Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr celebration which marks the end of Ramadan, military and police authorities in Kano have beefed up security to fortify the commercial city against terrorist attacks during the Sallah festivities. After three months of relative peace in Kano, which gave residents the hope that the state was getting back to business, gunmen last…
Fears of possible shut down of Warri and Kaduna refineries have heightened as the pipeline which conveys crude oil to the two plants have been damaged at several points by impoverished local populations. The pipeline, known as System 2C, runs from the Escravos location of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, in Warri South-West Local Government Area…
A new policy introduced by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria for passengers coming into the country to pay a special charge on their luggage has become a source of dilemma for travellers.
MISS Charity (Aisha) Uzoechina, the lady that was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and kept in the palace of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, for the past four months, will remain with the monarch until September 17. Charity cannot be released by the Emir to either the parents or anybody until the case instituted…
Undoubtedly he can be described as fearless, courageous, strong and bold. Chief Chekwas Okorie is one of the main pillars of political renaissance in the country and Igboland in the past two decades. He opened up in this interview to address issues never discussed by him before on Ikemba, Umeh and APGA. This interview is…
The Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Hon. Dakuku Peterside, has described the lingering kerosene scarcity across the country as a national embarrassment. Dakuku made the statement in Calabar, Cross River State, during his committee’s oversight visit to Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, and other private oil facilities in the city. Peterside, who spoke…
A socio-political group, Anambra Youth, has condemned Lagos State government for dumping 70 indigenes of Anambra State at Onitsha bridge, saying the action amounted to an insult on the people of the state. It also flayed a member of the House of Representatives, Abiodun Adeleke, for alleging that Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, awarded contracts…
Fresh attacks by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram Islamist sect has left at least 35 persons dead, including two soldiers and a policeman, with several others injured in Borno State, military officials said. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Lt Col Sagir Musa said Boko Haram members, who had threatened…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has said that Middle Belt ethnic minorities should no longer be regarded as second-class citizens in the North. Mailafia said this while presenting a paper entitled: “Harnessing Your Economic Potential Toward Self-Reliance,” during the Youth Summit of Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Forum, SOKAPU,…
A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has condemned the action of Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, for deporting 72 indigenes of Anambra State last month.