Month: March 2016

  • Policemen Travelling to Rivers Involved in Accident

    Policemen Travelling to Rivers Involved in Accident

    No fewer than100 police officers drafted from Akure, the Ondo state capital to Rivers State for National Assembly and State Assembly rerun elections were involved in an auto accident on Friday, March 18. According to Sahara Reporters, the policemen were traveling in a police truck with registration number “NPF 5205 C” when it collided with…

  • Jailed Nollywood actress seeks bail, heads for Supreme Court

    The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday fixed April 7 to hear a bail application by Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberisima, who was jailed five years for manslaughter. Ibinabo was sentenced by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court, for reckless driving and causing death. She was alleged to have recklessly driven a car…

  • Buhari tells leaders to mobilise followers against corruption, crime.

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged religious, community and political leaders to mobilise their followers against corruption and other crimes. Buhari made the call at International Islamic Conference on Peace and Nation Building organised by Jama’atul Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), in conjunction with the Muslim World League, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.…

  • Aisha Buhari unveils Nigeria Rebirth Art Project

    The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari on Thursday in Abuja unveiled the Nigeria Rebirth Art Project aimed at making Nigeria great. She was represented by the Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo. Mrs Buhari, who is the Grand Patron of the rebirth said that the need for the National Rebirth had…

  • Army major, 3 soldiers shot dead Rivers state

    Army major, 3 soldiers shot dead Rivers state

    An Nigerian army major and three other soldiers have allegedly been shot dead in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers state. The soldiers reportedly ran into an ambush set up by militants.  A source who spoke to Sahara Reporters, said that the soldiers ran into an ambush set up by militants. However, both the…

  • 2 killed, scores injured as two female suicide bombers hit Maiduguri Mosque

    At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday when two women disguised as men blew themselves up during morning prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, rescue officials said. The attack happened at about 5:30 am (0430 GMT) in the Molai district of the city, which has been repeatedly targeted in the past by…

  • Budget 2016, N5000 Intervention Fund And Matters Arising

    Budget 2016, N5000 Intervention Fund And Matters Arising

    By Shola AKINGBOYE The National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Appropriation recently descended on President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to set aside N500bn in the 2016 budget condemning the N5,000 Social Intervention campaign promise from the much awaited 2016 appropriation. This hitherto would probably force the APC led government to ditch its campaign promise to the people…

  • NERC Laments Spate Of Vandalism In Power Sector

    NERC Laments Spate Of Vandalism In Power Sector

    …Says Discos Must Publish Meter Sharing Plan By Shola AKINGBOYE The acting Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Anthony Akah has lamented incidences of vandalism that led to reduction in peak power supply through the national grid from over 5,000megawatts (mw) attained two weeks ago to less than 2,800mw. Speaking…

  • INEC fixed date for FCT area council election

    Breaking: The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, has now fixed Apirl 9, 2016, as the date for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, area council’s election. The election was earlier sheduled for March 19, 2016, and all political parties in the six area councils of the territory have been campaigning before this change of date by the…

  • Governance: Igbo’s Deserve A Better Place – Comrade

    Governance: Igbo’s Deserve A Better Place – Comrade

    Although he is of the civil society, National coordinator, Human Rights Writers, Emmanuel Nwabiko, in this interview with nationalTRAIL editors accuses President Muhammadu Buhari of bias and outright neglect the Igbo people of the South East, and insists that such must be corrected. He also spoke on several other national issues, as well as that…