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A bill awaiting passage and presidential assent in the House of Representatives may compel President Goodluck Jonathan to set security standards on all public buildings, recreational parks and other buildings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and ...
Following the controversy trailing the emergence of Hon. Seriake Dickson as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has petitioned chairman of the National Judicial Co...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep shock and outrage over the coordinated bombings in Kano that claimed scores of lives. He also condemned the bombing in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. In a statement from his Media Office in Abuja, Atiku ...
One of the Boko Haram members that attacked the Farm Centre Police Division had hundreds of thousands of naira on him. He accessed the police office by trekking from Ali Rano Road, off Country Mall, Farm Centre Kano Metropolis, he wrapped himself with ...
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have shot and killed Abba Kyari, a nephew of Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima. Kyari was killed after he was said to have grabbed a Boko Haram member and forced him to abandon his gun during an attack launch...
The Boko Haram has explained why the sect has to bomb Kano on Friday, Abul Qaqa, who claimed to be the spokesman of the group in a phone chat with journalist in Kano, further claimed that the attacks were in response to the refusal of the K...
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has criticised the multiple attacks in Kano by suspected Boko Haram members, saying journalists the threat of terrorism is a major security challenge to the government. Speaking to reporters at the...
Six children were killed in a fire on Friday in Dagoni village, Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. A relation of one of the deceased, Malam Danjuma Mohammadu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dagoni that the inferno occur...
The people of Obi-Yiama, Abavo Clan, Ika South Local Government Area f Delta State are protesting the gruesome murder of the community’s head, The Eleme of Obi-Yiama, Chief Amenaghanwon Chinyem by persons said to have been hired by his enemies in...
The traditional ruler (Ponzhin Bin) in limun village, Bwarat district of Lang tang North Local Government Area of Plateau State, chief Mozie mamzum at the weekend, paraded three rape suspects, including a 55-year old man, Mallam Usman MaishanuMr. Mozie...
Following suspension of the week-long general strike by organized labour, complimented by civil society organizations, UCHENNA AWOM looks at the pivots of the truce, especially the role of Senate President David Mark, and the way forward. The general s...
With Nigeria on the brink, challenged by serious security, political and economic challenges, former military president, retired General Ibrahim Babangida peers into an uncertain future and counsels President Goodluck Jonathan to seize the moment and c...
An achiever of note in the political and economic arenas, Alhaji (Dr.) Adamu Bello Dan-Iyan Adamawa CFR, FCIB, is former Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources & Rural Development during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime. In this interview with BLESSI...
Hon. Dan Akpan represents Etinan/ Nait Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State. In this interview with journalists in Abuja, including RUTH CHOJI, he slams those against fuel subsidy removal, saying they lack economica...
“Those who are unwilling to respect history always live a life of repeated regrets: double tragedy in the forerun (of events) and in the fore-arm (lessons)” - Dr. Khalifa Muktar in his book, The Palestine of Jesus, page 12, 1967.“I re...