Category: Nigeria

Cross River State federal lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said that they will not follow the state Governor, Prof Ben Ayade to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said the governor did not consult them before defecting to the APC, maintaining that they would not have […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed the conviction that the cloud currently hovering over the country will give way for a new Nigeria. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke on Friday while attending the national prayer breakfast in Abuja. The statement was titled […]

Ambassador Benaoyagha Okoyen presenting copies d’ usage to Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Mrs. Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo in Havana, Cuba Photo/NAN Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cuba, Amb. Benaoyagha Okoyen has pledged to explore new and innovative ways of leveraging on existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Cuba. A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]

Miyetti Allah: Governors’ move is a call for secession KACRAN: Ban on open grazing negates 1999 constitution Yakasai, Ndume fault governors’ position Akeredolu: Why we banned open grazing in South Southern senators, Reps endorse resolutions, say action timely Divergent reactions continue to trail Tuesday’s call by the Forum of Southern Governors to ban open cattle […]

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (left); Dapo Abiodun of Ogun; Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo; Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra; Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Ebonyi counterpart David Omahi; Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]

Threaten mass action, a boycott of May 29 Democracy Day activities Gunmen invade police station in Abia, Akwa Ibom, kill five officers Police begin the search for stolen AK-47 rifles in Rivers Ammunition-laden truck involved in a lone accident in Anambra After what appears a lull in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) activism in the country, […]

Catholic bishops in Nigeria have criticised the alleged plot to topple the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as needless attempts by the presidency to blackmail critics of the administration. They advised the president to commit himself to tackling the insecurity, unemployment and other socioeconomic challenges rocking the nation rather that waste energy, time and resources […]