Nigeria
CBN governor defends Buhari’s forex restriction directive, says regulator compiling list for food import ban
CBN governor defends Buhari’s forex restriction directive, says regulator compiling list for food import ban The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will conform...
Nigeria will appeal U.K order on $9bn payment to P&ID
The Nigerian government is preparing an appeal against a U.K. court ruling that may force the country to pay about $9 billion to Process &...
Presidency Query Into Fowler’s Variances’ in Tax Revenue May Halt Re-appointment
Some close to the Presidency believe that Babatunde Fowler, the executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) may soon be ousted...
Victory is going to be with those who stand for justice: Zakzaky loyalist in Iran says in new video
Dr. Shajareh, a Zakzaky loyalist, in Iran says it is “outrageous” that the Nigerian government put pressure on India to deport the ailing...
VP Osinbajo says Oyegun is “on the right side of history”
Former chairman of the ruling APC party celebrated his 80th birthday over the week-end with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo wishing him well...
SERAP backs EFCC’s probe of Obasanjo govt’s $16bn power project
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the government of...
Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s phone call with Zakzaky in India angered FG
Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki looked to have sparked a potentially damaging row with Nigeria on Friday after speaking with Sheikh Zakzaky over...
Osundare to Buhari: Release Sowore now, says Nigeria becoming a “big-for-nothing”
Prolific Nigerian poet and media columnist, Prof. Niyi Osundare, has called on the Federal Government to release the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest and...
PDP hit by thunderbolt in 2015, says George
Raising the hope of a more formidable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after getting stuck in political mire, a chieftain, Chief Olabode George, says...
Real reason Obono-Obla is in trouble with the Presidency
Activities and conduct of the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has been under...
Afe Babalola to DSS: You don’t have power to arrest
In the wake of indiscriminate arrests and house raiding by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nigeria, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,...
Coalition of Northern Groups Call Tinubu A Hypocrite, Fake National Leader
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a hypocrite announced a Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, on Tuesday in a surprisingly relentless takedown of the national...
Eid-El-Kabir: NNPC chief, others paid courtesy visit to President Buhari
Nigerian state oil corporation chief, Mele Kyari, including state governors of Lagos, Kebbi and Edo states on Tuesday paid a visit to President...
MRA calls for the release of detained journalists, dissidents
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Tuesday condemned the arrest and continued detention of Mr. Ibrahim Dan Halilu, a journalist and former Political Editor of...
Hackers Tried To Break Into VP Osinbajo’s Twitter Account
Officials revealed that hackers had been trying to infiltrate the official twitter account of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as recently as yesterday. Yesterday,...
Of Akume’s ministerial voyage and the Benue leadership question
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Joseph Tarka lived for only 48 years. His life and times were eventful. He defined his eon with the magnitude...
