An aide of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, to weigh and guard his utterances especially as they affect senior citizens of Nigeria. The warning came from Danladi DanAsabe, an associate of Mr. Abubakar, and Chairman of Adamawa Think Tank group, in a statement sent to …
There is anxiety in Cross River as the United Nations joint commission demarcates boundary between Nigeria and Cameroun.Cameroon, which is the country’s neighbour alongside officials from the United Nations is already carrying out the demarcation of her border with Nigeria and in the process, carving the villages as part of her territory. The towns involved…
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over the weekend, launched new Biafra motorcycle plate number in Enugu. MASSOB leader, Chief Raph Uwazurike, who performed the official launching in Nsukka called on Ndigbo to see the new Biafra plate number as their identity and as one of the criteria for…
The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, of sponsoring the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC membership registration from the State Treasury, while at the same time crippling governance in order to participate and monitor the said registration exercise. In a statement signed by…
International oil companies (IOCs) are divesting their stake in Nigerian oil fields. Shell, Total and Chevron are among the companies which have sold their stake in shallow water assets in Nigeria.The three major companies have sold stakes worth $6.5 billion in 2013. Oando Energy Resources will soon take over ConocoPhillips energy business in the country…
Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has identified a healthy society as key to moving Nigeria forward.Dangote, who spoke at the Summit of the Private Sector Health Alliance while inaugurating the Nigeria Health Innovation Market, NHIM, Steering Committee, yesterday called for viable partnerships between the Nigerian private sector and the Federal government to enable the…
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday said its fighters attacked two police gunboats at Peremabiri, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.The gunboats were escorting a former militant leader, Mr. Eris Paul, aka Ogunboss.According to MEND, all ex-militant leaders who used their positions to acquire “ill-gotten property” had been marked…
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has received Leadership Excellence Award from the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.The national executive of the institution presented the award during a courtesy call on the Governor at the Governor’s Lodge at the weekend.Presenting the award, the President of the institution, Mr Emeka Eleh said the honour…
In this age of globalization and technological innovations, some communities still exist as in the Stone Age era where all the modern amenities of life are absent and citizens rely on nature and human natural instincts to survive. Nzam Community, the headquarters of Anambra West Local Government, Anambra State fits into the above description. A recent…
Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday urged Nigerians to query the $20 billion reportedly missing from the federation account. He lamented that Nigerians were indifferent to the ills facing the country.At the 2014 interdenominational service of the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) held at the Apostolic Church Nigeria, International Convention…