The Nigerian Government has repudiated claims by a group named Northern Christian Elders Forum, who falsely alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was practicing bigotry and alienating Christians. The response by the Nigerian Government was contained in a letter to the British Parliamentary Group and signed by Nigeria’s High CommissionerContinue Reading
Piers Morgan has raged about the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle for ‘behaving like a Kardashian’. Piers criticised the Duchess over her relationship with her father Thomas Markle, who he interviewed on Good Morning Britain. Asked on LBC whether he felt ‘any sort of guilt at all with the breakdownContinue Reading
Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to remark credited to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II that Nigeria was on the threshold of bankruptcy, following unfavourable economic policies by the Federal Government. Frank said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC,Continue Reading
The Kings Arms Hotel, a 300-year-old inn next to London’s Hampton Court Palace, owned by Nigeria’s former Minister of Defence Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, is poised to open soon after refurbishment, Bloomberg reports. The 80-year-old Danjuma, who is worth $1.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, paid 2.4 million poundsContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who announced thisContinue Reading
Former Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, failed to appear before Justice Folashade Giwa of the Federal High Court Abuja, to explain his role in the alleged approval of N2.5billion to Pinnacle Communications Ltd. The money was for the purpose of the Federal Government Digital Switch Over (DSO)Continue Reading
The bodies of Oscar Alberto Martínez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, lie face down in murky waters littered with reeds and discarded beer bottles. Their heads are wrapped in a black T-shirt, and her tiny right arm is draped over his shoulders. The shocking image captured Monday was a grim reminderContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has abolished the payments of user-fees for persons living with HIV/AIDS who want to access treatment at State-owned Health facilities. Governor Wike said that the State Government will take over the payment of the user-fees to encourage more Rivers people to seek treatment forContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with Senate President Ahmad Lawan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan arrived the forecourt of the State House around 3.25pm. He was still in the President’s office at the time of filing this report. Details shortly… The NationContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the state will no longer operate an amnesty programme. The governor said this when he received the Ekpeye Traditional Rulers from Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Areas at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Wike said some cultistsContinue Reading
