BY ABDDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), from Arabic Teachers College where IDPs from Marte local government are taking refuge have barricaded the Maiduguri-Kano road protesting poor feeding in the camp, in the process, disrupting traffic on the expressway for over two hours. The mostly women and children IDPs, …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said the Federal Government has a critical role to play in addressing the fundamental structural challenges undermining sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the states of the federation, among which is unbundling the potentials of each of the federating units. Speaking in …

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Governors of Borno and Zamfara states at the State House, Abuja This is as he has warmly congratulated eminent academic and former federal minister, Prof. Tamunoemi Sokari David-West as he turns 80 years on Thursday, August 26th, 2016. It is expected that security …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday signed an MoU with the Chief Executive of the British Council, Sir Ciaran Devane, with a request for partnership to help train festival managers, revive the country’s major festivals and prevent its traditional games from dying. The agreement was …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has re-admitted United Bank for Africa, UBA, Plc into the Foreign Exchange Market. This, according to a statement by the leading bank, followed its remittance of all NNPC/NLNG dollar deposits. The statement further thanked all, especially the bank’s customers, for their continued support and …

The management of Sterling Bank has rejected suggestions that it failed or neglected to disclose any sums held on behalf of its clients to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for which it was, alongside some other commercial banks have been suspended from the Interbank foreign exchange market. In a …

: Dennis Udoma Akwa Ibom State Government has signed an agreement with a Singaporean investor, Ashdene Associates Nigeria for infrastructure and agricultural development. The deal was sealed by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Engr. Etido Inyang, his counterparts in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Mathew Ekaette and …

AGENE GODWIN ,Benin The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun Wednesday said his party would win the September 10, 2016 governorship election on the basis of performance. Chief Oyegun added that between its almost eight years in government and the over ten years the opposition …

Dennis Udoma A High Court in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Wednesday arraigned five persons for impersonating personnel of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The suspects, Mr. Emmanuel Akpabio, Adediran Destiny, Nsikak Ebiti, Unyime Udo and Esther Udoh are alleged to have approached …

The all-new, fourth-generation Kia Rio will make its world premiere on 29 September in Paris, at the 2016 Mondial de l’Automobile. The Rio’s progressive new exterior and interior design was led by Kia’s design centers in Germany and California, in close collaboration with the company’s main design center in Namyang, …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, 24th Aug 2016, presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Statehouse. Pictures of some of the leaders at the meeting.

AGENE GODWIN, Benin A major fire disaster was averted in Benin City, the Edo state capital Wednesday following the quick intervention of men of the Edo state Fire Service. A truck laden with petroleum products had its spring broken as the truck was trying to make a U turn from …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin The state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Orbih Wednesday in Benin City said that the party will embark on a peaceful street protest over the wanton and unwarranted arrest of members of the party in the state merely because they are members of …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, described the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, as an ambassador of peace, promoter of national unity, champion of of national development, embodiment of tradition and culture and a source of inspiration to many Nigerians. Saraki in a statement by …

The Special Adviser on Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Isah Usman, has disclosed that the Samuel Ortom administration was executing over 1000 projects in the various sectors across Benue State. He made the disclosure at various places during the ongoing flag-off of rural electrification, roads and bridges projects in several …

President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, on his 60th birthday, August 24th, 2016. President Buhari, in a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) joined the people and government of Sokoto State, the Muslim community and …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAHI, MAIDUGURI The Borno State Counicl of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned plans by some state governments to commence payment of half salaries to workers, saying the move was inimical to the welfare of workers in the country. The state chairman of the NLC, Comrade who …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the aggressive repositioning of the broadcast stations in the State was part of his administration’s strategy aimed at empowering the media outfits to compare favorably with the best in the world, pledging that the State would soon celebrate the birth of …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has recorded another major success in the on-going counter-insurgency and counter terrorism operations against the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) sect in the North East. According to Ayodele Famuyiwa, Group Captain, Director of Public Relations & Information of the NAF, the current phase of intensified air …

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country will be deepened and institutionalized to last beyond the life of the current administration. Receiving American Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, at an audience in State House, Abuja, Tuesday, the President declared: “We will insist on the …

INTRODUCTION I believe that a brief historical excursion to trace the place of Ndigbo in modern Nigerian politics will be a necessary prelude to any meaningful discussion on the Igbo Political Renaissance and Rescue. Barely eight years after the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates by the British Colonialists …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reassured the Artists’ Village community at the National Theatre, Lagos, that the government has not abandoned them. The Minister, who stated this on Monday in Lagos at a meeting with the representatives of the Artists’ Village, restated the government’s commitment …