Former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, were conspicuously absent at the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Bayelsa State on Wednesday. Jonathan’s absence further lent credence to the breakdown in relationship between the former President and the state governor,Continue Reading

The Government of Japan today announced Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, the former minister of Budget and National Planning as the recipient of one of the country’s highest honours: The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. Udoma, who served in the first term of the Buhari administration isContinue Reading

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered investigation into a particular plate number in Kano.The number plate has the inscription of “Chip Whip” purportedly for a member of the Kano state House of Assembly. Oyeyemi directed the Sector Commander of Kano State to investigateContinue Reading

President Muhammadu Buhari should be commended, rather being condemned for his globetrotting, in search of investors. This is the view of Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. He spoke to the Ismaila Chafe, the State House correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Makkah, at the end of theContinue Reading

President Muhammadu Buhari has noted that the historic increase of the capital of Africa Development Bank (AfDB) from $93 billion to $208 billion, placing the multilateral institution on a stronger pedestal to drive growth and development on the continent is a vote of confidence on the leadership of its president, Dr. AkinwunmiContinue Reading

His patient lost a kidney and died but Dr Yakubu Koji was unwilling to admit responsibility when he faced in September a tribunal set up by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council to try a tribe of reckless and professionally negligent doctors in the country. According to the tribunal documents,Continue Reading

In what may appear to be another boost for the country’s image abroad, the World Bank has placed Nigeria in 131 position globally on its 2019 Ease of Doing Business ranking, moving 15 places from the 146 position it was in 2018. This was disclosed in the 2019 World Bank’s Ease of DoingContinue Reading

One person was killed and three others are missing after a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed Saturday morning. The city’s fire department received a call about the collapse just after 9 a.m. Police and emergency medical services also responded. One person was pronounced dead at theContinue Reading