Nigeria Times

By Edward Omaga Amnesty International seems to have its operational headquarters in Nigeria. The organization loves Nigeria because the Nigerian platform is that which it uses to gain popularity with its half-baked annual reports that smacks of a mockery of what a report should look be. I am a...

By Terrence Kuanum It was a mark of President Muhammadu Buhari's rising profile and towering popularity that a young man who was excited over the president's outstanding achievements attempted to behold and have a handshake with him. This was at the recent Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival in Kebbi State which the President...

Some Nigerians in the diaspora, under the aegis of AriseNigeria, have called on the Senate's leadership to consider a Patriot Bill to celebrate serving Armed Forces personnel. The group made this known in a communique issued at the end of a general meeting to discuss the state of the nation and other sundry...

The North East Peace Advocates have showered praises on President Muhammadu Buhari and Engr Mustapha Y. Maihaja for restoring transparency and accountability to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The group made this known in a strategic report to appraise emergency management after a thorough study of NEMA's activities in the North-East with...

By Abe Kolawole It was Plato who, during the Golden Age, when history was rising as a major sign of the growing sophistication of the Athenian society, declared that a life not examined is a life not worth living. As myth gave way to more accurate chronicling and prose replaced verse as the...

The Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, officially resigned his position in the National Working Committee (NWC) to contest as running mate to the party's 2019 governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole APC's Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena made the disclosure to newsmen on Saturday in...

No fewer than 350 lawyers across the country have vowed to resist any attempt by the Senate to pass the proposed Armed Forces Commission Bill into law. Sponsored by the lawmaker representing Abia-South, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the bill, among others, claims to address the lopsided appointment of heads of security agencies by the...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended twelve of its chieftains in Bayelsa State. A former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, former governorship aspirant in the last election, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, are among the suspended party bigwigs. The party also suspended a former governorship aspirant in the State...

By David Onmeje “We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at...

The Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu will be reopened for use before Easter 2020, Aviation Minister Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated. The Minister gave the commitment after an inspection visit to the airport on Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu.