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Forgery Scandal: FG fails to open case as Saraki, Ekweremadu return to court
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, today returned to court over the alleged forgery case instituted against them by the Federal Government. They are accused of ill…
You are making matters worse if you only subscribe any murder and any killing to Fulani or Islam- Sultan
On Tuesday at the opening ceremony of a 3-day national inter-faith dialogue meeting organised by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution and International Dialogue Centre, based in Vienna,…
El-Rufai supports sale of non-productive national assets
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has added his voice to the heated debate over the proposed sale of some national assets. Supporting the proposed move, El-Rufai, says a sale to boo…
Boko Haram kill 8 people; raise flag in villages near Chibok
At least eight people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in three villages near Chibok town in Borno State. The terrorists attacked the villages- Kubirivour, Boftari and Kuburmbalah- and hoisted t…
Former Israeli PM, Shimon Peres, passes on at 93
Former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres has died at the age of 93. According to an announcement from the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv, Peres died at 3.40 am on Wednesday morning…
Sam Allardyce steps down as England Manager
After just two months on the job, Sam Allardyce has stepped down as England manager. Big Sam, a former Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers boss, was forced out after a newspaper sting filmed him telling…
BIAFRA: Let my people go- Prophet Nwoko tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been chastised by a spiritual leader and activist, Prophet Anthony Nwoko, over his unrepentant position towards Biafra restoration, and warned that the "ways of man…
APC, PDP trade words as Edo indigenes head to polls
Just as the indigenes of Edo State gear up to head to the polls today to elect a new Governor, the two major political parties have gotten involved in a war of words against themselves. The Peop…
Recession: Udo-Udoma explains why NASS must work with Presidency
The Minister for Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Monday made a strong case for members of the National Assembly to work in synergy with the Executive to solv…
Fulani herdsmen strike again in Kaduna villages; killing three and burning down houses
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen have struck again in Kaduna State; killing three in Dogon Daji village and torching part of Antang Village all around Godogodo in the Jema'a Local Government Area of the…
Oyegun set to consult with Buhari over fall-out with Tinubu
In response to the attack launched against him by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, is reportedly set to …
Shekau is a mad man- Buratai
Factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, was on Monday described by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, as a mad man. Buratai made his comments in Yola, when asked …
Jibrin shuns Ethics Committee
Having accused his colleagues of corruption, the sacked Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Jibrin Abdulmumin, yesterday shunned the House Ethics and Privileges C…
Clinton and Trump spar at first Presidential Debate
The first of 3 US Presidential debates has concluded; and Democratic and Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, engaged in an occasionally raw series of clashes on topics from t…
Buhari administration is too corrupt to be trusted- NDGJM
The Buhari-administration has been accused of being overly corrupt, by militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM. The group on Monday said it would not join in the ceasefire…
Act like a traditional ruler or abdicate your throne for politics- Owie tells Sanusi
A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has asked the Emir of Kano, his Royal Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi, to abdicate the throne and go into politics. Owie made his comment in r…
Stop playing politics with the economy- ICMC warns FG
The Federal Government has been warned by the National President of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, ICMC, Dr Louis Ogbeifun, against politicizing the economic recession in …
I can't predict when recession will end- Adeosun
Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that she cannot predict when the nation will get out of the current economic recession. Speaking in an interview in the nation's capita…
Buhari administration inherited N1.5trn worth of road contractual liabilities- Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari inherited road contractual liabilities worth N1.5tn. In a statemen…