…As Nigerian Army Claims Boko Haram Fighters Are not Better Equipped Than Its Troops A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter crashed in combat on Wednesday night while providing close air support to troops of 145 Battalion at Damasak in Northern Borno State. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public... Read more
Here is good news for millions of people worldwide contending with diabetes: Scientists have created a new drug cocktail that can induce insulin-producing cells to regenerate at a rate that is fast enough to work in human treatments. This is a key step in the pursuit of a cure... Read more
…Submits additional evidences ….As EFCC set to quiz Ajibola Bashiru A civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation ofOsun State (CSCEOS) has stormed the Ibadan Zonal office of theEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with the team of itsLegal Practitioners from Lagos and... Read more
By Ephraim Adiele Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been in the news lately – like he always is at least every four years. This time, word on the street is that Baba Iyabo has forgiven his former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and would be supporting his 2019 presidential bid... Read more
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SHAGARI LEGACY
Opinion December 30, 2018
By Paul Nwabuikwu (From my old column in The Guardian. Written about 16 years ago) I voted for Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the presidential polls of 1983, the second and final election of the Second Republic. Fact is, I didn’t particularly like the man and his sometimes mean-spirited brand... Read more
The management of the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) is set to begin probe into the activities of some foreign nationals believed to be concessionaires operating the popular Lagos Tin Can port in Lagos. The move followed a petition to security agencies from right advocacy group, the Centre... Read more
C By Collins Onuegbu I don’t have the data. But the migration of the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria homewards for the Christmas season is one of the biggest migrations in Africa. I need to be convinced that there is any other nationality in Africa that does as much as... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Former Nigeria’s Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed his condolences to the family of the first civilian President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died on Dec. 28. Shagari passed on at the National Hospital after protracted illness, according to media reports. Babangida said... Read more
Zamfara killings: Gov Yari Blames Informants Who Conspire With Bandits, Kidnappers
News December 29, 2018
Gusau – Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has blamed the continued killings in the state on informants who support the bandits and kidnappers. He said that both state and federal governments as well as security agencies had been making efforts to address the situation. He lamented that informants had... Read more
.This is not a surprise to me – Princewill Following the termination of the sale of Rivers power plants bought by Cole’s Sahara Energy, owned by Governor wike’s 2019 contender – Arch. Tonye Cole, a frontline APC chieftain in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill who is also Director... Read more
