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Umahi heads committee to dialogue with Miyetti Allah
The Working Group of the last National Economic Council meeting (NEC), headed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has set up another sub-committee...
Trailer driver ‘inattention’ to blame for horrific death of head teacher, assistant in horrific accident
Initial indications are saying inattention is to blame in a fatal accident in Akure, Ondo state. The devastating wreck occurred Monday killing the head teacher...
VP Osinbajo vows to end fulani, farmers carnage
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday said that the fulani herdsmen, farmers clashes will soon be a thing of the past. “President Muhammadu Buhari is...
Amnesty International Concerned At FG’s Response to Communal Violence
Amnesty International has condemned the response of the Buhari administration to communal violence in the country. The world body said the government’s response ” is...
FG extradites 47 separatists to Cameroon
Cameroon’s minister of communications says 47 suspected separatists and leaders of a group that declared the independence of English-speaking regions have been extradited...
Israel paying civilians $9,000 to capture African migrants
The Israel government is hiring civilian “immigration inspectors” to crack down on “illegal aliens and their employers,” marking a turning point in the...
A warm embrace: Obasanjo meets Buhari in Addis Ababa
President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, five days after the latter wrote a strong worded statement, asking the former not to...
Restore Uzokwe as Abia State CJ or face legal action, SERAP threatens Gov Ikpeazu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to “immediately withdraw his illegal appointment of Justice Obisike...
Africa needs fair trade, says VP Osinbajo in new Video from Davos
During an interactive session titled ” Stabilizing the Mediterranean” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Vice President Osinbajo said that Africa is...
Caught on Duty! Rare Candid Picture of VP Osinbajo’s Photographer in Davos, Switzerland
For close to two years, Novo Isioro have covered it all with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo: upheaval, tragedy, joy, anniversaries, global meetings and...
Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal detained by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal after being grilled...
NNPC concerned about porous borders, says petrol smuggling on the rise
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday expressed concerns about Nigeria’s porous borders and urged stepped-up efforts to beat back sustained nefarious activities of...
Locusts, Quelea and Grain eating birds invade farms in Nigeria- Minister
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, announced Wednesday that locusts and quella birds from neighbouring Niger Republic have invaded farms in parts of Borno...
Police arrests ‘prophet’ who preaches with beer in hand
Police in the Tanzanian capital Dadoma on Tuesday arrested a preacher who reportedly roams the streets preaching with a bottle of beer, according...
In clear terms, Okowa rejects cattle colonies in Delta
In bluntly clear language, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Tuesday questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘cattle colony’ policy for herdsmen, as he rejected the policy...
Aisha Buhari: The critic in the other room by Reuben Abati
Mrs Aisha M. Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is probably the most loved person in Nigeria today, especially by critics of...
