… Says freedom over By Emmanuel Elebeke   The Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibahim Pantami has charged all heads of parastatals under his ministry to perform or get sacked. Pantami gave the directive on Thursday when the Director of the National Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa led the management  team of the…

Suspected robbers have destroyed property and carted away valuables belonging to public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State, following the inability of the schools’ management to pay for the services of security guards. There are 324 secondary schools and 1,576 public primary schools in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde, had, while deliverying his inaugural…

THE Director, Federal Highways, Southwest, Mr. Funsho Adebiyi, yesterday appealed for patience and understanding of road users and residents along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as massive reconstruction continues on the highway. Adebiyi, during an inspection of the highway, said there was the need to sensitise motorists on upcoming major diversions on sections between Berger and Kara…

By Owei Lakemfa THE Group of Seven, G7, the club of the richest countries in the world, met Monday in France to discuss their affairs and peep into the affairs of other countries. Like the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, and Canada wined, dined and decided the fate of the world, they…

Nany residents of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, and Ikere Ekiti, headquarters of Ikere Local Government, have been rendered homeless, following a heavy rainstorm that left property worth millions destroyed. The rainstorm, which began around 8p.m. on Tuesday and fell intermittently throughout  the night until 6a.m. on Wednesday, was accompanied by violent whirlwind. Some of the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has cleared six more aspirants to contest the party’s governorship primary scheduled for tomorrow in Lokoja. This brings to ten, the number of aspirants out of the 16 that purchased nomination forms, who will contest the election. It also approved the disqualification of six others. The…

Some of the aspirants for today’s governorship primary of the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused Governor Yahaya Bello of trying to manipulate the list of delegates for the primary election. Sources close to some of the aspirants told The Nation that they have information that the governor was working with some unnamed officials at…

Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants, Princess Hadiza Ibrahim and Yakubu Mohammed, on Wednesday called for free and fair primary. The two contenders, who hail from Igala ethnic group, hailed the Appeal Committee for cancelling their disqualification by the Screening Panel chaired by Senator Hope Uzodinma. Hajia Ibrahim, who spoke on phone, said…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that his yet-to-be-constituted exco will be made up of round pegs in round holes. AbdulRazaq added that his over three-month-old administration, unlike in the past, has been accused of not spreading political patronages. The governor spoke on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, at a dinner/investiture night of…

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, accused Shiek Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Leader, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), of being sponsored by Iran to replicate the 1979 violent revolution that led to the forceful takeover of power in the country in Nigeria. El-Zakzaky In a fresh process it filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the federal government…