Nigeria

New trial date set for Sowore, Bakare

  Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare,  charged with treasonable felony and conspiracy, has had their trial rescheduled again,...

” An African Patriot Who Pioneered Regional Cooperation” :Read VP Osinbajo’s eulogy for Daniel Arap Moi

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo delivered a stirring eulogy at the funeral for Daniel Arap Moi on Tuesday, remembering the former Kenyan president...

87% of Nigeria’s poor people are in the North, says World Bank

    ….Pres. Buhari’s North-West records  half of the figure A huge 87 per cent of the poor and wretched in Nigeria are in...

Sultan of Sokoto says no one can Islamize Nigeria

  The Sultan of Sokoto Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has disowned the Fulani group that said they own Nigeria from Sokoto to the Atlantic Ocean,...

Japanese Passports Ranked World’s Most Powerful, Nigeria 95th

  A British consulting company Henley & Partners has placed the Japanese passport at the top of its Passport Index Global Ranking. The...

Nigeria’s Power Sector Privatisation has failed, to be revisited, says Senate President

  The 10-year-old privatisation of the nation’s power sector is a colossal failure and should be revisited, so says Senate President Ahmad Lawan on...

Akinwumi Adesina turns 60: AFDB President says he is grateful to God

  Former minister of Agriculture Akin Adesina has turned 60 today. On his birthday the President of the African Development Bank, said he is...

UPDATED: Policeman commits suicide in Lagos cell

  Confusion, fright and grief has enveloped the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, following the discovery of a policeman, simply identified as...

President Buhari appoints Saad Ahmed as CMD, Federal Medical Centre

  President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday appointed Prof Saad Ahmed as the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja. The appointment takes...

Trump administration expands travel ban to Nigeria, 5 others

  President Donald Trump Friday expanded his controversial travel ban, placing immigration restrictions on half a dozen new countries, including Nigeria. The latest...

We’re incensed by your non-performance, NASS tells service chiefs

      …asks Buhari to sack them   … Our cup of endurance has run over, says Gbajabiamila   Uncomfortable with the...

Tough time awaits bandits – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said “harder times” await bandits whose disruptive activities have brought sorrow to Nigerians, kept many away from...

$82,570 internet fraud: Mother, son jailed 3 years each

      Trapped in the quicksand of internet fraud, a mother and son are to spend 12 years in jail each for...

Nigeria’s central security system, a colossal failure, says Senate President

  …we cannot play politics with security issues …Community policing an option — SGF Mustapha Taking a holistic view of the current centralised...

Faulty Power Lines: TCN to Acquire Helicopters 

  For fault detection on its transmission line network across the country,  the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it plans to acquire...

News Flash: FG, Southwest Governors agree on Amotekun

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with the governors of the six western states of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and...