Month: June 2017

By Aaron Ossai with agency reports   A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State has dissolved the 4-month old marriage between Usman Eggon and his wife, Ladi, for lack of respect and consistent quarrel.   The judge, Ibrahim Shakarau, dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace, saying that the parties have ceased to be…

Following the passage of the 2017 budget by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, some economists have called on the Federal Government to immediately begin its implementation to improve the country’s economic fortune. According to Professor Uche Uwaleke, an Associate Professor of Finance at the Nasarawa state University, the immediate implementation of critical projects in the…

By Our Reporter with agency reports The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, has denied reports linking it with an alleged plot to attack the residence of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in Umuahia, Abia State. In a press conference in Aba, MASSOB Zonal…

By Naomi Douglas   Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed that a policeman, Sgt. Thomas Agada, has committed suicide after shooting his wife and maid. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday at Masaka in Karu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr. Kennedy Idirisu, told newsmen in Lafia that…

By Najem Francis, Sokoto The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria PLC (CCNN) has awarded scholarship to 15 indigenes of host communities studying various courses in tertiary institutions across the country, just as the company donated 140 tons (2,800 bags) of cement to 68 host communities. Speaking while launching the scholarship awards at the Wamakko Local…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Former Nigeria Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, has cautioned that recent developments in the country were reminiscent of the antecedent situation of the 1967 civil war. He lamented that hate speech is growing, ethnic and regional irredentism is increasing, while intolerance is deepening, resulting in seeming…

By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that if not for members’ zonal interventions and constituency projects, many communities would not have felt the benefits of democracy. He stated this while commissioning a 10 Km KvA Extension line rural electrification project, facilitated by Hon. Ahmed Abubakar Yunusa in…

By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The long overdrawn crisis rocking the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin city, seems  to have taken a new dimension,  as the aggrieved staff members has once again sent a reminder  of their petition to the notice of the Presidency. In a strongly worded petition, signed by , Dr. Ambrose.O Lawani…

By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed concerns over existential threats to indigenous languages in the country.  He spoke Saturday, in Lubo community of Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe state, during the launching of the New Testament Bible in Tera language, the local language in Lubo and…

By Sule  ALIYU,  Bauchi A political pressure group, Borno Youth Progressives Forum has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency declare state of emergency in Borno state. The state chairman of the group, Maina Bukar said the declaration of the state of emergency in Borno state by the federal government becomes…