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Senate directs PTAD to recall sacked directors
The Senate has directed the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) to recall and reinstate as contract staff five directors sacked by the directorate...
Metuh carried to court on a stretcher
Former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ), Olisa Metuh was brought to court Monday on a stretcher. Metuh was in...
SERAP drags FG, Cameroon to African Commission over illegal return of refugees, asylum seekers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights requesting “the urgent intervention...
Under Buhari Administration So Far, Monthly Job Creation Has Continued – Minister
Since President Muhammadu Buhari took office, the unemployment rate has slowly edged down with millions of jobs created, according to the administration. ”In...
Bitcoin value falls after CBN Governor’s warning
Bitcoin value plunged in Friday trading sliding below $8,000 after Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, cautioned would-be investors in Nigeria to be...
‘246 million free meals served under Buhari’s school feeding program across 20 states’
THE Presidency has said no fewer than 246 million meals have been served under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme (SIP) of the...
Mind Your Business, Oshiomhole Replies Obasanjo, says ‘You Are Not One of Buhari’s Advisers’
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, wants former leader Olusegun Obasanjo to mind his business and not comment on Buhari’s re-election. Oshiomhole...
Fidel Castro’s eldest son kills himself, Cuban state media reports
The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for...
UN condemns forced returns of Cameroon asylum-seekers from Nigeria
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Thursday has condemned the forced returns of Cameroon asylum-seekers from Nigeria by the government. ” UNHCR has...
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...
