It has emerged that the position of the security services advising against the conduct of the 2015 elections in February was actually a lifeline handed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which was ill-prepared to conduct the elections this month.A Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) assigned to one of the northern states, who spoke to…
• Five countries to send 8,700 troops to quash sect • Malala calls for ‘urgent action’ to free Chibok schoolgirls Senator Iroegbu with agency report Boko Haram fighters on Sunday waged attacks on a barracks in Yobe State and a southeastern border town in Niger Republic, where a blast killed at least one person and…
Dubai has banned single and unmarried Nigerians who are less than 40 years old from visiting the country except the person is accompanied by someone who is above 40 and bears the same surname with them. According to an online news blog, the visa rules for Nigerians wishing to enter Dubai are as follows: •…
President Goodluck Jonathan PDP: Shift was in nation’s interest APC grudgingly accepts, warns it will not tolerate further changes in election dates Jaiyeola Andrews, Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Damilola Oyedele in Abuja In a bid to allay concerns over the postponement of the polls originally scheduled to commence this Saturday, President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday…
Three courts bombed in Rivers State Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt and Segun Awofadeji in Gombe with agency report There was pandemonium in Gombe and Rivers States on Monday when both states were hit by a series of bomb blasts, one of which was masterminded by a female suicide bomber that led to the death…
Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas Jaiyeola Andrews in Abuja and Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos President Goodluck Jonathan, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola and the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lai Mohammed, joined a host of Nigerians who expressed grief on Monday at the passing of one of Nigeria’s leading entrepreneurs, philanthropists and sports…
Highlights to be made public next week OPEC cautious as oil prices rally above $53 Jaiyeola Andrews in Abuja and Ejiofor Alike in Lagos with agency reports PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the international audit firm appointed by the federal government to undertake a forensic report on the alleged unremitted oil revenue by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
For the second time in two days, the Boko Haram insurgents suffered a crushing defeat on Monday when members of the terrorist group were routed by the Nigerian military, as they attempted to overrun Tungushe, a strategic town in Konduga Local Government Area near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Dozens of the insurgents were killed…
Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Lawmakers in the West African sub-region under the aegis of the ECOWAS Parliament, on Monday challenged Nigeria to ensure that this month’s general election is free, fair and peaceful. The charge was the aftermath of the adoption of a motion at the opening of the…
Muhammadu Buhari Says corruption is the bane of economic growth Unfolds economic plans Olawale Olaleye
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dismissed the possibility of continuing with programmes and policies of the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, saying to continue on the ideas of a government without clue signals danger.…