The President, Mohammadu Buhari GCFR will on Saturday 19th of January 2019, inaugurate the just completed Baro River Port in Niger State. A statement by Tayo Fadile the General Manager Corporate Affairs of Inland Water Ways Authority, The Baro River Port was built by Chinese firm (CGCC Global Project Nigeria Limited) at total cost of…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the names of members of its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 elections. They are as follows: CHAIRMAN President Muhammadu Buhari CO-CHAIRMAN Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu DEPUTY CHAIRMEN 1. The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. 2. The APC National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole VICE CHAIRMAN NORTH Senator George Akume VICE CHAIRMAN SOUTH…
Gunmen have killed no fewer than five people in a fresh attack in Plateau State, police authorities have revealed. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Tyopev Mathias, told Channels Television on Thursday that the attack occurred on Wednesday. According to him, a group of young boys were returning from a festive celebration…
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors on Wednesday at the Government House Makurdi, hours after protesting youths barred him from traveling to Abuja to attend the…
Niger Delta militants have issued an October 1 ultimatum for northerners to leave their region, in response to the quit notice given to the Igbo by some Arewa youth groups. The militants also said the federal government should hand over all oil blocs controlled by northerners to the people of Niger Delta. In a joint…
A new Political Association has been formed Newly-formed political association, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, APDA, was unveiled on Monday in Abuja. The group said it would soon apply to the Independent National Electoral Commission to be formally registered as a political party. The interim National Chairman of the APDA, Shitu Mohammed Kabiru, who disclosed this…
“Nigeria is a place of numerous challenges and the home of vast human potentials. Our greatest challenge has always been how to best direct our vast potentials so that we overcome the challenges that plague us. This cardinal challenge is why the APC was formed and why the party presented then General Muhammadu Buhari as…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria will continue to grapple with the crisis of severe and debilitating socio-economic problems unless it gets the structures of the federalism and governance right. Atiku stated this in a paper titled; “The Challenge of Unity, Diversity and National Development: Nigeria at a Crossroads’’, which he delivered at the formal…
Thirteen persons were feared dead as gunmen attacked Tse Chia Mbarstev ward near Kasaa in Zaki Biam Local Government Area of Benue State between Friday and Saturday. The attack is coming barely five days after some gunmen invaded Zaki Biam town, destroying the International Yam market and killing over 50 persons. Reports from the village…
At least 35 persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred on Sunday on the Yola-Ngurore road in Adamawa State. The accident reportedly happened after a trailer conveying cattle traders and their livestock tumbled after its driver lost control. A witness, who lost two relatives in the accident, said the trailer was…
