Army appeals for calm as Mugabe faces impeachment test
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe came under increasing pressure to quit Monday as his ruling party said it would move to impeach him and the army revealed his likely successor would soon return to...
View ArticleLagos Police arrest four over alleged murder of businessman
The Police in Lagos on Monday said they arrested four men over the alleged murder of a businessman, Mr Emmanuel Ubah (aka Onwa), in Festac Town. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Imohimi Edgal,...
View ArticleObiano’s victory ends impunity, says Oduah
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The lawmaker representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Stella Oduah, has described the victory of the incumbent Governor Willie Obiano in the governorship election held on...
View ArticleObasanjo inaugurates UI’s agro-projects Friday
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will on Friday, November 24 , chair the inauguration of Agro-Impact Projects Empowerment Initiative designed to improve the society through women and youth...
View ArticleFayose okays death penalty for cultists
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed into law the bill prohibiting secret cults, terrorism and prescribing death sentence for anyone caught in the acts....
View ArticleLife and times of Alex Ekwueme
Birth and origin Dr. Alex Ekwueme was born on October 21, 1932 in Oko, Orumba North Local Government of Anambra State. Until his death on Sunday, November 19, 2017, Ekwueme was the Ide of the Oko...
View Article19 states now benefiting from school feeding programme –Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Monday said the National Home-Grown School Feeding which is a component of the current administration’s National Social Investment Programmes is now being...
View ArticleFG demands explanation from Italy over burial of 26 girls
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has expressed dismay over Italy’s hasty burial of the 26 Nigerian girls who were found dead on the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of the girls were found...
View ArticleHigh-profile corruption cases’ judges undergo training
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja No fewer than 35 judges have been nominated to man various courts which the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, directed the heads of various courts to designate in...
View ArticleBayelsa residents allege stockpiling of arms
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Residents of Peramabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State have raised the alarm over an alleged stockpiling of arms in their community by a dreaded ex-militant...
View ArticleAnambra poll too transparent to be contested – Okorocha
The Governor of Imo State and Chairman, Progressives Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has urged all the candidates that participated in the election to team up with Governor Willie Obiano of the...
View ArticleUnpaid salaries: Benue mulls wage cut, retrenchment
John Charles, Makurdi The Benue State Government is considering two options to get out of the non-regular payment of workers’ salaries. The Deputy Governor of the state, Benson Abounu, who is also the...
View ArticleBuratai should explain Kanu’s whereabouts, says Abaribe
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Senator representing Abia South, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has accused the Chief of Army, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, of frustrating his role as a surety in the bail granted the leader of...
View ArticleUS sues AT&T, Time Warner $85bn merger
The US government filed suit Monday to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, setting up the biggest antitrust court clash in decades over the $85bn tie-up. The deal announced more than a year ago...
View ArticleAtiku’s posters flood Katsina PDP secretariat
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina Posters of former Vice-President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Atiku, on Monday, flooded the Katsina State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party,...
View ArticleWe’ll finalise process for return of looted $321m by Dec – FG
The Presidency says the Federal Government is concluding plans, latest by December, with the Switzerland Government for the repatriation of $321m looted from Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleN13bn contracts: EFCC obtains warrant to detain Anyim for 30 days
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured a remand warrant to further detain a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius, who was arrested...
View ArticleBuhari, Shagari, Obasanjo, others mourn Ekwueme
Second Republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead. The elder statesman’s death was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ekwueme family of Oko, in Anambra State. The statement was released in...
View ArticleReps to begin live telecast of Maina’s probe Thursday
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives has included the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, among the list of persons invited in connection with the investigation into the...
View ArticleConvention: Adeniran petitions Makarfi over election panel members
Olusola Fabiyi and Ramon Oladimeji There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party may soon be enmeshed in a fresh crisis as the party prepares for its national convention. The convention,...
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