Why Bisi Akande and I met Buhari – Bola Tinubu
By Aanu Adegun All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, January 23, said that his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari was not connected with the critical statement issued by former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Buhari’s presidency. Tunde Rahman of Tinubu’s media office said the visit by Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, former […]
George Weah makes appointments less than 24 hours after inauguration
Liberia’s President George Weah on Tuesday made his first appointments less than 24 hours after his swearing in on Monday. Seven names made the first batch of appointees, including former senate pro-tempore Gbezohngar Findley, who has been named Minister of foreign affairs. Findley, according to local media, is a close ally of immediate past President […]
Sokoto CP vows to fight crime, urges media support
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The newly posted Commissioner of Police to Sokoto state state command, Mr Murtala Usman Mani has said that he would not leave any stone unturned in the command’s drive to ensure the security of lives and property across the state. Addressing a press conference Tuesday to officially announce his resumption, Mani […]
Obasanjo attacks Buhari, asks president not to run in 2019
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, in a blistering and excoriating 13-page statement has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. Mr. Obasanjo, in a special press statement entitled, “The Wat Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement” said Mr Buhari has performed far below expectation and should honourably “dismount […]
MISSING BABY: Deaf Women Association Reacts
MISSING BABY OF DEAF PARENT OUR STAND (kaduna state Deaf women association) Press Release We, the Kaduna state deaf women association who are also mothers, are indeed saddened by the news making round of a missing baby of deaf parent, which occurred on the 10th of January 2018 at Yusuf Dantsoho memorial hospital, popularly known […]
Why Journalists Must Rise to Save NUJ And Stop Reign Of Impunity
BY Ezrel Paul Tabiowo Following my alleged suspension from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), alongside the former Chairman of the Senate Press Corps, Mr. Cosmos Ekpunobi, at a National Executive Council (NEC), meeting of the Union which held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, I felt for a moment to let things go […]
Herdsmen attacks to be brought under control soon, says Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured Nigerians that increasing cases of killings being carried out by suspected herdsmen in communities across the country would soon be brought under control. He said security agents deployed to affected areas would achieve the feat in no distant time. According to a statement by his Special Adviser […]
Security agents: Islamic State fighters in Nigeria
Security agencies have uncovered Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) fighters in Benue, Kogi and Edo states, it was learnt yesterday. A source in the Presidency said the group had been operating within some North Central and South-South states, using foreign terrorists. They are also believed to be recruiting young men into their fold and […]
THAT WISHY-WASHY, NAMBY-PAMBY NUT STRIKE ACTION…
Yesterday, 18/01/2018, the State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) called off the strike action it embarked upon against the State Government since 08/01/2018. In paragraph 3 of the Press Release dated 18/01/2018, NUT gave reasons for calling off the strike as follows: “The State […]
Sokoto state University committed to synergy with US Embassy for academic excellence – VC Dangoggo
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Professor Sani Dangoggo, Vice-Chancellor of the Sokoto State University, Sokoto has reiterated the institution’s commitment to the sustenance of existing mutual understanding and benefit that exist between the University and the US Embassy, Abuja. According to Dangoggo, the institution was practically ready to partner with education related organs for landmark academic […]