A former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said he would still take a shot at the presidency if the opportunity presented itself. Duke spoke at a programme, “The Nigerian Symposium for Emerging Leaders,” held in Read more
The rescued Chibok girls will not be going back to their rural hometown to complete their schooling, Nigeria’s minister for women said on Tuesday. Speaking at a ceremony welcoming 82 newly rescued girls to a government rehabilitation facility in Abuja, Read more
The Federal Government has started a N100 billion Family Home Fund – an initiative of the Federal Government’s social housing project that provides inexpensive mortgages to Nigerians who can afford N30, 000 per month, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has Read more
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed an executive bill seeking mutual assistance in criminal matters between Nigeria and foreign states. The bill, Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and other Foreign States, 2017 (SB. 224) was read for the Read more
It was a story of violence, stabbing and death yesterday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries held for councilors in Oshodi, Lagos State yesterday. According to sources, no election held at Agege and Orile Agege centres as fighting erupted Read more
The sit-at-home protest called by pro-Biafran groups has finally collapsed in Ebonyi following the intervention of government officials and security agencies in the state. There have been earlier reports that most shops at the Abakpa main market in Abakaliki were Read more
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks Read more
The coroner’s inquest set up to identify the deceased, time, place, cause of death and circumstances surrounding the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke has run its course. The inquest headed by Olusegun Ayilara, a magistrate, had begun sitting on the Read more
The management of the University of Ibadan on Monday shut down the institution, following a directive that all students should vacate the campus on or before 6:00 pm. The students had earlier taken to the streets of Ibadan in a Read more
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has stepped down the 2017 democracy day celebrations as a result of the ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the state. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, the Read more