EXCLUSIVE: I didn’t jump into Lagoon, says owner of viral Ford car + VIDEO
By Opeyemi Kehinde and Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos. The owner of a Ford Explorer SUV with registration number Lagos APP190CE seen on a viral video allegedly belonging to a woman who jumped into Lagos lagoon has denied the video clip. In a telephone conversation with Daily Trust in Lagos, the woman said that her husband who […]
June 12 election umpire, Nwosu, writes FG on Abiola’s award
The Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, has announced that he will not be able to attend the posthumous investiture of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, as the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic scheduled for Tuesday (today). The Federal […]
Kogi Governor Presents 6 Bills To Kogi Assembly
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State presented six executive bills before the state assembly for consideration and passage. Bello, who made the presentation on the occasion of the third anniversary celebration of the 6th Kogi State House of Assembly, called on the lawmakers to ensure speedy passage of the healthcare bill and other critical bills […]
Buhari Signs Bill Granting Financial Autonomy to State Houses of Assembly, Judiciary
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill, which grants financial autonomy to the State Houses of Assembly and the States’ Judiciary. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Friday. Enang […]
Buhari and Obasanjo: Let’s Sheath the sword.
By Chief Olabode George I have read Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement about the threat to his life with conscionable, natural concern. I have also read the presidency’s rejoinder which implied that there is nothing sinister in their motives. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a man of towering distinction and excellence who ruled this country both as […]
Give Kids Their Reading Choice
Find different ways to promote reading that your child will love. By Mary Sears “There are no reluctant readers,” proclaims Lisa Von Drasek, the effervescent children’s librarian at Bank Street College of Education in New York, “just kids who haven’t found their choice yet.” Plug into her way of thinking, and you’ll see your child’s relationship to […]
Buhari Government Is Planing To Cow And Cage Me Using Security Apparatus To Frame Me, Obasanjo Cries Out
By Emmanuel Peter, ABUJA. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused Buhari-led administration of planning to frame him for crimes he knows nothing about. In a statement released June 8th through his media aide Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said since he released his State-of-the-Nation Special letter on January […]
When a government advertises its No. 3 citizen as a thief …
Nigeria is on the road to Babylon: a place of confusion. By Reuben Abati Three years ago, the people were convinced that they had found a messiah who will lead them to the Promised Land, and meet all their expectations. Today, everyone is speaking in different tongues; “turning and turning in the widening gyre…the falcon cannot […]
Buhari Directs Minister of Justice to publish the Presidential Order on MKO, Fawehinmi in Federal Gazette
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to take immediate steps to publish the Presidential Order on June 12, to be observed as Democracy Day in Nigeria in the Federal Gazette. This information is contained in a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in […]
FALZS VS MURIC: WHO BLINKS FIRST
Ambrose Bernard Gowong Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) today issued a 7day ultimatum to popular Nigeria musician Falz to withdraw his new video “This is Nigeria” and apologize to Nigerians or face legal action. According to the group the video shows disrespect to Muslim women by portraying women in hijab dancing “shaku-shaku”. It also frowns at […]