The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted the report that it ignored the call for intervention over Mrs Kudirat Afolabi, a Nigerian woman, executed in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking. The ministry in a statement by its Spokesperson, Sarah Sanda, on Friday in Abuja, said the report in one ofContinue Reading
Justice P.I. Ajoku of a Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Friday struck out a suit filed by Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, against the All Progressives Congress (APC) for excluding his name from the list of gubernatorial aspirants in the March 9, general elections over his inability to presentContinue Reading
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is concerned with the rising numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries. The IMF said this on Friday in Washington DC in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa report presented by Director of the IMF’s African Department,Continue Reading
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja stating that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian. The Party in its petition filed by its lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi faulted the candidacy ofContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Saturday for N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to participate in the Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed theContinue Reading
Mr Guillaume Audren de Kerdrel, Deputy Ambassador of France, has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to improving on the electricity transmission in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Kerdrel made this known at the official ground breaking ceremony of the Abuja feeding scheme which comprised 330KV and 132 KVContinue Reading
The candidacy of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speakers of the 9th House got a boost on Thursday as Muhammad Monguno withdrew from the race. Monguno, one of the front line contenders, immediately declared support for Gbajabiamila based on the party’s decision andContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has struck out three appeals filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the elections in the state. A seven-man panel of judges of the apex court struck out the appeals on Thursday for being incompetent. The unanimous decision was delivered by the actingContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Liman Ibrahim as the new Controller-General (CG) of the Federal Fire Service (FFS). A statement signed by Al-Hassan Yakmut, Secretary, Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) on Thursday in Abuja said that the appointment took effect from MarchContinue Reading
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has dismissed allegations that he was involved in a plot to cause a constitutional crisis by pressuring the Supreme Court to reverse its judgement on the Rivers State All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries. The Peoples Democratic PartyContinue Reading
