Monthly Archives: January, 2018
NNPC mulls PPP arrangements for corporation’s oil, gas pipelines
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The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has urged the new Board of one of its downstream...
Insecurity: Saraki tasks PSC on police professionalism, commitment
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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, urged the Police Service Commission (PSC), to work to ensure a return to "professionalism and...
Deji Tinubu: A Tribute By Asiwaju Tinubu
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My nephew, Ayodeji Tinubu, died while playing a sport he so loved from childhood. He had a zest for the game just as he...
Soyinka, Col. Umar, Anyaoku, Najatu, others to attend launch of ‘Third Force’
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...As Movt unveils Buba Galadima, others as zonal coordinatorsThe Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM has announced its decision to formally launch its emergent Third Force...
Don’t Engage in Panic Buying, We are Engaging Petroleum Tanker Drivers, Says NNPC
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured motorists and other petroleum products consumers in Abuja and its environs not to engage in panic...
Bayelsa gets new Commissioner of Police
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By Yemi ItodoBayelsa State Police Command has announced the resumption of new Commissioner of Police.He is CP Don Awunah. He takes over from CP...
Peace Corps: Group drags IGP Idris, AGF before Reps for disobeying court orders
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By Yemi ItodoThe Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Justice and Equity (Coalition-JE), an umbrella body of different indigenous Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in...
Kano state govt to spend 13 % of its 2018 budget on health
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Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has said that his government allocated 13 percent of its 2018 budget to the health sector as...
NJC orders Chief Judge of Abia State ‘to stay away from duties’
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The National Judicial Council has ordered the Chief Judge of Abia State, Mr. Justice T. U. Uzokwe t stay away from duties. This decision...
Buhari hails Super Eagles for defeating Sudan
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria on their victory over Sudan in the semi-final of the 2018 Championship of African...
Nigeria survive Sudan to reach CHAN final
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday beat Sudan 1-0 at Marrakech in Morocco to advance to their first-ever final match appearance at the African Nations...
Troops destroy Boko Haram tactical ground, recover battle tank, others
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The Nigerian Army has said that its troops destroyed Boko Haram’s tactical ground, Camp Zero, in the ongoing clearance operation to dislodge remnants of...
Egua sets up The Bridge, quits Frontiersnews
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The online media space is set to experience a new vitality with the birth of The Bridge News, a news platform, with a robust slant...
Between Obasanjo’s Third Force and Third Fault By Sufuyan Ojeifo
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Is the leitmotif of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s proposal of a National Coalition (NC) geared towards a complete change of the modus of appropriating...
Benue Killings: Ortom imposes dusk to dawn curfew on Gboko
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has approved the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew in Gboko town from today, 31st January, 2018, until...
Fowler to Tax Defaulters: Take advantage of VAIDS, avoid prosecution
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Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has advised tax defaulters to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income...
Court orders final forfeiture of Lagos Director’s N28.5m, properties
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Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, ordered the final forfeiture of a sum...
This Oracle Called Obasanjo, By Musa Simon Reef
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He is gradually becoming Nigeria’s proverbial witch that cries in the night, and the child dies the following day. His letters to sitting presidents,...
2018 Budget: Allocation for youth development, insufficient – YIAGA
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The Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) has described the 116.2 billion naira which is just 1.6percent budgeted for the Federal Ministry...
Court adjourns Fani-Kayode’s N4.9bn fraud trial over ailment
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Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, adjourned further hearing in a case involving...
Bring home your ideas, Obi tells Nigerians in the Diaspora
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The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians in Diaspora to develop full interest in what happens in Nigeria,...
For Nigeria to progress and for a shared prosperity, we need a Developmentalist Coalition, By Omano Edigheji
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IntroductionNigeria is endowed with both human and natural resources. Yet, it remained undeveloped. It is a rich country with poor people, a situation of...
A Call To Salvage The National Intelligence Agency, NIA: Open Letter To House Of Reps Committee
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29th January, 2018A CALL TO SALVAGE THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, NIA. OPEN LETTER TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND NATIONAL INTELIGENCEPREAMBLE: This...
Nigerian Army embarks on road project in Sambisa forest
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The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had embarked on road construction project in Sambisa Forest as part of ongoing clearance operation to dislodge...
UN Chief calls for accelerated efforts to end stigma against people with Leprosy
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for stronger commitments and accelerated efforts to associated discrimination and stigma against people with leprosy.Guterres made the call...