The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has disclosed that the Abuja-Kaduna rail services will begin Wednesday, July 29, 2020 amid precautionary measures to curtail COVD-19. The Minister made this known Saturday during an inspection and test run of the 10 newly acquired coaches and 2 locomotives deployed on the Abuja – Kaduna rail […]
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APC governors commiserate Kwara counterpart over father’s death
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have commiserated with the governor of Kwara state Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq, over the demise of his father Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrasaq SAN. Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrasaq’s death was announced early hours on Saturday. In a statement signed Saturday in Abuja by the chairman of the Progressive […]
Sadiya: An amazon trailblazer of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry
By Leonard Aluor Too many Nigerians speciously think, Government business is as simplistic as opening the gates of their houses, as masters, whenever they come back to the house after late nights. But Government is peculiarly different in this clime. The uninfringeable truth in this country is that getting off the ground, a newly created […]
Insecurity in Nigeria: Crucifying Service Chiefs is not an Option
By Philip Agbese Around the world, many people find it unacceptable the decisions political leaders take at their convenience. So, they kick and protest against it. It is more common in democracies around the world and Nigeria is no exemption. Here, the assertion of citizen-rights is penetrative, except that on any matter, hardly do one […]
Centre condemns execution of NGO workers, use of landmines by Boko Haram
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has condemned the killing of five aid workers by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. The Centre also criticized its use of landmines and buried improvised explosive devices, which according to them, doesn’t discriminate civilian and military targets. In a statement signed by Executive Secretary, Isaac Ikpa, on Friday, […]
Service Chiefs: Igbo group says Nwodo, grand patron IPOB, unqualified to advise Buhari
The President General of Ohaneaze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, is morally unfit to advise President Muhammadu on issues of national security after he assumed the role of patron of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Igbo Conscience has said. According to the southeastern natives, there is a deliberate plot by Nwodo and his cohorts to […]
NNPC: Activist seeks probe of alleged $2.5bn Oil Sale to China
Following the recent disclosure by the PointBlank news of the sale of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Crude Light oil to China, valued at $2.5bn but allegedly shared by some persons around the government, the National Assembly has been urged to beem searchlight on the allegation. A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity […]
Ebonyi Association commends Umahi for sacking over 1000 aides
*** urges governor to recruit youths into State civil service The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has asked governor Dave Umahi, to recruit young men and women into the state’s civil service, saying politics is not a vocation. The association, however commended the governor for recently sack of his over 1000 political […]
General Buratai as God’s gift to Nigeria’s Counter- Terrorism Efforts
By David Achimugu Nigeria as a country and, Nigerians, my compatriots are wonderful or unpredictable people. There is no crisis facing us that we lack the capacity to handle. I leave the deduction of our capacity to handle the often-self-induced crises for others to decide. But I have to say that even in the United […]
Service Chiefs: Diaspora Nigerians urge Senate to rise above politics, parochial interest
The Nigerian Senate has been asked to rise above politics and parochial interest on the war against terrorism in the country. This advice came following the recent call by the Senate for the sack or resignation of the nation’s Service Chiefs. The Senate made the resolution following the motion moved by Ali Ndume on Tuesday. […]