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July 15, 2015 Bola Tinubu Speaks on Buhari's Style of Governance So Far President Muhammadu Buhari last night implored members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to forgo their differences as well as their power of influence in the interest of the country and the party. He said for the party to achieve its manifestos of addressing issues of security, economy, employment and corruption, such sacrifice was necessary. The president, who made this call when he hosted the party’s leadership to a Ramadan breakfast at the new banquet hall of the presidential villa, restated his stance that “if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.” Also, APC national leader and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, who was at the breakfast, responded to criticisms targeted at the leadership style of Buhari. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had said the Buhari administration was too slow. But Tinubu said the APC government cannot clean the 16-year mes...

6 Key Security Tips For Your Android Phone Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on gmail Share on pinterest_share Share on favorites Share on reddit More Sharing Serv Android powered smartphones are one of the most sought-after mobile devices in recent times. The Android Smartphone operates open source software that encourages application developers to freely develop, distribute and share applications. This means that you can easily share files with other android devices, which isn’t obtainable in closed source devices e.g. iPhones. However, hackers and other malicious program writers have taken advantage of the open source nature of android powered devices to introduce their malicious programs that are capable of causing damage to your important files and data. To stem this ugly trend, these are 6 Key security tips for your Android phone. 1. Only download from Google Playstore Like they say – Prevention is better than cure. One of the best ways of prot...

Politics  House of Reps :Dogara’s Faction Concedes House Leader to Gbajabiamila’s Faction Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on gmail Share on pinterest_share Share on favorites Share on reddit More Sharing The All Progressives Congress, APC may have resolved the house of representatives crisis as members of the House loyal to Speaker Yakubu Dogara have agreed to concede the position of House Leader to the group loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila. 08/08/2015 The All Progressives Congress, APC may have resolved the house of representatives crisis as members of the House loyal to Speaker Yakubu Dogara have agreed to concede the position of House Leader to the group loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the concession follows a meeting, which held Tuesday evening between Mr. Dogara and some members of the House, with the immediate past Speaker and current governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal in Abuja. 

Bailout: Workers, others warn govs against wasteful spending   ADVERTISEMENT Workers from across the country have welcomed the news of the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of a special bailout package for the three tiers of government to settle outstanding salary obligations. However, the workers and other analysts have warned government officials, especially state governors, against spending the money on frivolous things instead of paying civil servants and public service employees. Presidency sources had disclosed on Monday that Buhari had approved a comprehensive relief package worth N713.7bn to pay federal workers and bail out cash-strapped states, many of which had been unable to pay their employees. The package includes the sharing of $1.6bn dividend and $500m tax by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited paid between the federal and state governments. Besides, the Central Bank of Nigeria is to set up a special in...

July 07, 2015 TRAGEDY: 20 Men & Women, 25 Cows Killed in Kogi Accident No fewer than 20 persons were killed on Monday in an early morning crash around Irepeni, along the ever busy Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highway. About 25 cows were also killed in the unfortunate incident. The accident was caused by a road block mounted by armed robbers along Irepeni axis of the highway. The robbers were said to have fled the scene afterwards. An eyewitness said a luxury bus with number plates KRD 799 LC, which was heading to Abuja from Lagos, suddenly ran into the road block mounted by armed robbers. As the bus was trying to avoid the blockade, a truck, with number plates KTN 711 YZ, loaded with cows, reportedly rammed into it, killing several people on the spot. Vanguard was told by eyewitness that the impact of the accident caused the truck to separate from the trailer and compressed the front section of the bus with passengers and driver inside the wreckage. He said scor...

July 08, 2015 SCARY: Bus With Passengers Inside Falls Into Lagoon This scary accident happened on the Ijebu-Ore highway, as a speeding passenger bus plunged into a lagoon. Passengers sustained injuries but the good news is that no life was lost. Lucky escape!

APC hails Buhari for ending workers’ mystery • President Buhari The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for coming to the aid of the long-suffering Nigerian workers with a multi-billion-naira package. The party aid the aid  will not only ensure that all arrears of salaries owed by many states across the country are immediately paid, but will also make it easier for the states to meet their monthly salary obligations henceforth. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said it was particularly delighted that the President has shown that he is truly the father of the nation by eschewing partisanship in approving the intervention fund for all the states, irrespective of which parties they belong to. ”We say this because when states were financially handicapped during the tenure of the last federal government, opposition states were hung out to ...