The return of civil rule to Nigeria in 1999 gave Nigerians enormous joy and solace. Nigerians citizens thought since the governance order of their country had been successfully withdrawn from the iron fist of military men and the critical sectors of the country rescued from military impunity, they were about to witness a turnaround in…
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has extolled the exceptional religious virtues of late Dr Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka. Sheikh Agaka, the father of PRNigeria’s publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Yushau Shuaib, passed away on Saturday, at 77. The prominent Islamic scholar and Chief Imam of Agaka in Ilorin Emirate of Kwara State, died at a…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Federal Government of encouraging attacks against journalists and media organizations by its failure to take measures to protect journalists and punish perpetrators of such attacks whom it noted are frequently security agents or other government officials. Observing that at least seven media professionals and a media organization had…
Oloyede Emmanuel Kano A notorious car thief, Ibrahim Usman, 34 years old, of Zaria LGA, Kaduna State, was arrested by a team of policemen officers along Bayero University Road Kano. Also the Police stated that nine pairs of Motor Vehicles plate numbers from stolen vehicles from different locations were recovered from .another car theft syndicates…
The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya is to engage retired military personnel to fight Boko Haram terrorism in the Northeast. The 13-year insurgency has also killed over 35, 000 people with $9.3 billion (N3.42 trillion) property destroyed in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. According to Yahaya, the engagement of military retirees was…
Oloyede Emmanuel Kano Suspected terrorists early hours of Monday in Kano , have kidnapped the mother of All Progressive Congress (APC) Kano Central Senatorial candidate, Abdulkarim Abdulsalam Zaura , a.k.a A.A Zaura. Disclosing this on Monday to the correspondent who preferred anonymity said that the aged mother of the politician, Hajia Laure Mai Kunu was…
The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists clashed Wednesday in the axis of Chinene/Barawa, killing Ummate Ma and dozens of fighters in Borno State. Ma was the Governor of Boko Haram in the axis, before ISWAP staged an ambush against the killed Commander in the Mandara Mountains, east of Sambisa…
Full statement from Northern APC Governors APC governors and political leaders from the northern states of Nigeria today met to review the political situation and to further support our Party in providing progressive leadership amidst our national challenges. During our discussions, we welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s invitation to governors and other stakeholders to contribute to…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola is right in recognising most Osun people do not want the hopelessness of the past to continue. But it is deceitful, to say the least, that the accidental Governor Oyetola, wants to present himself as the remedy to the ugly past. That the troubled Chief Executive is part of that ugly past…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo In his article, “Osinbajo’s Road to Abuja: The Untold Story,” Olawale Olaleye told how Osinbajo ‘defeated’ Bola Tinubu to become Muhammadu Buhari’s vice-presidential candidate. According to the story, early in 2015, as soon as Buhari became the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu set up a committee…
