The Federal Government of Nigeria will soon unveil National Strategy for Strategic Communications (NSSC) aimed at tackling the ideology and narrative of the Boko Haram terrorists and other insurgent groups in the country. The strategy which is similar to the Soft-Approach programme of the previous administration will coordinate government communication across the Ministries, Department and […]
Continue ReadingA founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, has announced his retirement from partisan politics. Victor Attah, who is a member of PDP Board of Trustees, on Tuesday announced at a press conference in Uyo, the state capital, that he would be playing the role of an […]
Continue ReadingPresident Mohammdu Buhari has sent a congratulatory message to Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his emergence as the 51st Ooni of Ife. Going further, the president urged him to show fairness to all his subjects and make commitment to the sustenance of peace in the land as he prepares to assume the throne. This was […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force is fully committed to meeting the December deadline given by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statemet by Air Commodore Dele Alonge, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Airforce, the Air Force said: In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT)Assets, the […]
Continue ReadingSenator Shehu Sani, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, said that the proposed increase of tariff by electricity distribution companies would be rejected by Nigerians. The remark was made when the Senator donated a 300 KV transformer to Haying Dan Mani community in Kaduna. The Senator, who was represented by his Senior Special Adviser on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military over the December deadline for ending the Boko Haram insurgency. President Buhari had earlier given the military three months to end insurgency, which ends in December. Mr. Gowon said the military would do its best to meet the December […]
Continue ReadingThe Libyan Red Crescent on Tuesday said 40 bodies were found on the coastline of ports Zlit and Khoms, noting that they may be victims of a week-old shipwreck. Joel Millman, Spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) who corroborated the incident, said he could not ascertain the exact period when the people died. […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court today, dismissed the suit filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, challenging the jurisdiction of the Rivers governorship election petition tribunal to hear a petition by candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dakuku Peterside. Wike had contended that the tribunal sitting in Abuja had no jurisdiction over matters that transpired […]
Continue ReadingThere are indications that the senate will today screen the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu. The Committee would carry out the screening today as part of moves to save the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa elections from running into problem where constitutional issues could be raised by Nigerians. It […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court will today (Tuesday) deliver a judgment on jurisdiction in respect to the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday. The tribunal had on Saturday nullified Wike’s election as it upheld allegations by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, that […]
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