Wife of the Enugu state governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi has restated her commitment to ensuring the domestication of the child rights act in the state as passed into law by the Federal Government in 2003. Mrs. Ugwuanyi noted that she would collaborate with the State Ministry of Gender Affairs to …

Justice B. O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, overruled a preliminary objection filed by G.I. Abibo, SAN, in a case involving a former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, Chief Ambrose Ambrose Owuru, who is being …

The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Thursday, raised alarm of imminent terror attacks on the South-West Zone by Boko Haram terrorists. Sequel to this, NOA has advised schools, churches and mosques, among other usually crowded places, on the need to put measures in place to arrest any possible attacks. A statement …

Nigeria’s army, Friday, said it has repelled an attack from Boko Haram militants in the town of Gwoza, Borno State, in the north-east. An army statement said that in the two-hour fight, which started in the early hours of the morning, seven Boko Haram fighters were killed and weapons were …

Nigerian Senators are set to receive free Facebook training, says the Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate, Sen. Isa Galaudu, Thursday in Abuja. Galaudu, in a letter sent to the senators inviting them for the event, said the training was in line with the promise of the …

Ahead of the wedding fatiha of his three daughters, Friday and the AUN Founder’s Day in Yola tomorrow (Nov 14), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar continues to receive courtesy visits.

There are nine 2018 World Cup second round first leg matches across Africa from Friday. Ghana and Nigeria are both away but will be favourites to beat Comoros and Swaziland respectively. The reigning African champions Ivory Coast begin their campaign to reach a fourth straight World Cup with a trip …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed, Thursday, that it has began working out modalities towards the rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their communities in the North east. Director General of the agency, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Sidi, said with the president’s deadline to the military to end …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reportedly slammed a fine of N1 billion administrative charges on Guinness Nigeria Plc for its failure to adhere to the recommended ‘good manufacturing practice procedures.’ The Enforcement Department of the agency had allegedly conducted a routine check on …

Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel is meeting some of the parents of the 219 girls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants last year. The meeting in Lagos is to support the parents as they deal with the trauma caused by the abductions. Seventeen of the girls’ parents have died since …

The Pentagon confirmed, Friday,  that United States forces carried out an airstrike in Syria targeting Emwazi, the Isis terrorist known as “Jihadi John” after appearing in gruesome propaganda videos depicting the beheadings of eight hostages. David Cameron made a statement from Downing Street on Friday morning confirming the attack amid …

Labour unions, Thursday, in Abuja called on the Federal Government to investigate allegation of fraud in the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This development unfolds as Central Bank Governor (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, confirmed that the CBN did not sign any contract …

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ademola Adeniyi, Thursday, directed the Federal Government and the Department of State Services to obey an earlier court order granting former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd.), permission to travel must be obeyed. The court in …

In Akwa Ibom, erosion and flooding are two major concerns where both state government and the residents seek urgent Federal Government intervention. Correspondent DENNIS UDOMA, in this special report examines the impact of these menaces on the people and environment. Generally speaking, erosion and flooding have become the two monstrous …

  The Nigeria police, Thursday, denied allegations making the rounds that its men and officers were culpable for the killing of protesting members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), recently. In a statement by the Inspector General …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has formally commissioned the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) extension project and flag off of the 434 new BRT bus operations. This is just as the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Thursday, described the Governor as ‘an epitome …

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has stated that to effectively provide adequate security to its teeming population, Nigeria should decentralise its police force and allow state police has said. Speaking in Sokoto when he received the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase on a courtesy visit, Tambuwal said even …

A prosecution witness has told Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), received over five petitions against former Imo State governor, Ohakim Ikedia, who was arraigned on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 on a three-count charge bordering on money laundering. Ohakim …

Arik Air, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest carrier, has launched a Self-Service Kiosk, in addition to launching two extra payment options to broaden payment options available to passengers. The Self Service Kiosk allows passengers make bookings and pay for Arik Air tickets at a kiosk without assistance and is the …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Thursday charged the people of the State to be actively involved in the process of governance at the local level so as to bring about efficiency and participatory development. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Police College Ground, Ikeja at the 2015 Community Day …

DENNIS UDOMA, Uyo “Our commitment as a responsible corporate citizen is to ensure, the comprehensive well being of our communities by drawing attention to very easily overlooked health conditions and lifestyles that can deprive us of our wellness and confine to the sickbay or hospitals sometimes with attendant consequences”. Those were …

The Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited is set to hold its Third Anniversary Lecture on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Realnews is focusing this year’s lecture on the economy which is currently in the doldrums. All the economic indices in the country now ranging from depleting foreign reserve, depreciating value of …

The trial of a former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly mismanaging N1.64 billion state funds during his tenure as governor between 1999 and 2007 continued on Thursday, November 12, 2015 before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of an FCT …

Governor Nyesom Wike has defended his government’s decision to take out a bank loan to fund capital projects in the state, maintaining that nothing will deter him ‘from ensuring that the state remains on track despite the economic cash crunch besetting the country.’ While speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association …