Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has profferred reasons why the Northern Nigeria is poor inspite of its huge agricultural potentials. Speaking at the fourth Economic and Investment summit in Kaduna on Wednesday,  Dangote, who was the guest speaker noted that more than 60 per cent of the populace in the NorthContinue Reading

The National Judicial Commission, NJC, has finally taken a decision on the allegations of misconduct brought against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen. They also reached a decision on allegation against Acting CJN, Tanko Muhammad. The Council decided that the allegations relating to assets declaration that were levelledContinue Reading

Jeremy Corbyn says he was “shocked” by footage apparently showing British paratroopers using his photograph as a target. An image of the Labour was apparently used as target practice by four soldiers, thought to be based in Kabul, Afghanistan with the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment. The opposition leader said: “I’mContinue Reading

Brazil soccer great Pele was hospitalised in Paris late on Tuesday with a strong fever but his condition is not life-threatening, RMC Sport reported. The 78-year-old was admitted as a precaution after attending an event in the French capital with France’s World Cup winning youngster Kylian Mbappe. A representative forContinue Reading

A MAN has been killed in a “machete attack” in the latest tragedy of the capital’s knife crime epidemic. The victim, believed to be in his mid-40s, was pronounced dead at the scene on Northolt Road in Harrow, north west London this afternoon. Paramedics from London’s Air Ambulance battled inContinue Reading

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared Nyesome Wike of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the March 9th governorship election in Rivers state. The Returning Officer for River state, Professor Teddy Adias of the Niger Delta University Otuoke, Bayelsa state who declared Wike winner of theContinue Reading

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s resounding victory was a clear call for change at City Hall and a historic repudiation of the old-style, insider politics that have long defined the nation’s third-largest city. Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who’d never been elected to public office, defeated Cook County Board President andContinue Reading

Walter Onnoghen, the suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has denied all allegations levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the National Judicial Council (NJC). EFCC accused him of “financial impropriety, infidelity to the constitution and other economic and financial crimes related laws” and asked that he beContinue Reading

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Yekini Yekini Nabena, has insisted that the party’s decision on the selection and zoning of principal officers for the incoming 9th National Assembly is supreme. Nabena stated this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said thatContinue Reading