Month: February 2016

  • Taraba APC Chairman Reacts to Election of Speaker

    By Ben ADAJI The Chairman of the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Hassan Ardo has described the election of Hon. Mark Useni as the Speaker of the State House of Assembly as not only an aberration of democracy, but an insult to the electorates of the state. Ardo who raised…

  • Al-makura Denies sack of Barrister Tijani

    By Abubakar LAWAL, Lafia Governor Umar Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has dissociated himself from rumours being peddled that he has sacked one Bar. Rukkaya Tijani for her comments on facebook during the Labour strike in the state. His Special Assistant on Media, Ahmed Tukur said his boss is not aware of the happening but…

  • Badeh’s Lawyers, Family Worried Over Continued Detention

    By Our Reporter Lawyers to former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh have expressed concern over his health following his continued detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, even as they faulted the too stringent bail conditions being sought to ensure his freedom. In a letter to the Minister of…

  • Employment: Private Sector urged to partner Foreign Investors

    By Lola SERIKI – IDAHOSA, Kaduna The private sector operators in Nigeria have been urged to interact positively with their foreign counterparts to invest in the growth and employment generating sectors of the economy. The Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, speaking at the 37th Kaduna International Trade Fair…

  • Boko Haram: IDPs Allege Diversion of Food Supply

    By Yahaya WAKILI, Maiduguri Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital said that food supply to them and other needful are being diverted by government officials and politicians in the state adding that such act has denied them access to food that build the body and help in resistance of sicknesses and…

  • Ex- Lawmaker Wants NASS to Outlaw Joint State/LG Accounts

    By Abdullahi ABUBAKAR, Suleja A Senator, who represented Niger State in the 7th Senate, Barrister Ibrahim Musa has appealed to the National Assembly to outlaw the creation and imposition of joint accounts by states and local government areas saying that the practice helped in encouraging corruption and underdevelopment of the rural areas. Barrister Ibrahim Musa…

  • Kano Govt Solicits Assistance For Singer Market Fire Victims

    By Lola SERIKI – IDAHOSA, Kaduna Kano state government has expressed appreciation to the House of Representatives for showing concern to the people of the state, especially the traders at Singer Market who lost property worth billions of Naira in an inferno recently. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje stated this when a delegation from the House,…

  • Ex-minister In Charge Of Prisons, Moro Sent to Prison

    Abba MoroCourt sends ex-minister to prison A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today(Monday) remanded Abba Moro in prison custody, on charges of fraud. Moro, who is the immediate past Minister for Interior, a ministry over seeing Prisons and other similar organisations was brought to court today, February 29, 2016, following of money laundering charges…

  • Alert: Shiites Threaten Mass Revolt Nationwide

    Alert: Shiites Threaten Mass Revolt Nationwide

    Release Video On Impending War With Authorities Nobody Should Take Nigeria For Granted – DHQ While the Nigerian authorities are still battling to contain the Boko Haran insurgency, there is greater looming danger, following threats by the Shiites Islamic group, that they will avenge the death of their followers killed during their celebrated clash with…

  • Budget Padding: Two Ministers, Top  Aides Risk Sack

    Budget Padding: Two Ministers, Top Aides Risk Sack

    Angry Buhari Orders Compilation Of Culprits’ List Two of President Muhammadu Buhari’s most trusted ministers and two of his closest aides may be at the receiving end of the investigations into the padding of the 2016 Budget, which the President confessed has caused his Government and the nation embarrassments. Investigations reveal that, President Buhari was…