Buhari Praises Airport Workers Who Returned Bags Filled With Dollars, Valuables
President Muhammadu Buhari has heaped praises on two airport workers who recently found and returned a bag filled with dollars, and other valuables, to its owner.
He urged Nigerians to emulate the two security men who returned the handbag which was filled with valuables and forgotten at the Murtala Muhammed Airport by an American returnee.
He added that such conduct “reflects...
Ajuri Ngelale: The Herculean Task of Defending the Indefensible… By Simeon Nwakaudu
Nationally, everyone knows where Channels Television stands on political and electioneering issues. The station leans towards the failed APC and her Federal Government.
But I concede to Channels Television. It struggles from time to time to depict balance. However, on set, the station works to put on stream albeit surreptitiously, defence for the APC.
The Port Harcourt State Constituency Three Election...
SEEFOR: Bayelsa govt. appeals for extension of programme
The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the World Bank to extend the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) Programme in the state beyond September 2019, the terminal date for the programme.
The state government noted that given the huge success of the SEEFOR programme in the state, there is need for the World Bank to either extend it...
2019: Umahi and Ebonyi opposition politics
The Ebonyi government must know that there is always a limit to which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
It was Henry David Thoreau who said: “It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things”. This wise counsel ordinarily ought to be the daily meditations of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, particularly its leader, Governor...
PDP Gives Buhari 24 hours to Arrest Miyetti Allah Leaders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the outburst of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, echoing the threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the Buhari Presidency, to force out the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, from office, as ominous and revealing.
If anything, this unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between...
Democracy: Raising the Red Flag on Ojukaye… By Simeon Nwakaudu
The APC Federal Government is a tragedy of frightening dimensions. Through deliberate efforts of a clueless President, the institutions of democracy built over 16years are being destroyed on a daily basis.
Never in the history of Nigeria had any administration damaged the structure of our security forces like the Buhari administration. People are now allocated soldiers, policemen, naval personnel and...
Vote for me because I ‘Work’ not because I ‘Walk’ – Atiku tells Nigerians
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday revealed that he wants Nigerians to vote for him, not because he can walk but because he can work.
Atiku said this via his Twitter handle, @atiku, when he shared a photo of himself on a treadmill.
He tweeted: “I regularly jog more than a mile & exercise, but it will be pedestrian of me...
Trust Me, Buhari Will Bring Nigerians Out Of Poverty – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will continue to focus on the common man and taking Nigerians out of poverty through social investment programmes.
Osinbajo gave the assurance during a townhall meeting on Tuesday in Bariga/Somolu LCDA in Lagos State to felicitate with Lagosians on the Sallah celebrations. VP Osinbajo delivers keynote address during...
Magistrates’ Court set on fire in Imo
Irate youth have set the Magistrates’ Court in Olru, Imo State on fire.
Punch reports that the fire destroyed all the documents in the court before it was put out.
The Magistrates’ Court is on the premises of Orlu High court.
The Police spokesperson in the state, Andrew Enwerem, has confirmed the incident.
He described it as a case of suspected arson.
Enwerem said...
Nigeria Air: We’ll frustrate take-off – Labour
“We have resolved that the issue of payment of the severance benefits of ex-Nigeria Airways workers must be resolved immediately to forestall brewing labour issues…”
Louis Ibah
Nigeria’s aviation sector senior staff union yesterday, warned that it would frustrate the take-off of Nigeria’s new carrier, Nigeria Air, over the failure to settle an outstanding N45 billion severance pay owed ex-workers of...