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The leadership of the Students Union leader of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, has accused the State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of playing politics with their future, threatening showdown if the state government failed to reopen the school within the next seven days. The...

Senator representing Gombe South Senatorial District, Barrister Joshua Lidani narrowly escaped being lynched as angry protesters Monday attacked him with stones in Talasse town, headquarters of Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe state. Senator Lidani was in Talasse to inspect classroom...

AT almost 90, Chief Ayo Adebanjo remains an inimitable political titan, quintessential lawyer and conscience of the nation at all times. From a humble beginning in his hometown, Ijebu Ogbu Oke in Ogun State, he has become an enigma and colossus because of his dogged pursuit of a just society...

It was a very sad in Nigeria a fortnight ago when reports filtered in of brutal killings in agrarian communities in Dekina and Omala Local Government Areas of Kogi State. The bloodshed was carried out by bandits alleged to be herdsmen who went on the rampage and killed 32 persons, among them...

The Director, FCTA Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, has warned that residents of the FCT who encroach on road corridors will face demolition. He also advised those that have already put illegal structures on road corridors anywhere within the territory to remove them...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has enjoined FCT residents, especially the Christian faithful, to use the occasion of the Easter to rededicate themselves to the virtues of love and service to the nation. He stated that the season offered the residents an...

The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has urged traditional rulers not to give out traditional titles as ‘anyhow gifts’. He said such titles are only to be given to people that have contributed to the development of the chiefdoms. Click here to read more

Nwachinemerem Elizabeth Oduenyi Foundation (NEOF) has donated 50 walking sticks and foodstuff to pupils and students of School for the Blind, Jabi, Abuja. Making the donation on Good Friday, the founder of NEOF, Oduenyi Elizabeth Onuoha, said she was inspired to celebrate Easter with the less...

No fewer than seven major projects at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos are currently rotting away, with many of them being subjects of litigation, which have dragged on for about 20 years in various courts across the country. This has prevented progress in any of the projects. In...

The Nigerian Army on Monday has extended the period for its ongoing special operation, Exercise AYEM AKPATUMA in Taraba State. The operation was flagged off on 20th February 2018 in North Central and parts of North West Nigeria. Click here to read more

Nigerian troops attached to the counter-insurgency initiative, Operation Lafiya Dole, at about 8.10 pm on Sunday, foiled at attempt by Boko Haram to wreak havoc in Maiduguri. The troops, deployed in the Cashew Plantation around Bille Shuwa and Alikaranti villages, killed six insurgents and seven...

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, it is important that we, today and for posterity, say it loud and clear that based on the cost and benefit analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos, last Thursday and Friday. we must inform the President and all those who...