Turkish president congratulates Buhari on his quick recovery
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his quick recovery. This is contained in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the...
View Article[ICYMI] Biafra: Group advises AGF against re-arresting Kanu
Tunde Ajaja An Igbo socio-cultural group, Nzuko Umunna, says it aligns itself with the position of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, who cautioned the Attorney General and...
View ArticleTrump serves food to flood victims, declares Sunday national day of prayer
President Donald Trump handed out box lunches and hugged children in a Houston emergency shelter on Saturday, as he witnessed the devastation wrought after Hurricane Harvey unleashed apocalyptic floods...
View ArticleFrench MP in Macron’s party charged over violent clash
An MP in French President Emmanuel Macron’s party was charged Saturday over a violent clash in Paris that left a rival Socialist official in hospital. The lawmaker M’jid El Guerrab, 34, was accused of...
View ArticleThose robes they wear make them think they are clever than us, Kenyan...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary for overturning his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished polls commission. While repeating his...
View ArticleSocial media attacks frustrating Benue’s growth – commissioner
The Benue State government said on Saturday that incessant attacks hurled through the social media were painting the state in a bad light and discouraging investors from patronising it. “The social...
View ArticleEid-el-Kabir: Ganduje pardons 500 prison inmates
TED ODOGWU Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has pardoned 500 prisoners in the state in the spirit of Eid-el-Kabir. A statement by the governor’s Director General, Media and Communications,...
View ArticleNAF kills Boko Haram insurgents
FIDELIS SORIWEI The Nigerian Air Force said on Saturday that its personnel displaced hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists in Garin Maloma area of Sambisa Forest, Borno State, on Friday. The NAF, in a...
View ArticleElection annulment: Kenyan president attacks Supreme Court
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has said his country has a problem with its judiciary that must be fixed. He was speaking a day after the Supreme Court annulled his election win last month and...
View Article‘Call for Ayade’s removal from office wrong’
Mudiaga Affe A former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Cross River State, Mr. Goddie Akpama, has faulted the campaign by a group calling for the removal of Governor Ben Ayade from...
View ArticleEx-militants accuse oil firms of denying amnesty graduates employment
Simon Utebor Ex-Niger Delta militant leaders have alleged that international oil companies in the Niger Delta are denying trained ex-militants employment under the guise that they hold ‘’unrecognised...
View ArticleNotice to quit: I didn’t support Arewa youths, says Sultan
ADENIYI OLUGBEMI The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III said on Saturday that he did not support the Arewa youths when they asked the Igbo to leave the northern part of Nigeria before...
View ArticleNigerians free to live anywhere in Nigeria –Buhari
OLALEKAN ADETAYO and OLAIDE OYELUDE President Muhammadu Buhari has, again on Saturday, said Nigerians have the constitutional right to live, work and raise their families in any part of the country...
View ArticleFlooding: Food scarcity imminent, say farmers
John Charles The Chairman of Benue State chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Aondoana Ohembe, has reiterated Governor Samuel Ortom’s concern that the country risks food shortage,...
View ArticleNobody can intimidate me —Masari
Olaide Oyelude, Enyioha Opara and Ted Odogwu Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, on Saturday, said nobody can intimidate him in the running of the state. The governor made the assertion in Katsina...
View ArticleEx-council chiefs vow to stop Obiano’s re-election
Tony Okafor Former deputy chairmen of local government areas in Anambra State, on Saturday, threatened to stop the re-election bid of Governor Willie Obiano owing to unpaid entitlements. The former...
View ArticleMega Party jubilates over INEC registration
Chidiebube Okeoma The Imo State chapter of Mega Party on Friday unveiled the certificate of registration of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The event, which took place in...
View ArticlePolice commission has no power to invite me – Misau
JOHN ALECHENU The Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Misau, who was declared as a deserter by the Nigerian Police Force last week, has said the Police Service Commission possesses no power...
View ArticleEducation, labour ministers still leading talks with ASUU — FG
FIDELIS SORIWEI The Ministry of Labour and Employment has said that the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities is still being handled by its...
View ArticleEFCC bows to AGF, releases 103 high-profile cases
ADE ADESOMOJU The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has finally made the details of the high profile cases being handled by the anti-corruption agency available to the Office of the...
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