Kenya’s Supreme Court has declared the results of last month’s presidential election invalid, and ordered it to be re-run. Reacting to the ruling, opposition leader Raila Odinga said members of the electoral commission had committed a monstrous crime against the [...]
In African culture, we are meant to accept all 12 types of guests that we get. If you truly come from an African home then you remember the times’ guests would come from nowhere and you’d be left washing the [...]
Africa’s leading airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has said that it has submitted a formal offer to take charge of troubled local carrier Arik Air, which accounts for more than half of Nigeria’s air passenger traffic, the CNN has reported. “We have [...]
The All Progressives Congress has fired back at the Peoples Democratic Party over its claim that President Muhammadu Buhari destroyed the independence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. The [...]
The race to get to Russia 2018 will enter another phase this Friday for the Super Eagles as they take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the first of their two games in the qualifying series. Though the general [...]
Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), an umbrella body of Igbos in the 19 northern states and Abuja, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to dialogue with the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and leaders of [...]
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, recovers stolen money from the former minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke on daily basis. Sagay told the former ruling [...]
The US government is investigating China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec, over an alleged $100 million bribe paid to some Nigerian officials. According to Bloomberg, the bribe was aimed at resolving a $4 billion business dispute between the company’s Addax [...]
September 1, 2017
International
Flood displaces over 110,000 people in Makurdi: The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi, the state capital, have been displaced by flood in recent months. The Executive Secretary of the [...]
Abuja—Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, and Secretary for International Development, Ms. Priti Patel, yesterday, met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in continuation of their official visit to Nigeria, promising to assist Nigeria in the wars against insurgency and corruption. [...]
September 1, 2017
International
The recent intervention of the President General of the apex Igbo group in the Federal Republic of Nigeria- Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, which rightly cautioned the Federal Attorney General and Minister of Justice Alhaji Abubakar Malami (SAN) to [...]
The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, Mr Boris Johnson, on Thursday in Lagos said that a lot of the UK’s oil came through the Nigerian Waters. The Foreign Secretary made the disclosure when he visited the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that his administration will not rest on its oars until security and economic well-being and prosperity of all Nigerians are achieved. The President gave the reassurance in his Sallah message to Nigerians. “I assure you [...]