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MTN in another trouble with Nigerian govt, accused for withholding $2bn in taxes
MTN Nigeria is in fresh trouble with the Nigerian government accusing it of withholding $2 billion in taxes. The Nigerian government has, therefore,...
Forex: CBN gives Market $210m boost
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available the sum of $210 million, to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the...
Nigeria-China partnership results in $5bn projects for W/African country – Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday in Beijing that his country’s partnership through e Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in...
Buhari, 2019 elections and the law by Reuben Abati
President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly declared in China, last Sunday, that he believes in the idea of free and fair elections, and that he...
At least 11 killed in Jos gunmen attack
The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that at least 11 persons were killed in Latya and Lakwandet communities, of Plateau State by...
Sagay Calls Rivers Judicial Panel ‘Fake’, Says Ameachi is Innocent And Not Corrupt
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), railed against the Rivers State Judicial Panel set up by Governor Nyesom...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki announces presidential bid
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has officially declared to run for the president come 2019 election. ” I have decided to answer the...
In Pictures : It’s PDP, Not APC, Who Are Focusing on Buhari in Campaign Ads
Based on what you hear from the political environment, you’d think that the opposition PDP are all but committed to running on nothing...
Ambode urges ruling party to let members have a say on direct or indirect primaries
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode,has demanded that members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should be consulted over direct or indirect primaries...
Former US Ambassador to Nigeria Princeton Lyman, Dead at 82
Princeton Lyman, a career diplomat who served as US ambassador to Nigeria and later to South Africa, where he helped engineer the transition...
‘Kaakaki’ host Adaora Onyechere leaves AIT to Pursue a career in politics
Kaakaki, co-host Adaora Onyechere, has announced she is leaving the show to pursue a career in her native, Imo state. Onyechechere is running for the Imo...
Remembering Ambassador Adefuye’s humanity and quintessential diplomacy
By Femi Soneye It was on August 27, 2015 that the curtains suddenly fell on a luminous epoch in the humanity and quintessential...
Buhari urges lawyers to put national interest above all else
By Opeoluwa Abegunde President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday stressed that it is necessary to put the national interest above all else and work...
Airline flight attendant arrested for stealing money passengers donated to charity
Police have arrested a senior Israir Airlines flight attendant who reportedly stole money that passengers donated to charity while on board. On Augsut...
Buhari says APC on track to win re-election
President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura on Friday said the string of victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in bye-elections in Bauchi,...
President Buhari felicitates with matriarch of Elumelu family, Mama Suzanne at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed best wishes to the matriarch of the Elumelu family, Mrs Suzanne Elumelu, on her 90th birthday. President Buhari joins...
