Nigeria needs N600 billion annually for roads – Minister of Works

  Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen says the country needs about N600 billion to build 14,000km of roads annually if it is to meet the Vision 20:20:20 goals. The Minister,...

FG to spend N160.7bn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction

by Rachel Ogbu    The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has claimed that the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway...

FG determined to create vibrant private sector – VP Sambo

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has said that the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan led Administration is determined to create a vibrant private sector in the country. Vice President Sambo stated...

Sacked Workers Of Mainstreet Bank Besiege National Assembly Complex In Protest

Retrenched workers of the Mainstreet Bank Limited, on Tuesday, protested at the gate to the National Assembly complex, calling on the lawmakers to intervene in their case. The workers were protesting...

PDP Has No Excuse To Lose Any Election Again In South West – Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman, South-West of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, on Tuesday in Lagos, called on leaders and elders of the party across the zone to ensure that...

Sacked Workers Of Mainstreet Bank Besiege National Assembly Complex In Protest

Retrenched workers of the Mainstreet Bank Limited, on Tuesday, protested at the gate to the National Assembly complex, calling on the lawmakers to intervene in their case. The workers were protesting...

Sacked Workers Of Mainstreet Bank Besiege National Assembly Complex In Protest

Retrenched workers of the Mainstreet Bank Limited, on Tuesday, protested at the gate to the National Assembly complex, calling on the lawmakers to intervene in their case. The workers were protesting...

PDP Has No Excuse To Lose Any Election Again In South West – Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman, South-West of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, on Tuesday in Lagos, called on leaders and elders of the party across the zone to ensure that...

FG Blames Low Passenger Traffic In Kano Airport On Insecurity

 The federal government has dismissed reports by a newspaper that the re-modelling of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano is responsible for low passengers’ traffic at the airport, saying...

FG Bans Civil Servants From Accepting Chieftaincy Titles, Engaging In Private Practice

Civil servants have been banned by the Federal Government from receiving chieftaincy titles and “other sundry awards”, until after their retirement or disengagement from service. In a circular sent...

Opposition’s Bid To Reclaim South-West Will Never Succeed – Tinubu

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described past administrations of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West states as  examples...

Opinion: Why Nigerians should save OJB Jezreel

Anyone can be OJB. Anyone can need financial assistance. This man has not been lazy. He has worked. He has paid bills. He has not looted treasuries… Saving a planet starts with saving a man, a...

Thousands Of Fulanis Flee Zamfara Over Kizara Village Massacre

The acting chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Zamfara State, Allhaji Buba Dangaladima has stated that over 10,000 Fulanis have fled the state in the wake of the...

Vessel Laden With Petrol Explodes At Atlas Cove

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in Lagos today that a vessel carrying petrol exploded at the Atlas Cove at about 7a.m. on Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer of NEMA in...

KASTINA ASSEMBLY: CPC carpets Assembly over minority leader’s suspension

LEGISREPORTS NG – The suspension of the Minority Leader of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim Mahuta, for accusing the executive arm of government for poor performance in...

Kuwaiti Court Sentences House Help To Death For Killing Bride On Her Wedding Eve

An Ethiopian domestic helper was Wednesday(today) sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court, for killing a Kuwaiti bride a day before her wedding. The court said that it found the helper guilty of slitting...

Clashes In Lagos As Ex-militants Slap Female Student, School Official

Some students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos State and 80 Niger Delta ex-militants running a one-year programme at the institution clashed on Monday. Trouble started in...

DIBIAGWU VS OKOROCHA: MATTERS ARISING

The Breaking News from grapevine is that the 29th June election into the Oguta State Assembly seat has become a battle between Hon. Eugene Dibiagwu and His Excellency Governor Owelle Anayo Rochas...

Bus load of abducted school children discovered in Imo

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ANAMBRA 2014: THE HARVEST OF GOODWILL, SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT BY ANDY UBA

ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR, PETER OBI (L) & ANDY UBA Perhaps if Governor Peter Obi had not kick started the Zoning debate in Anambra State, the good people of the State may...

Anambra 2014 and the Andy Uba factor

By DENNIS SAMI The electoral edge between Senator Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, also called Andy Uba and other contenders for the Anambra 2014 governorship election appears to be...

My trip to OJB’s house

By Victor Enengedi OJB Jezreel . Filed photo On Thursday night, June 21, 2013 when the news of producer OJB Jezreel filtered social media, it was no surprise to me since about two weeks before,...

State of Emergency: Cameroonian gov’t grants Nigerian refugees unlimited stay

Nigerians gathered to register as refugees in Bosso, Niger (photo: Punch) More Nigerians are said to have fled the northern part of the country seeking refuge in neighbouring states since the state...

Lagos State Government Justifies Need to Toll Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge

It is the general belief that a government has certain responsibilities to its citizens some of which includes the creation of road and healthy means of transportaion and that the citizens has a responsibility...

Jonathan’s Loyalists May Control New PDP NWC

There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan’s loyalists may dominate the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee after the party’s special convention in July. Already, ...

#SoE Update: Air, land, (and sea)? Borno is locked down

New land and air patrols by the Defence Headquarters are trying to contain new terrorist threats in Borno. The army says that Boko Haram ...

POLITICS: PDP will survive crisis, emerge stronger – Senate Leader

LEGISREPORTS NG - Senate Majority Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has debunked insinuations that the crisis confronting the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, could possibly lead to its disintegration...

POLITICS: North divided over Jonathan’s 2015 bid

LEGISREPORTS NG – Indications emerging  have it on good authority that northern leaders are engrossed in severe conflict of interest with one another, a development which has ushered into their...

This will inspire you: MKO Abiola’s daughter wow investors on Dragons’ Den UK (WATCH)

inShare by Rachel Ogbu 31-year-old, Modupeola “Dupsy” Abiola, daughter of the late MKO Abiola  is a British (non-practising) barrister, entrepreneur and businesswoman. She...

Okada ban: Auchi residents fear possible spillover effect

Auchi (Edo) -  Residents of Auchi and its environs in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo have said that the ban on commercial motorcycle in Benin metropolis could pose a security challenge...

Killing our polytechnics

SHOULD our polytechnics continued to be relegated to the background? This question has been asked times without any consensus as to whether the answer should be in the affirmative or not. This...