Kaiama Local Government Council Chairman in Kwara State, Alhassan Bagudu, has bemoaned the seven months power outage in the area, which he said had crippled economic activities. The chairman stated this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Kaiama, wherein he appealed to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, to restore electricity in the […]
Continue ReadingIn a new twist to earlier development, the Lagos State Government says oil tankers, farm perishable produce trucks, cement mixer trucks and some others are not restricted from movement within the Lagos metropolis. This was contained in a statement, aimed at clarifiing the Section of the Road Traffic Law 2012 which restricts trailers and long […]
Continue ReadingAt least seven people were killed when a school building collapsed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State. A witness said Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School in Bukuru, Jos South local Government Area, said to be an Islamic school, collapsed on Sunday evening killing some of the pupils. The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingThe Labour Party and Progressive Peoples Alliance, have joined the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in refusing to hang the portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari in their secretariats. The parties said, the ruling All Progressives Congress, before it came to power, allegedly refused to hang the portrait of former President Goodluck Jonathan in […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State has received with joy the cheery news of the release of Ms Dornu Kogbara by his abductors 12 days after she was forcefully taken away by gun men from her family home in Port Harcourt. The APC in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone and […]
Continue ReadingVice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has called on Nigerian leaders to aspire to win the people’s heart rather than enrich themselves with state resources. According to him “our history reminds us of the visionary leaders in Nigeria, who fired our imagination through their vision, diligence and selfless service, who did not live or fight to […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Rivers has confirmed the release of Vanguard Newspaper columnist, Donu Kogbara, abducted from her residence 11 days ago. The Police Public Relations Officer in Port Harcourt, Ahmad Muhammad, said Ms. Kogbara was freed in the early hours of Saturday. He said the state commissioner of police, Musa Kimo, had already visited Ms. […]
Continue ReadingLatter Rain Assembly Pastor, Tunde Bakare has said former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, is not in the same class with the former premier of Western Region, Obafemi Awolowo, and does not deserve to take the place of Awolowo as the leader of the Yoruba race. Although, Bakare acknowledge that both leaders made unique […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with his Majesty, King Salman, the people of Saudi Arabia and the worldwide Islamic community over the tragic loss of lives in yesterday’s crane collapse at the Grand Mosque of Mecca. As details of the deaths and injuries sustained in the unfortunate incident unfold, President Buhari, according to Garba Shehu, SSA […]
Continue Reading(PremiumTimes) President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered more security at all camps harbouring internally displaced persons in the country, after a bomb explosion killed seven people at the Yola IDP camp early Friday. Twenty people were injured in the attack, the National Emergency Management Agency said. Mr. Buhari condemned the attack as “heinous and cowardly”. He […]
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