Garlands For Atiku At 72
Over the past few weeks, Atiku Abubakar has become the man whom Nigerians and others around the world recognise as the leading opponent in next year’s presidential elections, the man to beat President Muhammadu Buhari in the polls and rescue Nigeria from the clutches of a heartless cabal. But, to many of us who have […]
HURIWA wants diplomatic sanctions on Akpabio over pro-Hitler comments; threatens to occupy embassies
A frontline pro-democracy and Non-Governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has petitioned world leaders to demand “immediate diplomatic sanction of the serving Senator from Akwa Ibom State and the immediate past governor, Mr Godswill Akpabio, following his threats to take over Akwa Ibom State the same way that Pro-Nazi leader Adolph Hitler […]
PDP Accuses Defence Minister of Diverting Military Funds For APC Campaign
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, of diverting funds meant for the military equipment and welfare of our soldiers fighting insurgency in the northeast, to produce partisan materials for All Progressives Congress (APC) re-election campaign. The PDP accused the Defence Minister of diverting part of the military […]
Buhari Demand More From Police, Approves Enhanced Salary Structure
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday , 26 November, 2018, assured that his administration will continue to give attention to the welfare and operational needs of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) with a view to restoring its lost primacy in the internal security framework of the country. Speaking during an audience in State House, Abuja with members […]
Buhari Mourns Retired Gen. Abba Kyari
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences over the passing of the former Military Governor of the defunct North Central State, retired Brig.-Gen. Abba Kyari. President Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday evening. The president also condoled […]
Panic in Asaba as Money Ritualists Target Ladies’ Pants at Gunpoint
Asaba residents in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, are now in panic mode over hoodlums’ new tactic of forcing ladies to remove their pants and urinate in cellophane bags at gun point for money ritual purposes. However, the police commissioner in the state, Mustafa Muhammad, who on Sunday addressed journalists on the spreading fear, sued for […]
2019: Former NBC Boss, Bako cautions broadcast stations on code, rules
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto A former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) Mr Nasiru Danladi Bako on Monday cautioned broadcast stations against allowing messages or programme that fall short of the commission’s code and requirements to be aired especially during electioneering campaigns. According to him” it will reduce and affect the credibility of such […]
2019: Irona Pledges Good Governance, Inaugurates Ihedioha Campaign Committee
Deputy Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party-PDP in Imo State, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona has assured people of the State of good governance when voted into power in 2019. Irona, who gave the assurance weekend, while inaugurating the Imo Restoration Vanguard and Ihedioha Campaign Committee in Eziorsu, Oguta Local Government Area of the State, […]
El-Rufai mourns Abba Kyari
Governor Nasir Elrufai of Kaduna State has condoled the family of late elder statesman, retired Brigadier-General Abba Kyari. General Kyari was appointed military governor of North Central State in 1967 and served in that capacity till 1975. Governor Nasir El-Rufai in a message of condolence described the late elder-statesman as a shining star of his […]
Why we failed to air Atiku’s AUN programme live despite receiving payment – NTA
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Sunday admitted that it received payment to air a live programme of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) but could not do so. The PREMIUM TIMES reports. The state broadcaster, however, said its failure not to air the programme as agreed was due to technical issues and not political […]