Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike says he is committed to addressing the challenges facing basic and secondary education sub sectors under his purview. In this interview with FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO, the Minister declares that it...
Former President, Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has described the activities of the terrorist Boko Haram sect to destabilise the country as political, saying that its grouse is not far from the fact that a southerner is occupying the pre...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has issued a September-18 ultimatum to all those in possession of illegal arms in the region to surrender them or face the full wrath of the law. JTF spokesman, Lt-Col. Timothy Antigha, said in a s...
Barely 24 hours after Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blew the whistle, alleging that some strange projects were miraculously sneaked into the 2011 budget, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has assured that the Maiduguri airport, which was shut down for renovation some months back, is ready for use during this year’s hajj operation. The NCAA disclosed this yesterday when the Borno State go...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has described as false the report on the purported training of corps members in self defence in collaboration with Martial Arts and Self Defence Academy. The report which was published in the LEADERSHIP edition ...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday struck out the testimonies and statements of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Chairman, Prince Tony Momoh who is supposed to be the Prosecution Witness 2(PW2) in t...
Following the flood alert in Sokoto and its environs, the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has called on religious leaders, traditional rulers and the entire people of the to pray fervently against the recurrence of flood disaster in the state. Wam...
A United Nations Under Secretary, Prof Ibrahim Gambari has said that permanent ceasefire and lasting peace in Darfur was an achievable goal even as he urged all sides to the conflict to build on a recent peace agreement between the Government and one o...
In this report, the trade of words between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the House of Representatives over the latter’s insistence that the lower House speakership returns to the South-West comes under the spotlight. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE report...
Barr. Kabiru Dodo was recently accused by the Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai of betrayal. The governor alleged that Dodo had secretly recorded their conversation with a recording pen. In this interview with JOHN MKOM, Dodo bares his mind on the ...
Honourable Gabriel Suswam, the Executive Governor of Benue State bares his mind on his stewardship in the state that prides itself as the Food Basket of the nation, while admiting difficulties in the implementation of the minimum wage. SOLOMON AYADO wa...
INEC said in Abuja yesterday that it was set to carry out a major restructuring of political boundaries for the 2015 general elections. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nig...
Dare-devil armed robbers have taken over the Port Harcourt-Owerri Expressway as they now rob innocent motorists without any challenge from security agencies from either Rivers or Imo states. The road, which is being dualised from the Port Harcourt axis...
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha have been called upon to revitalise the agricultural sector with a view to creating more jobs in the state. The Imo state indigenes resident in Niger State made the call through a statement signed by the Head of Infor...