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Marafa,Tinubu Gets New Posts As Saraki Reshuffles Committees
The Senate, on Thursday, reshuffled its committees as part of efforts at ensuring peaceful resolution of the crisis among members of the All Progressives Congress in the red chamber.
Members of the APC operating under the…
Obasanjo – Nigeria’s Education System Has Collapsed, Needs Total Ammendments
Ex-president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday called for total overhaul of the nation’s education system.
Obasanjo spoke at the 18th Valedictory Service and Prize-Giving Day of Good Shepherd Schools held at Atan, Ota…
Senate President Says He Is Not Leaving APC For PDP
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has denied rumours that he has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Saraki made the denial via a statement released by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore on Thursday, July…
OAU Appoints New Vice Chancellor
A new Vice Chancellor, albeit in acting capacity, has emerged for the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. He is Professor Anthony Elujoba of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
His emergence comes barely 24 hours after…
Group Offers Cash, Vehicle Rewards To Encourage Youths Into Agriculture
A non-governmental organisation, Global Youths Skills Acquisition and Poverty Eradication Organisation, is to splash about N10 million and a Sport Utility Vehicle on youths as a way to attract them into the agricultural…
Senate Commands Finance Minister To Appear Before It.
The Senate has ordered Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, to appear before it before it goes on recess on Thursday.
This directive is coming after the Minister of Finance failed to appear before the upper legislative…
Buhari Removes Semenitari, Chooses Ekere As NDDC MD
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, sent to the Senate a letter nominating former Deputy Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
He also…
Borno- Nigerian Troops Rescue 80 hostages, Kill 45 Boko Haram Insurgents
The Nigerian Army said following confirmed intelligence report on the convergence and massing up of dislodged Boko Haram insurgents at Gangere village in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, with intent of carrying out…
Major Logistics Supplier For The Niger Delta Avengers Arrested
The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers.
This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in…
Ibrahim Babangida- My Oil And Gas Vision Will Continue To Flourish
The former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd), says that his vision in the oil and gas industry will continue to flourish.
General Babangida says this is because his administration considered petroleum very…
Tinubu’s Wife Urges Senate, APC To Punish Melaye
The Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, formally reported Senator Dino Melaye to the All Progressives Congress and the Senate, alleging that Melaye would have beaten her up…
Doctor Sleeps With Woman During Abortion
A doctor allegedly raped a woman during an abortion procedure two weeks after he masturbated in front of her during a physical examination, a court has heard.
Dr. Gerald Mark Forbes informed the 20-year-old she would need a medical…
249 Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists, Accomplices Given Freedom
ABOUT 249 cleared suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices were released by the Joint Interrogation as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the…
How 116 Yr-old Man And 84 Yr-old Wife Died Same Day
FOR those who don’t believe in true love, the lives of late Pa Ajanaku Adetayo and late Madam Oyesola Adetayo of Isara-Remo, Ogun State, offer a glimpse into what real love is, for after several decades of marriage, they bade…
ASUU Renounce Scrapping Of Post-UTME
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday protested against the decision of the Federal Government to scrap the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Warning that the scrapping “portends a serious danger…
Police Arraign Five Over Death Of Todays Print MD
Daniel Coker led the police to the remains of Today’s Print MD
Daniel, a 32 year old graduate, in his confessional statement led IRT operatives to Ibokun River in…
Stop Building In Forest Reserves, Ogun Urges Residents
The Ogun State Government has cautioned farmers and other people residing in its forest reserves to desist from erecting any permanent structure in them, in compliance with the state’s forestry law.
The State Commissioner…
Calamity Rocks APC, Enugu Chapter
ENUGU—The Enugu State Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Anike Nwoga, has described the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye as a “square peg in a round hole,” adding that APC would suffer…
Afenifere- Kidnap Of Lagos Monarch A Taboo
The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has described the kidnap of Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, the Oniba of Ibaland in Lagos as a sacrilege and violation of Yoruba mores and values.
Chairman, ARG, Wale Oshun condemned the kidnap…
Nigerian Director, Awal Abdulfatai Shoots First Pan African Film in South Africa Starring Zack Orji,…
A Pan African Production that attracts mixed race and pan African cast, includes casts from Nigeria, South African, Ghana and Angolan, run and managed by Awal Abdulfatai Rahmat.
Awal Abdulfatai Rahmat is a dynamic, proactive and…