Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the region have largely shut down, with mortality rates and vaccination programmes severely hit and pressure heaped on the skeleton staff that remain. “The ... Read More »
The General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, on Sunday warned Nigerians to pray against impending terrorist attack in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by the Boko Haram Islamic sect and imminent plane crashes. He sounded the warning at the end of a seven-day prayer conference organised by the church for the nation with the theme: “God that ... Read More »
The leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is said to have given express order to the governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, to immediately commence impeachment process against the deputy governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari, who has decided to stay put in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) despite his boss defection to the APC. Sources told Sunday Tribune that a ... Read More »
The Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has asked investors in the United Kingdom to exploit the peaceful nature of the state, its renewed infrastructure and readiness to pamper investors as reasons to make the state a preferred destination in Nigeria. He spoke at the weekend at the Draper’s Hall in London during the Agriculture Session of the Diaspora ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan and some top government officials on Saturday escaped an air mishap at the Minna Airport, Niger State, when a presidential jet developed a technical fault, while they were aboard. The presidential jet, Nigerian Air Force 001 (5N-FGT), had earlier conveyed Jonathan to Minna for the -Peoples Democratic Party’s North-Central rally which held at the Trade Fair Centre, ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians to continue to trust the PDP in their choice for elective offices. Jonathan made the appeal at a rally organised by the party’s North Central Zone in Minna on Saturday. He added that PDP remained the only party that was yet to change its slogan, logo or name since its formation in 1998. ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party has started the screening of its 16 aspirants vying to be the party’s governorship candidate in the June 21 Ekiti State Governorship Election. The Screening Committee, led by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, conducted screening exercise, which took place at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Saturday. It was gathered that the number of the ... Read More »
The attention of His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel E. Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, has been drawn to a protest by some Itsekiri people to the palace of the Olu of Warri His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, over the non-inclusion of any Itsekiri person in the list of delegates to the National Conference released two days ago. Following the request ... Read More »
On the slow pace of some road construction in Lagos, Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Femi Hamzat speaks on the on-going projects in Lagos State and more. As a black man, we’ve the problem of sustainability and we in Lagos have been able to sustain development and that’s affected the growth you witness in Lagos. We have been working on 237 roads ... Read More »
AN attempt by about 50 armed youth to forcefully take over the Government House, Enugu in the early hours of Saturday, was repelled by security operatives attached to the Enugu State seat of power. Vanguard gathered there was heavy shooting by security operatives, comprising policemen, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and soldiers who prevented the ... Read More »
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