2018

Governor of Gombe, Ibrahim Dankwambo has decried the rising cases of rape in the state. Dankwambo, on Tuesday called for concerted efforts to tackle the menace when he received the state’s chapter of the International Federation of Women…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja and the Sokoto State University, Prof. Nuhu O. Yaqub has said the situation of the Nigerian nation would not change if President Muhammadu Buhari succeeds in returning for a second term.…

Former First Lady Barbara Bush has died. Aged 92 years, Bush died in Houston. Mrs. Bush served as First Lady of the United States during the tenure of President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. The office of George H.W. Bush released a…

National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDP), Olu Falae, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. False also slammed the Buhari administration for failing Nigeria in the areas of…

Nasarawa Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura was, yesterday, stoned in Agwatashi, Obi Local Government Area of the state, by angry Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs), who were recently displaced by herdsmen attacks. The governor was booed by…

For the second day, yesterday, the Nigeria Police Force and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) clashed in Abuja over the group’s demand for the release of Shiite leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Police fired teargas at IMN protesters who…

Senators, yesterday, demanded the immediate sack of heads of security agencies over the rising spate of general insecurity in the country. Contributing to a debate at plenary, both Jeremiah Useni (Plateau) and Solomon Adeola (Lagos) said…

Igbo World Assembly (IWA), the umbrella organisation of Igbo organisations in diaspora, has condemned the suspension of President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Nnia Nwodo, describing it as childish and laughable. In a statement jointly…

Twice, in three days, a journalist known for having access to Boko Haram leadership, Ahmad Salkida, took to Twitter, yesterday, with new information on schoolgirls who were abducted on April 14, 2014, from their school in Chibok, Borno…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said the world’s second richest man, Bill Gates, told Nigeria the truth when he said the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) will not take the country far. The NMA also…