Following the 30-day ultimatum given by a group of Northern youths asking governors opposed to the idea of Ruga Settlements to back down or risk Southerners living in the North being asked to leave the region, some prominent Nigerians are calling for deliberate efforts to douse rising ethnic tensions acrossContinue Reading
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said he will address the server controversy that trailed the 2019 general elections, after the Presidential Elections Tribunal. Atiku Abubakar, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had dragged the winner and incumbentContinue Reading
Scores of Boko Haram fighters have been neutralised by air strikes in Bakassi, in the fringes of Lake Chad, Borno state, the Nigerian Air Force announced on Sunday. According to a statement by Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the terrorists were neutralised with their structures destroyed during airContinue Reading
The governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said there is no rift between himself and the national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as is being projected by people. The governor made the statement in a chat with reporters on Saturday in Abuja atContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the opening of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Gov on #AfCFTA in Niamey, Niger. His personal assistant (photography), Sunday Aghaeze, made the disclosure on Twitter.Continue Reading
From the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, came some words of advice on Friday night to young pastors on how to avoid exposing themselves to immoral acts. He told them to flee whenever “you find yourself facing youthful lust.” “When you seeContinue Reading
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on saturday, painted the picture of Nigeria as that of two countries in one: a developing South and a backward, less educated and unhealthy north, with the highest number of poor people in the world. He also drew similarities between the development indicators ofContinue Reading
Britain’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has described Donald Trump as “incompetent”, “inept” and “insecure”, according to leaked diplomatic memos. He also gives a scathing assessment of the White House, saying it has become “uniquely dysfunctional” under President Trump because of “vicious infighting and chaos”, and questions whether itContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for making progress in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt, after a delightful win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday,Continue Reading
There will be a new winner at the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2019 after defending champions Cameroon were sent packing by Nigeria who beat them 3-2 in a five-goal round of 16 thriller in Alexandria on Saturday evening. Odion Ighalo struck twice with Alex Iwobi scoring the winnerContinue Reading
