The President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated the commercial operations of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos. Buhari, in a statement his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, described the feat as another milestone in the drive of his administration to revitalise the railway system and…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has asked the federal government to propose amendments to the Samoa agreement or withdraw from it. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, president of CBCN, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, said the bishops are concerned about the agreement’s potential threats to Nigeria’s sovereignty and values, “particularly regarding the…
The Senate, on Tuesday confirmed the appointments of all the nominees for the Governing Boards of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and the South East Development Commission (SEDC). The Senate presided over by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, confirmed Mark Okoye and Prof. Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji as the Managing Director and Chief Executive officers…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that any government that fails to guarantee the security of life and property has no justification to exist. Obasanjo made this known in an interview with News Central Television at the weekend. He lamented the worsening insecurity and leadership challenges confronting Nigeria, noting that the country has lost its…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Professor Attahiru Jega’s well-intentioned initiative, aimed at bolstering the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) through the deployment of university academics in elections has, regrettably, descended into a quagmire of alleged electoral malfeasance. This deterioration has profoundly undermined the initial promise of enhanced probity and eroded public confidence in…
A Golf 3 car belonging to a journalist, Amos Matthew of New Nigeria newspapers, was stolen on Tuesday at the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna. Matthew was at the party secretariat to cover declaration by the Kaduna state Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Mohammed Dattijo who wants to run for…
