Protesters under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society groups, in conjunction with the Nigerian Lives Matter movement have held what they described as a massive fuel subsidy protest to condemn the increase of pump price to 162 Naira. The group, numbering over a hundred, stormed Abuja on Thursday to drive home their demands which […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum had emerged a winner of the 2019 Zik prize for leadership, as announced by Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy on Thursday afternoon. Zulum, who was of eight winners of the annual award, was honoured for good governance, described by Utomi as a revolutionary […]

By Henry Umoru, Abuja Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central has said that the creation of new states was possible if Nigerians and stakeholders lobby other stakeholders from all the geopolitical zones of the country. Speaking in Abuja when he hosted a delegation from Katagum, Missau, and […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Score of persons sustained injuries and several vehicles burnt in the afternoon when a gas laden truck suddenly exploded after a lone accident at Cele Bus stop, Iju Ishaga, Lagos, Ogun States border. According to an eyewitness, the truck with an unknown registration number while conveying gasoline had a lone accident and […]

By Dayo Johnson Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Ondo state governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede has promised to review tuition fees in tertiary institutions in the state if elected Jegede has also described as absurd, the posting of only two teachers to public schools in the rural communities of the state. While […]