Saudi Arabia has executed 37 men convicted of terror-related crimes, the kingdom’s official news agency said Tuesday. One of the convicts was crucified, according to an interior ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). “The death penalty was implemented on a number of criminals for adopting extremist terroristContinue Reading
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attacked a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu, saying that the former Lagos Governor was pursuing fascist agenda to control all levels of power in Nigeria. Dogara, in a statement signed by his Media Aide,Continue Reading
Dr. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith, Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), has been accused of incompetence, fraud and running down the research body. NISER, which has been in existence since 1906, was established as an autonomous institute under the presidency by the NISER Act No. 70 ofContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-thani, soliciting investments in petroleum, power, aviation, and rail as major areas of concern. Also on the front burner was the recharge of Lake Chad with water from the Congo Basin, so as to grant succour toContinue Reading
The Lagos State Government says preparations are in top gear to host President Muhammadu Buhari on his official visit to the state on Wednesday. This was announced in a statement issued by the state Ministry of Information and Strategy on Tuesday in Lagos. It said that during the one-day workingContinue Reading
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has removed the name and image of convicted Justice Walter Onnoghen from its current members’ list on its website. Onnoghen was last week convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for violating the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act, by refusing to declare theContinue Reading
The Inspector General of Police M.A Adamu has ordered a speedy and comprehensive investigation into the tragic accident on Sunday in Gombe when the driver of a bus rammed into a procession of Easter revelers in Gombe state. The accident occurred along Gombe-Biu road. Witness accounts, according to the policeContinue Reading
A passenger bus ran into Christian worshippers in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday, injuring 17 of them. The injured, many of them with serious bone fractures, were admitted into different hospitals around Numan, the local government headquarters. Witnesses said the accident happened around 10 amContinue Reading
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday, lambasted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for attacking him. In a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Saraki said Tinubu on Sunday released another of his expected quarterly vicious attack onContinue Reading
Determined to avert a crisis in the 9th National Assembly, All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have waded into the row over the choice of principal officers, especially the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The race for Senate President is being hotly contested byContinue Reading
