Bukola Saraki, Senate President, has promised to visit the alleged corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. He also promised that the Senate, under his leadership, would fix the amount the corporation could spend to run its operations. Saraki said this when member groups of the Civil Society Situation Room, led by the convener,Clement…
Boko Haram Kills 34 in Potiskum, Chad
Two suicide bombers believed to be Boko Haram terrorists hit Potiskum, the second largest city in Yobe State, killing 11 people and wounding eight others on Monday. Idris Abdul, an eyewitness reveled that one of the bombers first attacked a vigilante group office at the Dorowa area of the town with an Improvised Explosive Device.…
South-south PDP Elders want Mu’azu Sacked
A coalition of South-South Peoples Democratic Party elders on Thursday demanded for the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, led by Adamu Mu’azu, national chairman. The PDP elders’ group also expressed the need for the immediate inauguration of a technical committee to reposition the PDP at the national level. In a statement issued by…
Jonathan appoints new heads for SEC and NHIS
Barely a month to the May 29 handover to President-elect Muhhamadu Buhari, a gale of sack has hit political appointees of the federal government. First to be hit was Suleiman Abba, inspector general of police, IGP, who was relieved of his appointment on Tuesday, April 21, by President Goodluck Jonathan. While Nigerians were still at…
Germanwings: 2nd Black Box Confirms Co-pilot Accelerated Descent
Data retrieved from the second ‘black box’ of the Germanwings plane that crashed in France confirmed that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated the plane’s descent, French investigators say. They said Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent. The information the investigators recovered also confirms…
Jega Announces Polling Units Voting On Sunday
During a press briefing this evening in Abuja, Attihiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the numbers of polling units to conclude elections today. Among the polling units are: Lagos: 90 units; Niger: 6 units; Kebbi: 16units; Yobe: 37 units; Borno: 8 units; Adamawa: 25 units; Jigawa: 37 units; Kano: 13…
Jega Speaks on Port Harcourt Election Protest
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the election protest going on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a press briefing in Abuja this evening. He confirmed that the biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote a letter to the Commission urging it to cancel the elections held…
Lagos: Voting Starts Across Somolu LG
Many polling units across Somolu Local government area have started the voting exercise. The voting, which commenced at about 2pm, has witnessed a large turn out of residents amidst peaceful and calm conditions.
INEC Reclaims Website from Hackers
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reclaimed its website which was hacked and held for over one hour by a group known as Nigeria Cyber Army. The group wrote on the website interface warning INEC not to rig in today’s election or risk facing their wrath as representatives of Nigerian youths. However, down the…
Stopping Child Abuse
Imagine living every day of your life with multiple personality disorder as a result of an abuse; imagine you are that child who cannot explain his or her pain. This is the kind of situation the Ugandan toddler was when her nanny tortured her. Thank God for the hidden camera that revealed the nefarious act.…
