Ekwueme, Adebanjo, others task Buhari on true federalism, confab report
The 17th Annual Convention of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM), headed by Evangelist Elliot Ukoh, ended in Enugu on Sunday, with a call on President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on immediate restructuring...
View ArticleSchool Feeding Scheme: I won’t contribute – Fayose dares FG
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said his state will not contribute to the proposed 40 percent counterpart funding of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government’s free school...
View ArticleCourt delivers judgment on Ekiti Assembly primary dispute June 27
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has fixed June 27 for judgment in a suit filed by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly aspirant, Toyin Obayemi, challenging the election of...
View Article$40m contract fraud: Jonathan’s cousin, wife fail to meet bail condition,...
One week after they were granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibola and his wife, Stella, are yet to regain their freedom from Kuje...
View ArticleI poured him acid because he raped me – Woman tells court
A 31-year-old businesswoman, Nneka Nwachukwu of Dape Village, Abuja, told a Wuse Zone 2 High Court, Abuja, that she poured acid on Peter Nwogu, because he raped her. Nwachukwu, led in evidence her...
View ArticleSchool feeding programme: FG did not ask states for money – Presidency
The Presidency yesterday clarified that counterpart funding from states is not required for the Federal Government’s National Home-grown School Feeding programme. Senior Special Assistant to the...
View ArticleFire guts popular Mararaba market in Nasarawa [PHOTOS]
Goods reportedly worth millions of Naira were on Tuesday lost to a late night inferno that gutted the popular Mararaba market in Nasarawa State. Although, the cause of the fire is yet to be determined,...
View ArticleEkiti Assembly passes culture/tourism endowment fund law
The Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed another important bill into law, just as it screened and confirmed the former Special Assistant (SA) to the State Governor on Widows Matter, Mrs...
View ArticleTwo docked for having sex in public place in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja Police Command on Wednesday arraigned one Vincent Chikwukume and Nnandi Ujunwa before an Abuja Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly having sexual intercourse in a...
View ArticleStates should absorb 500,000 teachers after contract with FG – Stakeholders
The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) wants states and local governments to plan to absorb the 500,000 teachers after the expiration of their two-year engagement by the...
View ArticleDasuki loses appeals to stop trails
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has thrown out two separate appeals filed by the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), to stop his ongoing trials. The appeal court in its...
View ArticleEuro 2016: France qualify for last 16, Slovakia beat Russia
The host nation, France, have become the first team to qualify for the round of 16 at the ongoing European Championship, after they beat Albania 2-0 in Marseille. Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet...
View ArticleEFCC arraigns Jonathan’s ex-aide, Dufada for N1.6bn fraud
Former Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel Dudafa and a bank official, Iwejuo Joseph Nna (aka. Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga...
View ArticleKeshi’s first son unaware of burial plans
Stephen Keshi Jnr, the first son of the late Stephen Keshi, had revealed that a date has not been announced for his father’s burial rites. The 27-year-old who arrived at the NFF Secretariat on...
View ArticleAmodu Shuaibu’s Fidau prayer to hold Saturday
The family of the late Shuaibu Amodu, has announced that the 8th day Fidau prayer for the former Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), will hold this Saturday, June 18. Amodu...
View ArticleSheriff ready to destroy PDP if not allowed as National Chairman – Yerima
Embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff will destroy the party if he is not allowed as the National Chairman of the PDP, a former member of the House of...
View ArticleBaby abandoned inside well rescued in Niger [PHOTOS]
It was a poor sight on Thursday morning in Niger state as residents woke up to the shock of an abandoned newborn baby. Emotions ran high as residents rallied to rescue the baby from the 6ft-deep well....
View ArticleVacate our communities in 14 days or face mass vandalization – Ex-militant...
A group of former Niger Delta militants known as the Ekpeye Liberation Group on Thursday issued oil companies operating in Rivers State a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the state or face massive...
View ArticleUnemployment: Establish NYSC farms across states – Ikpeazu tells FG
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised the Federal Government to think of establishing farms across the 36 states, using members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as drivers...
View ArticleStop covering up for corrupt Nigerians – Sagay, Falana tell lawyers
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has charged lawyers and professionals in the financial and private sectors, to see themselves as partners in the fight...
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