The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria on Sunday called for the punishment of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, for the December 2015 bloody clash with the Nigerian Army in Zaria. The Sharia council made the call in a communiqué issued after their meeting in Kaduna. According to Sheikh... Read More

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July 5, 2016

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Fuel scarcity looms as oil workers begin strike July 7

Another fuel scarcity looms as Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has instructed its members to put down their tools from July 7 and proceed on a strike action. The workers were given the directive via a memo dated July 4 and the planned action is expected to affect all oil... Read More

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May 26, 2016

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‘Modu-Sheriff is still our chairman’ | Ogun state PDP has a surprising stand

Despite the sack of Ali Modu-Sheriff as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Ogun state chapter of the party today said that it still recognises Sheriff as the chairman of PDP. This was contained in a communique issued by the Publicity Secretary of the Ogun state PDP, Bolaji Adeniji. The communique... Read More

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June 14, 2014

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Adewale Maja-Pearce: On Tinubu and the arrogant North

by Adewale Maja-Pearce Dismissing the current ‘aberration’ with an ‘interloper’ going by ‘the name of a Jonathan Southern presidency’, they recall the only previous occasion when they were caught ‘unawares’, which was when ‘Aguiyi Ironsi and his Eastern cohorts’ jumped the gun. I was reading with amusement a communiqué from the Northern Elders Forum. Nothing... Read More

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July 3, 2012

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Declaration of assets: Agreeing with the US is not an agreement, foreign minister says

by Tolu Orekoya Whether or not the president cares to divulge his assets to the Nigerian public has been debated about in the media since the now infamous “I don’t give a damn!” comment made almost two weeks ago. In light of Nigeria’s foreign affairs relations, it may have put the country in a somewhat dicey situation, and now,... Read More

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