How My Plane was Grounded in Akure – Ameachi
We had set out from Abuja in the morning of Friday April 26, 2013 to Imo State to attend the funeral rites of the younger sister of the Deputy Speaker…
Boko Haram Received $3.15m to Release Foreign Captives
The hierarchy of the Boko Haram Islamist sect received approximately $3.15m to free the seven French hostages released earlier in the month, a confidential Nigerian government report has revealed. Tanguy…
NJC Suspends Justice Talba over Pension Scam Judgment
For awarding an “unreasonable” sentence to John Yakubu Yusufu who confessed to complicity in the Police Pension Fund scam, Justice Abubakar Talba of the Abuja High Court has been suspended…
Victims of Post-2011 Election Violence to Receive N5.7bn
The Federal Government has announced approval for the release of the sum of N5,747,694,780.00 for disbursement to people who lost their means of livelihood as well as places of worship…
Crises in Lagos Local Councils Ahead of Elections
Some local government councils in Lagos State are currently experiencing what some lawmakers have described as a time bomb that could blow up the chances of the ruling party in…
Lawyer Seek to Stop FG’s Amnesty to Boko Haram
A legal practitioner based in Abuja, Mr. Silas Onu has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court seeking an abortion of the Federal Government’s plan to offer amnesty…
Six Police Officers 5 others Killed in Borno & Yobe
Two policemen and five suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect died during a gun battle early on Thursday, the Joint Task Force (JTF) on security in Yobe State…
Baga killings may amount to crimes against humanity- ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the killing of 185 people, mostly women and children, in Baga, Borno State, constitutes crimes against humanity that should attract the attention…
FG to Borrow N921bn to Complete Ongoing Road Projects
The Federal Government is planning to obtain a loan of N921.4bn out of the N1.39trn needed by the Ministry of Works to complete 195 ongoing road projects across the country.According…
Obi Rewards Academic Brilliance
Governor Peter Obi has presented a cheque for nine hundred and ninety – five thousand Naira to Mr. Edum Chukwuebuka Chidozie for a two week International study in Switzerland. Mr…