In this interview with reporters Musikilu Mojeed and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, Governor Samuel Ortom chronicles his ordeal as chief executive of Benue, saying the instability in the north-central state is deeper than herdsmen-farmers clashes. The second part of the interview will [...]
U.S.-China trade war worsens Nigeria’s non-oil exporters’ Local non-oil exporters may have started feeling the heat of the trade war between global economic leaders. Although projections from international trade bodies showed that average tariffs on exports from Nigeria and Zambia [...]
LAN has particularly been involved in two public deals; the investment in Café Neo and Big Cabal Media, worth a combined ₦50 million. but that was the last we heard of LAN or their activities. The interview with Nwanne Okafor, [...]
The United States president Donald Trump referred to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless” shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial Times said on Monday. Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump [...]
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that President Muhammadu has “passed” in terms of governance rating. He said this at the Month Olives Anglican Church, Tanke, Ilorin in Saturday. Addressing the congregation, comprising politicians, the Vicar, Rotimi Omotoye, had [...]
The return journey of Nigeria’s 55,000 pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia begins on Monday, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said. Its Director of Operations, Abdullahi Saleh, announced this on Sunday in Jeddah after [...]
A former governor of Anambra, Peter Obi, has said that the Nigerian economy is on life support due to the rising debt profile of about N22.7 trillion. Mr Obi, disclosed this at the ‘2018 This Generation Conference’ organised by the [...]
John McCain, a senior member of the United States Senate and former presidential candidate, has died. Mr McCain passed on Saturday night after years of battling with brain cancer, his family announced Saturday. He was 81. Mr McCain’s family said [...]
Lagos hospital injected patient with ‘formalin’ during surgery: May 30, 2017 was supposed to be the start of a new beginning in her marriage. Weeks earlier Christina Ohunyan, 40, had been diagnosed of myomectomy, commonly known as fibroid. Doctors had [...]
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers slayed two men in Jos, Plateau State, on Saturday, the police said. One of the victims was a security guard working with University of Jos Teaching Hospital (JUTH), while the other was a driver [...]
The Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki has declared that he is not bothered about impeachment when Senate finally resumes, insisting that there are process and a constitution that guide the Senate. Saraki disclosed this, yesterday, in Asaba, Delta State, when [...]
Despite insinuation regarding his possible defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel surprised his detractors with Friday’s declaration to run for second term on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He, however, [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on troops currently stationed in Katsina State, not to spare any cattle rustler or armed robber, but to deal ruthlessly with them. Buhari stated this, yesterday, while addressing the troops at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua [...]
The torrential downpour in Gbeganu area of Minna, Niger State has wreaked on the community, as flood swept houses, rendering several people homeless and helpless. The heavy downpour, which has been on since last Wednesday, has destroyed about three houses [...]
A Second Republic House of Representatives member, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s boast that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, would win the 2019 elections as empty. Mohammed was reacting to a statement by the Senior [...]
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Adedamola Kuti, on Friday confirmed that tests on 15 expansion joints on the Third Mainland Bridge, had been completed. The 11.8km bridge was closed to traffic on August 23 for investigative maintenance [...]
Ladi Kwali Street off Constantine street in Zone 4 of Wuse District is one of the most popular areas in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Aside being the location of the popular Sheraton Hotel, the area is synonymous with one thing: [...]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives not to attend to civil or commercial matters again and to strictly restrict their involvements to armed robbery and kidnapping cases only. Idris [...]
Fire guts Ex-UBTH CMD’s residence Property worth millions of naira was destroyed on Thursday night by fire, which razed the residence of the immediate past Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof Michael Ibadin. The [...]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has charged the people of the state not to panic over former governor Godswill Akpabio’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his move would not deter him from winning a second term [...]
The Imo State council election holds today in 3,523 polling units and 44 voting points across the 645 autonomous communities in the 27 councils of the state. Not less than 14 out of earlier 22 political parties that signified interest [...]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday condemned a 300 per cent hike in school fees of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The union also berated owners of the institution- Oyo and Osun state [...]
Anambra lawmaker empowers constituents with vehicles, machines In continuation of his over 15 years of charity works that predates his entry into politics, which has benefitted over 1,500 constituents cut across political party lines, the member representing Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha Federal Constituency [...]
The Lagos State Government has hinted that the other two bridges in the state- Carter and Eko-would also go through integrity tests after the evacuation of tankers on the roads in a few weeks time. Disclosing this yesterday during a [...]
This week on social media, President Buhari walks 800 meters, Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat dies at 80 and other stories. Techpoint.Africa [...]
The Plateau State Police Command has foiled an attempt by a group of youths suspected to be members of Sara-Suka gangsters to set ablaze a Catholic Church located in Kongo Rosha community of Jos North local government area of the [...]
The federal government has hinted that President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2019 budget to the National Assembly when the legislature reconvenes in September. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, explained that this was to restore [...]
A senator, Shehu Sani, on Thursday, paid Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, and thanked him for intervening in the crisis facing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State. Mr Sani, representing Kaduna Central in [...]
A recently released journalist, Jones Abiri, has explained the circumstances that resulted in his arrest and detention for two years, without trial, by security operatives. Mr Abiri was arrested in July 2016 by operatives of the State Security Service, following [...]
Dressed in a black T-Shirt and carrying a box painted in what seemed like the colours of the All Progressives Congress flag — green, white, blue and red — he stated that the walk is also to protest against the [...]
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