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CHOGM 2018 kicks off with launch of innovation hub

  The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland Monday launched the Commonwealth Innovation Hub on the opening day of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government...

Trump to meet with Buhari at White House on April 30

United States president Donald Trump will host President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on April 30, the White House announced on Sunday....

Ruling APC party constitutes convention committee

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday has constituted its National Convention Committee, according to a statement by Osita Izunaso, the National Organising...

Nigeria plundered by wicked people, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in London said that wicked people under past government’s plundered the country “and kept Nigerians poor, he said while receiving...

British Airways faces another scandal after air hostess gulps over 10 times legal limit of alcohol in a 13-hour flight

British Airways is facing another crew scandal barely 7 months after a stewardess made shocking racist rant about Nigerians. “All the Nigerians are...

APC leaders accuse Ebonyi governor of high handedness, running ‘killer squad.

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Ebonyi State on Tuesday accused Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi,  of operating death squads...

Doctor forcibly removed from plane after complains of mosquitoes

Passengers on a IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Bengaluru, were horrified when a doctor was forcibly removed  after he complained of mosquitoes onboard.  ...

Commonwealth summit will seek to deliver transformational change for member countries, says Secretary-General

  “CHOGM 2018 promises to deliver transformational change for the people of the Commonwealth, says Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, in a statement made available to...

Buhari distances self from defense minister, says no approval for release of $1billion arms procurement

Barely a week after Minister  of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement...

Contemplating Ebri in APC’s open race for national chair 

By Femi Soneye   It took President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to fault and reverse the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of...

Dozens killed in deadly armed robbery attack in Kwara

The killing of 30 people during a bank robbery Thursday in Offa, Kwara state made it one of the deadliest on record in...

We have no hidden religious agenda, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja called on religious leaders to work towards the broader goal of building a strong and unified nation,...

As Buhari Navigates APC through the Storm by Patrick Obahiagbon

   I would like to state prestissimo, and from the outset of this lucubration, that I do not doubt the capacity of President...

Maina’s Reinstatement: House Committee Indictment is a politically tainted investigation

By Stephen Onyeukwu, Per Second News It’s no secret that most Nigerian’s believe the National Assembly is broken. They think the legislative arm...

2018 Budget: FG holds retreat with CEOs, accounting officers of MDAs

  The federal government will on saturday hold a mandatory retreat with Accounting officers and Chief Executive Officers from all Ministries, Departments and...

Where is the Nigerian opposition? by Reuben Abati

Less than a year to the next general elections in Nigeria, the biggest deficit in the political process leading to that moment is...