Month: April 2017

  • I warned that Nigeria was being returned to 1984 – Fayose

    I warned that Nigeria was being returned to 1984 – Fayose

    Agency Report Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the expulsion of State House Correspondent, Olalekan Adetayo, from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, describing it as “sign of what is to come from a dictatorial government that desires that the media must only tell Nigerians what it wants them to hear and nothing more.” The…

  • IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu granted bail

    IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu granted bail

    By Our Correspondent At last, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted bail on health grounds. The bail is the first since the commencement of his trial for alleged treason. Mr. Kanu and three others are facing trail on allegations of treason among others. The presiding judge, Binta…

  • NANS commends FUTO for reopening institution

    NANS commends FUTO for reopening institution

    By Ogba Chidozie Ogbonnaya …says it will not take side to renegade students National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), for reopening the institution after it was closed for about two months when students protested and destroyed property worth several millions of Naira. It…

  • Adeleke: We have lost a colossus – Dogara

    Adeleke: We have lost a colossus – Dogara

    By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has described the sudden death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke as shocking and a huge loss to the country. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, the Speaker said he received with shock, the news of…

  • Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Staff Applaud Suspension  Of  SGF

    Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Staff Applaud Suspension Of SGF

    By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The victimized staff of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH)-Uselu who act as whistle blowers have applaud President Muhammadu Buhari for his suspension of the SGF Engr David Babachair Lawal. In a press release made available to journalists in Benin city, and signed by Doctor Ambrose Lawani, former head Residency Training/Forensic…

  • Redeem Your Pledge, Edo IDPs Tell Dogara.

    Redeem Your Pledge, Edo IDPs Tell Dogara.

    By Monday EBALU, Benin City The internally displaced persons ,( IDPS) in Edo state camp has appealed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara to redeem the pledge he made last year when he visited the camp. Dogara visited the IDP camp in Ohogua, near Benin City in 2016 with some…

  • Man Caught With Human Parts In Police Net

    Man Caught With Human Parts In Police Net

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The quick intervention by Policemen in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital saved a man caught with human parts from being lynched by irate mob. The mob was said to be at the point of setting the suspected ritualist ablaze at Ita- Kudimo area, along Pakata road, Ilorin when policemen arrived the…

  • Emir Sanusi II To Address AUN Graduation

    Emir Sanusi II To Address AUN Graduation

    By Aaron Ossai The Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi is expected to address graduating students of the American University of Nigeria, AUN on May 13, 2017. Interim President Professor LeGene Quesenberry of AUN announced that HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II CON has accepted the University’s invitation to serve as the ninth Commencement Speaker at…

  • ASUU’s Mindless Attacks On Oloyed-Led JAMB

    ASUU’s Mindless Attacks On Oloyed-Led JAMB

    By Moses Agwu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has somehow managed to take time off churning out half-baked graduates as it savages the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) over reported failings in the mock test scheduled by the examination body. Its angst has nothing to do with the glitches that were caught…

  • IMF’s Commitments to 2016 Bilateral Borrowing Agreements Hit $400bn

    By Joseph INOKOTONG The total pledges by International Monetary Fund (IMF) members under the 2016 bilateral borrowing agreements have reached about $400 billion. These resources will help maintain IMF’s lending capacity. A statement from the Fund said since the Annual Meetings in October 2016, further progress has been made in securing commitments to provide bilateral…