The Second Republic Presidential Adviser, to former President late Shehu Aliyu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has stated that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar remains a Nigerian citizen and is qualified to contest for any elective position in the country, including the office ofContinue Reading
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the Buhari administration has sent corruption “under the carpet”. Speaking in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), Mohammed said in the second term, this government will be more determined in the fight against corruption. He said the president will not compromise his anti-corruption programmesContinue Reading
In a fierce encounter at the weekend with Boko Haram terrorists, troops of Sector 1 Operation LAFIYA DOLE, along with the Cameroon Defence Force, killed no fewer than 27 of the terrorists. Chadian forces also killed 63 of the terrorists in a fight near Lake Chad also at the weekend,Continue Reading
Organised rice processing investors have warned that the N174.48 billion invested by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into the rice production value chain since 2015 is about to go waste unless the Federal Government orders Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to be alive to curbing unbridled smuggling or even shut itsContinue Reading
The UK government is backing an advertising campaign urging Nigerian women and girls to find jobs at home instead of “risking a life of modern slavery” in Britain. Posters are to be placed in schools, churches and marketplaces in an attempt to reduce human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labour The campaignContinue Reading
Seven Chadian Soldiers have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram, Azem Bermendoa Agouna an army spokesman said on Monday. The Islamist militants injured 15 others when they attacked an army position in Kaiga Kindjiria, in western Chad, on Sunday, according to Agouna. The army claims it killed 63Continue Reading
A fire has broken out at the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Pictures posted on social media showed enormous plumes of smoke billowing into the city’s skyline as firefighters rushed to the historic site. According to French newspaper Le Monde, the fire broke out in the attic of theContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia is defending its legal system following the controversy that trailed the beheading of a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Adeshola Afolabi, for drug trafficking. No fewer than 23 Nigerians are on the death row in the kingdom. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Amb. Adnan Mahmod Bostaji, yesterdayContinue Reading
Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), may not have bargained for the kind of bitter fight he is enmeshed in, following his support for Jibrilla Bindow, Governor of Adamawa State, in the recently concluded elections. The SGF, SaharaReporters gathered, is currently battling a intrigues weaved togetherContinue Reading
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has asked those he offended during the just-ended electioneering period in the state to forgive him. Speaking during a family thanksgiving at the Salvation Ministry Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Palm Sunday, Wike also said despite the long drawn battle against him duringContinue Reading
