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...
The Director-General of Institute For Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR),Dr. Joseph Golwa has attributed the incidences of bomb attacks in parts of the country to persons bent on destabilising the nation’s peace and security in the name of poli...
In what appears to be a declaration of a state of emergency through the backdoor, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the chief of defence staff, Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin, to take absolute control of the security situation in Plate...
Gunmen bombed a police station in Misau, Bauchi State, and robbed a nearby bank yesterday. They killed six people including five policemen at the town that is located 160km north of the state capital, Bauchi. Heavy gunfire resounded throughout the town...
The House of Representatives yesterday summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to appear today just as it maintained that the investigation into the N10bn single window facilitation contract will still be carried out in spite of the...
A suspected cult leader yesterday told officers of the Bayelsa State Police Command how nine members of his cult group known as “Icelanders” raped a girl in the state capital. He also explained the group’s involvement in the killing o...
Some banks recently raised their minimum account balances and also introduced different charges as part of measures to encourage the electronic system of payment in the country. These new steps have continued to generate a lot of controversy amon...
A whistle blower, WikiLeaks, has revealed that late President Umaru Yar’Adua was considering prosecuting his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on corruption related issues, while he was assiduously working to strip his government out of Obasa...
Managing Director of LEADERSHIP Holdings, Abraham Nda-Isaiah, and five others were yesterday in Kaduna ordained as pastors of the International Praise Cathedral Church. Pastor Abraham Nda-Isaiah had served in various capacities of the church which incl...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the House will stick to the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the choice of the House Majority Leader. The PDP had already zoned the post to the South-West....
The Federal Government has said it spends over N1.1trn on importation of wheat, rice, fish and sugar annually. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinnwumi Adesina, stated this in Abuja on Friday at a media briefing to commemorate f...