Nigeria

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...

Falana in court over Sowore’s continued detention, files 19-ground application against order

Hunam rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) on Friday file an application to challenge the order by a Federal High Court in Abuja...

Buhari orders Investigation into killing of three police officers in Taraba

The Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has set up a committee to investigate the killing of three police intelligence officers...

ExxonMobil Chairman Says Better Days Ahead Under Mele Kyari as GMD NNPC

The Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil companies in Nigeria, Paul McGrath, has expressed optimism on the future of the business relationship between...

‘RevolutionNow’: SERAP seeks UN Human Rights Council Special Session over attacks on journalists, protesters

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights...

Developing-8 countries calls for improved investment to promote breastfeeding

The Developing-8 countries (D-8) Organization for Economic Cooperation, has called for improved investment in low- and middle-income countries alike, to promote breastfeeding. The...

Wheat import to Nigeria seen rising by 200,000 tons on expanding population

Nigeria’s exploding population growth, as well as industrial demand for wheat, key ingredient for making biscuit will likely drive imports into Africa largest...