Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) took down an Iranian drone that U.S. officials say threatened the ship as it entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday. At about 10 a.m. local time, Boxer was transiting Strait of Hormuz when an Iranian fixed-wing drone approached the ship, a defense official told USNI News. The crew ofContinue Reading
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has faulted the position of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Stakeholders Forum on the appointment of the next Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The forum had through its National Coordinator, Prince Maikpobi Okareme, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint the nextContinue Reading
Amaju Pinnick, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has been removed from his position as First Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Pinnick who has served in the position since July 2018 has now been replaced by South Africa’sContinue Reading
Six soldiers, including two officers, who fought to repel a Boko Haram attack on Wednesday were killed by the insurgents. One of the victims was a colonel and another a captain. Several Boko Haram fighters were also killed by the Nigerian soldiers. The attack occurred at about 6:00 p.m. along Maiduguri-Damaturu HighwayContinue Reading
Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, on Thursday, announced his retirement from international football. On his verified Instagram page, Mike Obi said, at the age of 32, it was time for him to bow out of the team and let the young ones take over. Sharing a photo of himselfContinue Reading
The senate has confirmed Aliyu Abubakar as a non-executive commissioner of the Nigeria Communcations Commission (NCC). The upper legislative chamber under the leadership of Bukola Saraki had rejected him. Abubakar (north-east) was confirmed alongside Millionaire Aboiye (south-south) and Abdulaziz Salman (north-central) as non-executive commissioners. Also, Abu Galadima was confirmed asContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday produced some of the documents which the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday called for at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal of five judges led by Justice Mohammed Garba had on WednesdayContinue Reading
An anti-corruption agency under the Presidency, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has said it will verify the N48 billion worth of assets declared by the newly inaugurated Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The Director, Oyo state office of CCB, Mr. Moses Atolagbe, disclosed this to reporters in Ibadan onContinue Reading
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that he cannot ignore the four-page open letter addressed to him, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday. Obasanjo, in the open letter, bemoaned the alarming state of insecurity in the nation. Soyinka, speaking with the Daily Sun, said BuhariContinue Reading
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the absence of ministers will not affect the 2020 budget. He said budgets were usually prepared by civil servants and not ministers per se. Lawan spoke with State House Correspondents in Abuja after he held a meeting with President MuhammaduContinue Reading
