Within 24 hours of launch of the Digital Nigeria eLearning Platform, by the African Development Bank, AfDB, the Federal Government and Microsoft on Monday, the platform recorded over 16,000 user registrations.

As Nigeria marks her 60th independence anniversary,  Senator Annie Okonkwo has urged that unity and peace remain the vehicle for national development.

The leaders of Arewa communities in Lagos State have urged the Federal Government to grant Lagos State special status, lamenting the state’s diverse infrastructure challenges since Federal Capital Territory, FCT, moved to Abuja.

Ayomde Emmanuel Olagunju, professionally known as Leczy, born August 17, 1998, who hails from Osun State, and based in Cape Town, South Africa, is a musician and songwriter that has discovered his many talents because of passion.

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has expressed disappointment that President Muhammadu Buhari did not provide solutions to Nigeria’s problems in his 60th independence speech presented to Nigerians. National Chairman of PANDEF and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga made the assertion yesterday in Uyo. […]

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, on Wednesday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari was not the problem of Nigeria, but his lieutenants.

Mike Ahamba(SAN), on Wednesday, said Nigerians must change their attitude to governance before their leaders can change positively, especially during electioneering period.

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has said the unity of the nation was an act of God. The party also said the nation in the celebration of its 60th Independence Day Anniversary was on the better stand on diversification and infrastructural development. The party in a […]

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former Liberian President says Kwara is a model for women empowerment, as it demonstrates institutional reforms and political will as key for gender inclusion.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Oduduwa republic agitators have protested against the celebration of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary calling for self-determination of both Oduduwa Republic and actualization of the sovereign state of  Biafra.

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State chapter, has condemned a recent call for secession and creation of the ‘Oduduwa Republic’ in the South-West. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, the Amir (President) of the students’ group, Mr Miftahudeen Thanni, described the secession attempt as a “nation killer”. Thanni said it […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, in his presidential speech to mark the 60th Independence of the nation shaded his predecessors claiming they presided over the near destruction of the country. Buhari in his speech also boasted that “no government in the past did what we are doing with such scarce resources” and […]

Prof. Wumi Iledare, Professor of Petroleum Economics, says comparing the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, with other countries will help to educate Nigerians on deregulation of the sector. Iledare made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) while reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence day […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to take practical steps to entrench the culture of rule of law and strengthen harmonious living in Nigeria. The party gave the advice in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in reactions to Buhari’s speech on Nigeria at 60 independence […]