose pleas were not taken, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, kidnap and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs. Victoria Williams, […]

BORN November 20, 1938, Attah is the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State since the return to civil rule from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007. Attah who was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but later joined the All Progressive Congress, APC.