Government

The Joint Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly has commended Governor Willie Obiano for the level of work at the ongoing Cargo International Airport at Umueri in Anambra East Local Government Area. Members of the Committee including, Senator Smart Adeyemi, Chief Nnolim Nnaji, Senator Uche Ekwunife, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah …

Northern Youths under the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State against using the Government House for the celebration of the birthday of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu. It described the plan as “an insult on the symbol …

Although Nigeria is planning to borrow money and sell some national assets to fund its budget, it is still proceeding with the controversial NASS renovation, at a higher sum. Despite the paucity of funds that will see the Nigerian government borrow over a third of the funds needed to finance …

A substance suspected to be a bomb, has exploded at the Umuola Hall, Ward 8, Ogbor Hill, Aba North council, at the ongoing by-election into the Aba North/South federal constituency seat. Vanguard gathered that no life was lost, but electoral materials were scattered as workers, voters and party agents scampered …

Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has come down hard on Mallam Garba Shehu, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari. When he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme on Friday, Baba-Ahmed said he sympathises with Shehu because “It is very difficult to sell a bad product”. …

Some Nigerian soldiers on Thursday protested against the non-payment of allowances and poor equipment, Newsextra24 reported. The aggrieved troops, according to sources at the Maimalari barracks, besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air on Thursday night. Sources said the troops of an …

People who don’t understand the imperative of lexical economy that column writing imposes on columnists wondered why I didn’t write more than I did last week on the hijab controversy in Ilorin and why I didn’t suggest ways out of the problem I analyzed. First, as much as this is …

…Say it’s a plot to negotiate 2023 presidency …They can’t create problem and run away from its consequence …Actualizing self determination must follow due process …Whoever thinks Nigeria will disintegrate is dreaming …We need restructuring, not secession…It’s time to renegotiate our union …We can’t ignore Yoruba agenda of self determination …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, recalled the lives lost to the 30-month civil war in Nigeria and prayed that never again shall the nation witness such. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari …

Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former gov­ernor of Anambra State on Friday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is already digging its grave ahead of the 2023 gener­al elections if it goes ahead to throw its presidential ticket open without zoning it to the South. Speaking in a chat with Saturday …