The City Reporters As the stage is finally set for President Goodluck Jonathan to officially declare his intention to seek re-election, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot use Nigeria’s security challenges to stampede the president out of office. “We are running a democracy and […]
Agency Report The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja urged Nigerians to take pride in their nationality and discourage overlap between politics and religion. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, said this at an inter-faith rally held at the Goodluck Support Group (GSG) headquarters to pray for President Goodluck […]
Press Release In a “furious” reaction to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed 47 people at Government Senior Science Secondary School (GSSS), Potiskum, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned dreaded terror group Boko Haram to have a “rethink” over the killing of innocent people. In a statement by his media office in Abuja on Monday, […]
By Rotimi Akinola As the battle for Nigeria’s highest political office intensifies, we must all take a step away from the prevalent smoke screen of the current political maneuvers, gimmicks, tricks and rhetoric to critically assess the nature of our political landscape and the choices we have to make not only for our own sakes, […]
The City Reporters No less than 47 people were killed while 79 others were injured on Monday morning when a suicide bomber disguised as a student detonated an explosive at Government Senior Science Secondary School (GSSS), Potiskum in Yobe State, police say. The attack occurred at the school’s assembly ground at 7.45 a.m. as students converged for […]
The City Reporters Although one of the 13 applets found in the National e-ID Card has travel functionality for certain types of travels, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said the card will not supplant the function of the international passport as a necessary travelling document. “The Commission cannot be canvassing the use of […]
International Media Report Nigeria’s government will take loans of $945 million (about N156 billion) from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank, to improve irrigation farming and flood prevention, its Junior Minister of Finance said on Thursday. Bashir Yuguda said in a statement that $495 million (about N81 billion) of the amount […]
The City Reporters The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Benjamin Uwajumogu, has urged eligible members of the state to collect their permanent voters cards (PVC) in order to be able to defend their electoral right. He also called on those who have not registered to ensure they do so as soon as the Independent […]
The City Reporters The Nigerian Police said it has arrested five people for their suspected involvement in the bomb attack at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Azare town of Bauchi state. Two bombs went off at the First Bank ATM and killed 13 people as customers, most of them government workers waiting in line to […]
Agency Report Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said he was disappointed at the postponement of distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in nine local government areas of the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Thursday said that it would no longer distribute PVCs in nine of the 20 council areas of the state […]