INEC pledges commitment to transparent election in Kogi
Barely three days to the Kogi State governorship election, Chairman of of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission will deploy three of…
High climate change casualties worries WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to take urgent measures to prevent avoidable deaths from the climate change, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The…
Senate approves $200m World Bank loan for Lagos
The Senate on Wednesday, approved the $200 million loan request for the Lagos State government, following deliberation of the report of Ad-hoc Committee on Foreign and Local debt to which…
Buhari seeks Senate Approval to Borrow 2.10trn
President Muhammadu Buhari, has sent a supplementary appropriation bill for the 2015 fiscal year to the Senate for approval. The president, in a letter conveying his request, which was read…
Obama is finally on Facebook and he’s ready to talk about climate change
By Yosola Olorunshola on Nov. 13, 2015 This week, US President Barack Obama launched his official Facebook page with video of him strolling through the White House garden. But this…
The Brutal Challenges of Nigerian Youths by Chambers Umezulike
I’m writing this with a heavy heart, being a young Nigerian who fully knows what young Nigerians pass through in Nigeria. The statistics are sobering. 60% of Nigeria’s population is…
ANONYMOUS HACKERS DECLARE WAR ON ISIS
Anonymous, a loose-knit international network of activist hackers, is preparing to unleash waves of cyber attacks on Islamic State following the attacks in Paris last week that killed 129 people,…
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS ISIS IS FUNDED BY 40 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING G20 MEMBERS
Russian President, Vladimir Putin said on Monday that funding for the extremist group Islamic State comes from sources in 40 countries, including several members of the G20. These undisclosed countries…
PDP CHIEFTAINS DEFECT TO APC AHEAD OF GOVERNORSHIP POLL
With less than a week to Kogi governorship election, members of Sen. Smart Adeyemi’s political organisation and notable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains in Okunland have defected to the All…
ARMY VOWS TO STOP PRO-BIAFRA AGITATORS
The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has pledged its readiness to suppress insurrection in the South East and South South geopolitical zones whenever it was called upon to do…