archiveNovember 2016

The Senate  passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill into law on Thursday. The passage of the bill now paves way for the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps as an agency under the Ministry of Interior. Presenting the report of the Committee on Interior on the floor of the Senate,...

Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, a 14 year old student of Babington Macauley Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the NSE Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools students in Nigeria. Ifeoluwa clinched the first position at the award ceremony held at the Civic...

Says its conduct on Saturday will violate the law The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ondo Stare governorship election, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the election slated for Saturday, November 26, 2016 for at least 30 days....

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday disclosed that 224 companies have submitted bids to be contracted for the lifting and sale of the corporation’s crude oil for the next one year. According to the corporation, the list dropped from 278 that applied for the job in 2015, saying...

According to unconfirmed reports, one of the aircraft handed to the Nigerian Air Force by the Presidency has crashed at the Nigerian Air Force base in Makurdi. According Vanguard news report monitored by Business247 Newss Online, the Agusta AW 101, one of the presidential jets recently handed over to the...

A Civil Society Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has taken a swipe on the Department of State Services (DSS) in Imo State over its arrest and continued detention of rights activist, Aku Obidinma. MIIVOC Executive Director, Dr. Walter Duru, who made the call while addressing newsmen...

By Olukayode Kolawole Thinking of your next holiday destination this year? Here are four reasons Calabar International Carnival should be on your priority list. Come December 2016, Calabar will bubble once again, as it does every last quarter of the year, with its signature event, “The Calabar International Street Carnival.”...

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Nigeria’s security forces of killing at least 150 pro-Biafra protesters and injuring hundreds since August 2015. However, the Nigerian Army denied the charge. “This deadly repression of pro-Biafra activists is further stoking tensions in the southeast of Nigeria,” Amnesty warned in its report. “This reckless...

The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal filed by Jimoh Ibrahim challenging his removal as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo. Ibrahim’s name was removed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, November 23, ruled in favour...

Computer scientists and lawyers believe Clinton should call for an examination of the physical ballot evidence. Hillary Clinton is being pushed by computer scientists and lawyers to challenge the presidential election results in three key swing states, two of which Donald Trump won two weeks ago. While one member of...