An Igbo interest group known as Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, has given a pre-condition before the 2019 general elections would be conducted. To this end, they therefore called on President Mohammadu Buhari to immediately set up a Constitute Assembly that will chart a new constitution for the country before the 2019 general elections. The […] The post 2019: Igbo leaders demand new constitution

…Appoints new Rector International Aviation College Ilorin has responded to the first out of five conditions given the aviation college by Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority to meet within seven day not to be totally shut down. Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, was on Friday issued a warrant of threaten to the Executive Board of International […] The post Int’l Aviation

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has stated that the outcome of the recently concluded bye-elections in Kogi, Bauchi and Katsina reflects and projects the likely outcome of the 2019 Presidential elections. Mr. Mustapha who made this declaration yesterday while receiving a delegation of the Kogi State All Progressives Congress, APC, […] The post 2019:

The plight of ports at the Nigeria’s eastern and delta coastlines may have been compounded by sea robbery and militancy even as some

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim idris, has ordered the immediate overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to address complaints and allegations of human rights violations against some of its personnel. This was sequel to the order given by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday. In this video, we detail the salient takeaways in the […]

A Presidential   aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator  Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State deserves a second term on the strength of his  projects.

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a consultant paediatrician writes on how she got involved with the building a mothers’ room at Federal Medical Centre in Birni Kebbi, Kebbi State  (NAN)  The three top causes of problems and thus hospital admission for newborns in Nigeria are prematurity, infections and asphyxia. I have two biological daughters and both are part of

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the National Assembly caucus of the party met in Abuja on Tuesday to further find ways to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki. [...] The post APC leaders strategise plot to impeach Saraki appeared

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday inaugurated N5.9bn worth of projects in Zamfara State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the projects inaugurated include Semi Urban water project and the upgraded General Hospitals in Gamji and Bakura towns, in Bakura local government area of the state. Others were 12.8 km Talata-Mafara bye-pass road, […]

The Presidency has debunked the rumoured extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-day vacation in London. The Presidency, had, on Tuesday night made a statement via its Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, where it noted that a story [...] The post JUST IN: Buhari’s vacation

24 hours after the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo,

The Federal Government on Tuesday, signed a N12.7billion agreement with the Kano State Government on the expansion of water and sanitation services to the populace. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, at the event in Abuja, said the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH), agreement was a15-year programme targeting mobilisation of

The Kano State Government on Tuesday said it had recruited 1,196 female Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) holders as part of efforts to address shortage of teachers in the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this on Tuesday in Kano while addressing  newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting.

Yobe Government has commenced the sale of 8,640 tonnes of fertiliser at subsidised price of N3,000 per bag for the 2018 cropping season to boost agriculture. Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam, who announced this in Damaturu on Monday, said government spent N1.47 billion on the commodity. He assured farmers of the commitment of his administration to the

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has plans to establish 100,000-barrels-per-day brownfield refineries in Port-Harcourt and Warri to boost local refining of crude oil in the country. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ughamadu said that the effort

Nebraska on Tuesday carried out America’s first execution using fentanyl — the opioid at the center of the country’s deadly overdose crisis — as part of an untested four-drug combination. Carey Dean Moore, who was sentenced to death for two 1979 murders, was the first prisoner executed in the Midwestern state in 21 years, and the first […]

The Yobe government on Tuesday said it would employ forest guards to protect 44 gazetted forest reserves in the state in a bid to promote environmental conservation in the state. Alhaji Jibrin Kortomi, the state Commissioner for Environment, disclosed this in Damaturu at a meeting with traditional rulers, opinion leaders, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association

 Prof. Kabir Bala, Chairman, Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) said the council was seeking a partnership with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to stem building collapse in the country. Bala made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he led some officials of CORBON on a courtesy visit to the Director-General of