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See How Senator Ben Bruce Says He Plans To Survive Fuel Price Increase [TWEET]

Mr. Common Sense, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has taken to microblogging website, Twitter to share his thoughts on how he plans to survive the sharp 60% increase of petrol price in the country. See his...

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JUST IN: 2 Dead As Heavy Explosion Rocks Borno Gov’t Secretariat In Maiduguri

At least two people have been reported killed in a heavy explosion outside Borno State Secretariat in the state capital, Maiduguri. “We have two dead at the hospital and 24 injured,” said an accident...

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Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Kills Policeman Outside Gov’t Building In Maiduguri

A member of the Nigeria police force has been killed in a suicide bomb attack that took place in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, on Thursday. The incident occurred outside the state secretariat...

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#FLASHBACK: ‘I Am Opposed To Fuel Subsidy Removal’– Buhari

Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in the 2011 elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, declared that the party is completely opposed to the removal of fuel...

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‘Fantastically Wrong Timing And Mannerism’– Rights Group Slams FG On Fuel...

The Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD), strongly frowns at the level of insensitivity and poor mannerism displayed by the Federal Government of Nigeria towards the...

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LAWLESS: Lai Mohammed Demands N13 Million Loan From NBC For Foreign Trip...

In what seems to be a clear departure from President Buhari’s mantra to fight corruption and enthrone the rule of law, minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has written the National...

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Electing Buhari President Was A Big Mistake – Yoruba Group Vows To Resist...

The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) has taken a position against Wednesday’s hike in the pump price of petrol, threatening to mobilise against its implementation. COSEG in a press...

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EFCC Invades Fani-Kayode’s Home Without A Warrant, Whisks Domestic Staff Away

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invaded the Abuja home of Chief Femi Fani Kayode on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Mr. Jude Ndukwe, special assistant for media to...

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‘Insensitive And Punitive’: Shehu Sani Rejects Buhari’s Hike In Petrol Price

Senator Shehu Sani, Senate committee chairman on foreign and domestic debt, has said that the federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidy and increase the petrol pump price by 60% is...

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Fuel Price Hike Is Buhari’s Wickedness Taken Too Far – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that the decision by President Mohammadu Buhari to increase the pump price of fuel from N86.50 to N145 is wickedness taken too far, describing the move as...

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Human Rights Abuses, Fulani Herdsmen: 12 Issues The French President Should...

Francois Hollande President of France 55 Rue du Fraubourg Elysee Palace, Paris France May 2016 Dear Sir, On the up-coming bilateral terrorism talks: 1) Kindly permit me to salute you through this open...

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Christian Father Raises Alarm Over Kidnap, Abduction Of 13-year-old Daughter...

A cleric with the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ganjuwa LGA of Bauchi state, Bawa Buba has raised an alarm over the kidnap and forceful conversion to Islam of his 13-year-old daughter. Speaking via a...

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Imo State University Students Stage Mass Protest Over Lecturers’ Strike

Students of the Imo State University (IMSU) on Friday, May 13, 2016 barricaded the main entrance of Government House, Owerri, to protest the continued strike by their lecturers. The lecturers embarked...

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Many Feared Dead As Ogun Government’s 4-Storey Shopping Mall Collapses In...

A four-storey building still under construction has collapsed in Abeokuta leaving many feared dead. The building, proposed for a shopping mall. at Itokun in Abeokuta collapsed on Friday, May 13, 2016....

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It’s The Only Way To End Fuel Scarcity – Lai Mohammed Defends Price Hike

The federal government of Nigeria has said the introduction of a new price regime for premium motor spirit (petrol) has become inevitable in order to halt the crippling fuel scarcity in the country and...

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Rights Group, Intersociety, Upbraids Buhari For Persecuting Human Rights...

Arrest Of Barr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Of Lagos School Of Human Rights Activism Is Politically Motivated The arrest on May 10, 2016 of Barr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is inexcusably political and ill-conceived....

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‘Saboteurs In NBC Leaked N13.1 Million Loan Letter’– Information Ministry...

My attention has been drawn to a letter I endorsed to the acting director general, National Broadcasting Commission requesting for a loan of N13,120,470.00 to cover tickets and travel expenses of a...

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Militants Declare Niger Delta Republic – Currency, Passport To Be Unveiled...

New militant group, Niger Delta Avengers on Thursday, May 12, 2016 provided a glimpse into the group’s ultimate goal – a free Niger Delta Republic for the South South and South East regions of Nigeria....

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I’m Confident Of My Plot To Clinch PDP Chairmanship On May 21 – Modu Sheriff

Against all odds, Senator Ali Modu Sherrif, national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said despite the pressures mounting from stalwarts of the party, he would emerge chairman of the...

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Boko Haram’s Links With ISIS Is Alarming – UN Security Council

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group. In a statement, it said Boko Haram – which pledged allegiance to...

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