There’s no institution that cannot atrophy or degenerate, if like a fish, it begins to rot from the head. And that was the story of the Nigerian Army at a point in time, when there was a deliberate policy to emasculate and debilitate it, incidentally by leadership that emerged from its very bowels.

*** As 20 States yet to key into programme  By Henry Umoru  MINISTER of Works and Housing,  Babatunde Fashola, SAN told the Senate Thursday that a  total of 7, 315 applications from prospective  House owners have been received within six days after the launch of the National Housing Programme. According to him, portal for the […]

Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Romanus Eze, on Thursday decried the continued destruction of crops in the state by herders. Eze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu that farmers were yet to feel the impact of the anti-open grazing law signed by Gov. […]

—Says basketball players money not diverted  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare said Thursday that the report of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on the performance of the team in the recent matches will be ready next week. The Minister, who stated this when he appeared at the ministerial […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi Two student of Okporo Secondary School, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers state, have been remanded by a Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt for alleged gang rape. The Accused, Chukwudi Daniel and Confidence Gbarabe, both 14 years old, were arraigned in court Thursday on charges bordering on defilement in suit number PMC/1732c/202. The […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon sign into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that contains direct primaries for all political parties. The Speaker stated this in an interview with State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Thursday told the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, that the Federal Government will allow the system in the report of the investigative panel on the EndSARS to exhaust itself. President Buhari told his guest that the government will wait for pronouncements from state governments that set […]

The recently inaugurated Board of the Contractors Association of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has promised to change the wrong status quo of unpaid contracts executed in the oil-rich region. In a Communique issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State after a meeting which ushered in a new leadership, the body of contractors urged President […]

Founding Director-General PDP Governors Forum Earl, Osaro Onaiwu, Thursday advised the incoming PDP NEC to develop a comprehensive manifesto that will help the party achieve its goals.

By Emmanuel Okogba Former Netherland international Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been appointed to replace Steven Gerrard who joined Premier League side, Aston Villa. His appointment is subject to being granted a work permit and will work with Super Eagles duo of Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun. Van Bronckhorst, 46, played for Rangers between 1998 and 2001, […]

THE youth representative on the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality, Temitope Majekodunmi, yesterday, insisted that there are errors in the panel’s report currently in circulation.

The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF has expressed commitment to Kano state and the efforts of its institutions to ensure that the state’s justice system is reformed to provide and promote child friendly justice services.

By Arogbonlo Israel The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, USCIRF, says it finds it unexplainable that the US Department of State did not redesignate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) and treated it as a country with no severe religious freedom violations. Recall the US had in 2020 placed Nigeria and six […]

Chairman, Kebbi State Association for the Physically-Challenged, Malam Abdullahi Aliyu has appealed to Kebbi State government to assent to a bill for the establishment of a commission for people with disabilities in the state.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon sign into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that contains direct primaries for all political parties