Baru: What Buhari told me –Kachikwu
Gibson Achonu, Owerri Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed for the first time the response of President Muhammadu Buhari to the controversial memo on the Group...
View ArticleBuhari’s failure pushing Atiku to contest in 2019 –Group
Hindi Livinus, Yola Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will be contesting 2019 presidential election because of the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver on the promises made to Nigerians...
View ArticleDesignate IPOB as terrorist organisation, FG urges foreign countries
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Government has called on Nigeria’s international partners to designate the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organisation. Minister of Information and...
View ArticleWrongly convicted man freed after 23 years in prison
Surrounded by news cameras and supporters, Lamonte McIntyre hugged his mother Friday for the first time as a free man in 23 years. The 41-year-old Kansas native was wrongly convicted of a double...
View ArticleWorld Bank projects: Outrage over Buhari’s special focus on the North
Niyi Odebode, Chukwudi Akasike, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Adelani Adepegba, Olaleye Aluko, Jesusegun Alagbe and Tunde Ajaja Nigerians and socio-cultural groups on Friday lashed out at President Muhammadu...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap Italian priest in Benin
Jesusegun Alagbe with agency report Gunmen on Friday kidnapped an Italian priest in Benin City, Edo State. According to the website of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference, Avvenire, the victim,...
View ArticleTroops rescue boy, kill three Boko Haram insurgents
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A five-year-old boy, who has yet to be identified, has been rescued from Boko Haram insurgents by troops of the Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, during a gun battle in Bama,...
View ArticleRats’ invasion: Buhari yet to use office seven weeks after
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Almost two months after he returned to the country from his medical trip to London, United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to return to his office inside the...
View ArticleWorld Bank: Buhari’s poor management of Nigeria’s diversity caused...
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says President Muhammadu Buhai’s poor handling of Nigeria’s diversity was the main cause of the controversy generated by the...
View ArticleFormer White House chief of staff questioned in Russia probe
Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus submitted to questioning Friday by investigators looking into Russian meddling in the US presidential campaign and possible collusion by associates of...
View ArticleRetain Iran nuclear deal, UN tells Trump
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed strong hope that US President Donald Trump would retain what he termed the ‘breakthrough’ agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. The...
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VIDEO: Jacob Zuma bags chieftaincy title in Imo
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was on Friday evening conferred with a chieftaincy title in Owerri, Imo State. Zuma was given the traditional title of “Ochiagha Imo” by Eze Imo, HRH Samuel Ohiri....
View ArticleEFCC accuses Fayose of diverting N680m
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State of diverting N680m from the state’s coffers to a private fixed deposit account,...
View ArticleCommunities threaten to boycott elections over collapsed road
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo Ibiaku and Nduetong communities in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have threatened to boycott future elections over the collapse of their only access road to Uyo....
View ArticlePolice arrest cult member for killing sergeant, injuring another
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo THE Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist member for killing a police sergeant, Victor Akpan, and injuring one Samuel Solomon, also a police sergeant. The...
View ArticleAt least four dead in plane crash off Ivory Coast
At least four people were killed in a plane crash off Ivory Coast near Abidjan on Saturday, security sources said. Six others were believed to have been injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft...
View ArticleBuhari congratulates Chinese president on communist party’s congress
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the mutually beneficial cooperation that exists between Nigeria and China. According to a statement on Saturday by his...
View ArticleGovernment alone can’t fund universities, says Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says government alone cannot provide the kind of support required for universities to develop at the rate expected of them. He said a lot of the...
View ArticleNadal beats Cilic to reach Shanghai Masters final
World number one Rafael Nadal squeezed past Marin Cilic into the Shanghai Masters final with a 7-5 7-6(3) victory over the big-serving Croatian on Saturday. Nadal, runner-up in 2009, was pushed hard by...
View ArticleFour die as French army-chartered plane crashes off Ivory Coast
Four Moldovan nationals were killed on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. Another six people were injured in the crash of the...
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