A cross section of vehicles destroyed during the attack on the convoy of Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at Usen, Ovia West Local Government                                                             ...

By Joy Idam, Sharon Akuboh & Ogonnaya Dibia The secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abuja Council came under the bulldozers of the Development Control of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), allegedly on the orders of the FCT minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed. According to the official who simply identified himself as Mr. Bature, the District Officer for Utako, he was acting on ...

Adeluola Babajide, an official of the Skye Bank and a witness in the ongoing trial of Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State has debunked claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that he stayed away from the court on June 5 as a result of threat to his life. Babajide, who was in court on Friday June 29th, told the court that he could not come to court on the last adjourned ...

By most accounts, basic education in Nigeria is facing a lot of challenges. These challenges, according to educationists, include inadequate infrastructure, shortage of qualified teachers, paucity of funds and, above all, inadequate instructional materials. The experts note that the situation has particularly hindered the performance and growth of basic education which, they add, is the foundation of the ed ...

In analyzing fiscal performance across the various regions and political platforms to assess the various state governments in delivering their electoral mandates, our focus this week is on the small, North-Central state of Nasarawa. We took a fortnight’s break to allow for the ventilation of contrasting views on Anambra’s misguided and profoundly dysfunctional budget. Nasarawa is the only state in the count ...

Vice President Namadi Sambo  has reacted swiftly to a report which alleged that a presidential convoy returning from the airport had endangered the lives of  road users .The story alleged that   Sambo was in the convoy. But a  statement sent to Newsdiaryonline by Umar Sani, vice presidential spokesman said the  Vice President “did not go to the airport as he was in his office throughout yesterday after the ...

Precisely two months after he narrowly escaped death following an attack on his convoy at Auchi area, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, again came under gun attack by thugs hired by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while his campaign train stopped at Usen town, Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state. Louis Odion,Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation who gave a vivi ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and  Comrade Amitolu Shittu,the national coordinator, Committee for Democracy and Rights of the People (CDRP)  at the just concluded Rio +20 Summit  in  Brazil. ...

Damaturu – The new National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, said the Federal Government would give top priority to dialogue and negotiation to tackle the current security challenges in the country. Dasuki stated this in Damaturu on Thursday, when he paid a courtesy visit on Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam, at the Government House. He said that government was committed to working with all stakeholders ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered the retrial of Chief Kenny Martins and three others in respect of the embezzlement of Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Forty Million Naira (N7,740,000,000.00) belonging to the Police Equipment Fund. In a well-considered judgment delivered by Justice Regina Nwodo, JCA, Leading two other justices on Thursday June 28, 2012, the appellate court among other issues ...