President-General of Imo Community Assembly, Abuja, Chief Ike Obasi, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure speedy completion of the second Niger Bridge to facilitate easy movement of traffic. Obasi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He noted that the bridge was about the biggest…
IF we have a genuine leadership, we will not be in this mess today. Shekarau, please, take that to the man you are representing.” These were the words of Professor Wole Soyinka to Professor Ibrahim Shekarau, Minister of Education, who represented President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2014 Convocation and 66th Foundation Day Ceremony of the…
Trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, described the suit as lacking merit, and accordingly, dismissed same. It will be recalled that on September 12, a six-story building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed in Lagos, killing over 100 people most of whom were foreigners, with several others injured. The Lagos State…
PASTOR and founder of Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, said former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would be told some home truth in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Bakare said this was necessary before the nation collapses on him (OBJ), accusing him of being responsible for the numerous problems Nigeria is…
By Sebastine Obasi,with Agency report Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has said it accepted responsibility for the two operational spills in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, and that it wants to compensate fairly and quickly, those who have been genuinely affected by the oil spill. This came on the heels of British-based…
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubaka The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Kukah, have said that Nigeria will not break up as a result of crises being anticipated during the 2015 general elections. According to them, Nigeria will remain united, no matter the drums…