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Relatives weep as Court sentences Bayelsa cultist to death by hanging

A Bayelsa State High Court (Yenagoa Division), has sentenced a 38-year-old vicious cult leader, Diepreye Sunday Olayo, to death by hanging. Delivering his judgment on...

Saraki, Dogara, APC mourn Kogi rep., Umar Baba Jibril

House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has announced the passing away of Deputy Leader of the House, Hon Umar Buba Jibrin, after a protracted...

Kaduna Senators lead Senate to reject $350m loan to home; it is vendetta, says govt

The three Senators from Kaduna State on Thursday led the Nigerian Senate to refuse approval of a World Bank loan of $350 million for...

Security chiefs to media: Tread softly

By Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media & Publicity. In the midst of the debate over the right to freedom of expression...

S/West states to donate 1000 hectares each to Lagos for rice  farming

From Jimoh Joseph, Ado Ekiti States in the Southwest geopolitical zone are to  to allocate 1000 hectares each to Lagos for rice production. This is just...

CAN Declares Good Friday As National Day Of Prayers For Leah Sharibu

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, has called on all churches in the country...

Kogi Police boss fired as Melaye drama plot thickens; declared wanted while in Senate Chamber

Senator Dino Melaye was on the floor of the Senate Chamber berating the Nigerian Police and its leadership; but less than a kilometre away,...

Workers get caught up, as FAAC shares N647 billion

After much hullabaloo, the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has temporarily resolved to share the available N647.39 billion, thereby applying the brakes to a...

Australia set to host Gold Coast Games and Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting

Sport is set to play a starring role in Australia from next week, with a major Commonwealth ministerial conference taking place the day before...

36 Finance Commissioners protest allocation; Adeosun summons FAAC meeting for Wednesday

...Calls Emergency Meeting with NNPC GMD over payment into Federation Account The Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Mrs....

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