INEC Denies Confirming Application by Atiku, Others to Register New Party
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday denied ever confirming that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and some other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors had applied for registration of…
UNIBEN Lecturer in Court over Bribery Allegations
One time Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Benin, Isu-Ochiora Okogeri was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ekiadolor on the allegations of demanding and…
JTF Announces Killing Boko Haram’s Second In Command
The military on Wednesday announced that it had killed the second-in-command of the Boko Haram sect saying this was achieved while its officials repelled an insurgent attack earlier this month.…
CBN Sets September date for New Naira Notes
Deputy Director, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Tunde Lemo on Wednesday disclosed that the bank would take delivery of new naira notes for circulation before the…
Corrupt Police Officers will be Dismissed — IGP
Corrupt Police officers will be identified and replaced with fresh recruits in order to sanitise the country’s security system, Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has said. Speaking during the…
Rejoinder:Of Presidential Crybabies and Kindergarten President
The statement issued by Reuben Abati the official spokesperson for the presidency on 11TH of August 2013 criticizing the interim chairman of the APC for describing the Jonathan government as…
Sack Wike Now, Rivers Councillors Urge Jonathan
Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesome Wike is a threat to democracy and should be sacked for his utterances which border on breaching peace, incitement and partisan campaign, Rivers…
That Gov. Oshiomhole’s show-trial of the poor teach
Sad things happen in our country. And there are days I simply turn my attention away from the sad happenstance either as President, Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL) or as…
Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria; Not Yorubas, Not Igbos!
I always knew trouble was brewing. From August 2 when the media published Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi’s letter to President Goodluck Jonathan threatening “reciprocity or reprisal” ostensibly against…
FG Can’t Afford N92bn for Lecturers, Says Okonjo-Iweala
The ongoing nationwide industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may not end soon, as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi…