Home / Buchi Obichie
Buchi Obichie
915 articles
Ritchie de Laet leaves Leicester for Aston Villa
Ritchie de Laet has left Premier League Champions, Leicester City, for a move across the Midlands to Championship side, Aston Villa.The announcement was made on Tuesday.Having helped Leicester clinch…
Niger State gets grazing reserve
30,000 hectares of land in Bobi community, Mariga Local Government Area, Niger State, was on Monday allocated as grazing reserve for herdsmen.This was disclosed by the State Governor, Abubakar Sani B…
Boko Haram: Sheriff must be arrested- Borno AG
The former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has been accused of being responsible for the growth of terrorist sect, Boko Haram, by the state's Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, …
ANC loses Jo'Burg for the first time in 22years
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, ANC, has lost control of the country's largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg, for the first time in 22 years.This comes after the …
Buhari is committed to securing release of Chibok girls- Gowon
In a meeting with former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, at the Presidential villa, Abuja on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the Government needed credible information in order to rescu…
Probe OBJ or forget war against corruption- Waku tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by a former Chairman, Senate Committee on Water Resources, Senator Joseph Waku,to either probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo or forget about…
Budget Padding Scandal: Sagay Committee invites Jibrin
The immediate former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been invited by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption chaired by Professor …
CBN bars 9 banks from forex market over non-remittance of NNPC funds
Nine Deposit Money Banks were on Tuesday barred from the nation's foreign exchange market, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.This came as a result of the banks' failure to remit the sum of $2.334bn…
241 Nigerians repatriated from Libya
241 Nigerians were on Tuesday repatriated from Libya.The repatriation was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM.A breakdown of the figure indicated that 67 females were dep…
Anambra State debunks claims of Lassa fever outbreak
Claims of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in Anambra State have been debunked by the State Government.Reacting to reports of the fever in his state on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike…
John Kerry visits Sultan of Sokoto as he arrives Nigeria
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, arrived in Nigeria today (Tuesday), and visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III.Delivering a speech on Resilient Communities and …
FG says Nigeria's electricity challenges cannot be solved by gas alone
At the just concluded 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents in Lagos state, Minister Of Power, Works And Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, said that Nigeria's …
Abakaliki jail-break: Rights Group accuses prison officials of extrajudicial killings
Officials of the Abakaliki federal prisons, were on Monday accused by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Ebonyi Chapter, of extra-judicial killings in the attempted jail-break which…
PDP crisis: Chief Judge steps in to address contradictory court rulings
As the crisis within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta, has stepped in to correct inconsistencies in court…
Treat Avengers, IPOB like Boko Haram- Senior civil servants urge FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged by the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government owned Companies, to descend on the Niger Delta Avengers and the Independent P…
Sell 60% of forex to manufacturers- CBN orders banks
Individual banks (authorized dealers) have been ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Monday, to allocate 60% of their total Foreign Exchange purchases from all sources to manuf…
RCCG Pastor amongst 3 persons killed by Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna
Pandemonium struck in Unguwan Anjo, near Godogodo in the Jema'a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday night, as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed three persons;…
8 killed by angry mob in Zamfara over alleged blasphemy
No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State.The violence followed a case of alleged blasphemy by a student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in the commu…
Access restricted for journalists, as Kerry arrives Aso Rock today
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, is expected to arrive Abuja, Nigeria today, to visit President Muhammadu Buhari.It has been revealed that for the duration of the visit at the Presidential Vill…
THE WRATH OF THE KHANS AND THE FALL OF TRUMP
When the race for the US Presidency began, no one envisioned that Republicans would head to their convention in Cleveland in July, to put their stamp of approval on a billionaire TV reality star.From…