Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As the nation prepares for the 2015 general elections, many Nigerians especially the youths, have been using the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs to drum-up support for their preferred presidential candidate. Few weeks to the election, supporters of former […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has said that unlimited access to education for youth will enhance peace, harmony and progress in Nigeria. Abubakar said this in a speech at the opening of the 98th Islamic Vacation Course organised by the Muslim Students’ […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigerian entertainers came out in their large numbers to attend the just concluded Music Meets Runway held on Tuesday, December 23. The world of Nigerian fashion wrapped up on a high note as different designers came out to showcase their art at the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A group of identical twins and other people of multiple births in the country have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene by stopping what they described as “the mass discrimination against them by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s biometric system.” The group […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The abducted former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Bappa Tilde, has been killed by his yet-to-be-identified kidnappers. Tilde, 72, was abducted last Saturday, at Nuru Quarters in Bauchi, on his way home from the mosque, where he observed his night prayers. News of his […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as “genocidal” the recent sentencing of 54 soldiers to death by an army court martial. While strongly condemning the death sentence, Falana said the convicted soldiers, the second set to be condemned to death, had […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A top European Union Court has ruled that the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, should be removed from the bloc’s terrorist list. The court said the ruling was a technical move and does not imply that Hamas’ classification as a terrorist group should be […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal Government has announced plans to privatize eight sectors of the economy by 2015. The sectors to be privatized include the railway, road authority, inland waterways, Ports & harbor, national transport commission, federal competition, consumer protection and postal bill. Benjamin Dikki, the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the summons of the House of Representatives on the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The House had summoned Alison-Madueke in order to probe her alleged waste of public funds on the use of […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As the nation gears up for the 2015 general election, Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has advised Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, to remain focused and neutral in all their activities in order to give the nation a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo State governor, has said that voters in the South West are prepared to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, and would not be moved by what he described as the propaganda of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, to discredit the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A human rights group, the Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice NCDJ, on Monday, urged the International Criminal Court, ICC, to bring charges against Muhammadu Buhari, for post-election violence in 2011. In a statement released on Monday, the group said that Buhari should […] More
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