Borno: Residents groan as curfew bites harder
14 insurgents, 3 soldiers killed — Army 2,000 residents flee to Niger Republic From Mustapha Isa Kwaru, Maiduguri and Joy Baba, Abuja Residents of Maiduguri metropolis and environs who have been traumatised More...
Borno: Residents groan as curfew bites harder
14 insurgents, 3 soldiers killed — Army 2,000 residents flee to Niger Republic From Mustapha Isa Kwaru, Maiduguri and Joy Baba, Abuja Residents of Maiduguri metropolis and More...
Mass retrenchment looms in FCTA
Influx into Abuja worries minister By Adeola Tukuru The huge wage bill and staggering overhead cost incurred by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is currently More...
2015: PDP must win 26 states, Tukur insists
By Lawrence Olaoye National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, at the weekend challenged its members across the country to brace up More...
Let’s have more academics, professionals in politics-Alkali
Immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, in this interaction with newsmen seeks to correct the More...
The imperatives of states creation
By Kayode Olaitan Requests for the creation of more states in Nigeria have been made on many occasions. There have been requests for the creation Okura out of Kogi; Aba from More...
Adamawa’s judicial quagmire
As it is, Adamawa state has been without a substantive Chief Judge for almost two years. The last one, Justice Bamarie Bansi, More...
NUC, ‘illegal’ varsities and urgent challenges
A startling news emanated from the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and More...
Enugu airport to take 500,000 int’l passengers at peak period – Jonathan
From Suleiman Idris, Lagos President Goodluck Jonathan, at the weekend said the international wing of the...
Insecurity, insurgency killing petroleum haulage business – Operator
From Olawuni Oladapo, Lagos A stakeholder in the business of circulation and distribution of petroleum products,...
Unions, NAMA hold crucial meetings over pay rise
From Suleiman Idris, Lagos The planned industrial action slated for today by the workers of the Nigerian...
Abuja park operators advised to develop land
By Adeola Tukuru The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has advised park operators with genuine More...
Kuje chair commissions town hall in Rubochi
By Adeola Tukuru The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Danladi Etsu Zhin has commissioned a multipurpose town hall at Rubochi..FCT minister swears-in newly elected council chairman today
The FCT minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has concluded arrangements to inaugurate the newly elected Chairmen of the six Area Councils of..Emergency rule: Legislators unburden their minds
Since the declaration of a state of emergency by the Federal Government in 3 states last Tuesday, reactions More...
A community, a ‘corper’ and a patriotic mission….
Living up to the admonition of the legendry former President of the United States, Mr. John Kennedy, that we should think..Bodies pour in as Nigeria hunts for insurgents
By Adam Nossiter A fresh load of battered corpses arrived, 29 of them in a routine delivery by the Nigerian military..Beckham announces retirement
The former England captain has decided to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career – despite the best efforts of..
SURE-P: Federal government launches conditional cash transfer for mothers
By A’isha Biola Raji The much expected Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program was launched last week Monday, May 13th 2013. As..
Islam and the five mysteries (I)
By Husain Zakariyya Yawale Allah says: “He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the..
Shall we tell the president?
MONDAY with Ali M. Ali aliyumaliyu@yahoo.com As government expands liberty contracts — Ronald Reagan Unless for the benighted, last week’s sledgehammer ‘state of..
