South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Tuesday, condemned the recent attack on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country. Ramaphosa, in a tweet on his official Twitter page, said there is no justification for the attack on foreign nationals. He was reacting the looting and burning of businesses and propertyContinue Reading
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said he was confident that the Federal Government would upturn the judgment granting Irish firm, Process and Industrial Developments Ltd., $9.6bn damages against Nigeria. The government urged Nigerians to ignore the “ostentatious claims” by P&ID on compilation of Nigeria’s assets forContinue Reading
Thugs wearing campaign vests of an aspirant have engaged security operatives in a shootout at the accreditation venue of the ongoing governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The miscreants, chanting the name of the aspirant, were said to have attempted in vain to breach the security at IjawContinue Reading
The MTN Nigeria outlet in Ikeja, Lagos has been shut after some Nigerians took to the streets to protest xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. This comes after reports on violence against Nigerians living in South Africa went viral. Earlier on Thursday, the telecommunications company issued a statement condemningContinue Reading
Israel is to partner with the Federal Government to address Boko Haram and other forms of insecurity, the President of Galilee International Management Institute, Prof. Joseph Shevel, has said. He stated that the partnership will involve the institute devising and proposing to the FG intellectual peace road map that couldContinue Reading
The Federal Government has assured Nigeria will not be engaged in reprisal attacks over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The fatal attacks on Nigerians have been on the increase in the past two days. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, spoke with State House correspondents after leadingContinue Reading
Boris Johnson has lost his majority of one after Tory MP Phillip Lee defected to the Lib Dems by sitting on their bench. He made the move while Boris Johnson was mid way through delivering a speech in the House of Commons. The surprise move means there is now noContinue Reading
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed who will determine President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor on the All Progressives Congress, APC platform come 2023. According to him, the ruling party will determine which zone will produce the next Nigerian leader at the expiration of Buhari’s tenure. Reacting to this, GandujeContinue Reading
Strong indications emerged last night that pressures were beginning to mount on some of the aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019 party’s primaries, to step down for Governor Dickson’s preferred candidate. The first to throw the shocker was the immediate past Chief of staff to theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to President Cyril Ramaphosa, to register his displeasure over the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. In a statement just released by the Presidency in Abuja, it said the envoy was expected to land in Pretoria by Thursday. The statement, which wasContinue Reading
