Former vice-president and presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described the current composition of the second schedule of Nigeria’s constitution as not development driven. Alhaji Atiku made this declaration while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary symposium of Late Sen. Abraham Adesanya held at the... Read more

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba (Engr.) Gbenga Daniel has described late Professor Adebayo Adedeji as an outstanding economic icon and a distinguished cerebral who served his country, the West African sub-region, the African Continent and the international community meritoriously in various capacities during his remarkable career. The late... Read more

The country home of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia John Nwodo, at Ukehe in Enugu State has been bombed, a report from the area said. According to sketchy reports available to www.Africanewscircle.com, an Improvised Explosive Device was thrown into Nwodo’s house by unknown persons from outside... Read more

Members of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (ESOCS), Yewa Provincial Headquarters, Ilaro, Ogun State today staged a protest against the recurring killings across Nigeria.   This is in response to the latest bloody incidents in Benue State and the Christian Association of Nigeria’s (CAN) declaration of... Read more

By Reverend Father Tagesa Akpagher I went to the scene of the killings yesterday at St. Ignatius Catholic Parish Ukpo Mbalôm, which is sharing boundaries with my parish. After I deposited the corpse of the first priest that was killed, Fr. Joseph Gôr, I went back to the parish,... Read more

*Petitions governor for action on schools rehabilitation, not propaganda A civil rights organisation, the Save Lagos Group has lamented the state of schools’ infrastructure in Lagos State, saying the Akinwunmi Ambode led government has perpetuated gross underfunding of education sector. The Convener of the group, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman... Read more

A Community advocacy group, in Bayelsa Ondewari Health, Education and Environmental Project (OHEEP) on Tuesday condemned continued detention of Publisher of a community newspaper.   OHEEP has sent a petition to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) over the alleged arrest and continued detention of Chief. Jones... Read more

The Federal Government has been restrained from further mention of Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the looters’ list recently published by Government. Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, the Chief Judge of Rivers, who gave the directives on Monday in Port Harcourt, also ordered that... Read more

Pro-democracy advocacy group, the Centre for Good Governance and Accountable Leadership Initiative (CEGGAL Initiative) has reacted to the ongoing rumour in the social media that former vice President Atiku Abubakar got married in Dubai last Saturday to a new wife and paid $1, 000, 000 as dowry. The Centre, in... Read more