There was confusion in Kano on Wednesday as bombs exploded near the popular Kanti Kwari Textile Market along Ibrahim Taiwo Road. Six people, including two female suicide bombers, who alleged detonated the bombs, were confirmed dead. Nine sustained varying degrees of injuries. The Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Aderenle Shinaba, told journalists at the scene […]
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu | credits: http://thecitizenng.com The Federal Government has released the Russian cargo aircraft which was intercepted by operatives of the Nigerian Air Force at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Saturday. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, announced the decision of the […]
The National Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Col. Micah Gaiya (retd.), on Monday said that 100 ex-servicemen had been killed in the North-East part of the country, being ravaged by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The legion caters for the welfare of ex-servicemen and persons who have distinguished themselves in the wars in which […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has described the All Progressives Congress as a “waste basket.” Reacting to the primaries recently conducted by the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections, the ruling PDP stated that the majority of the candidates who have emerged on the platform of the opposition party were “expired substances.” Writing on its […]
The Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has threatened he will sue the former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for going ahead to present his autobiography, My Watch, in Lagos on Tuesday. He said this in a statement he personally signed and made available to our […]
Mrs Mujuru, 59, was once seen as a possible successor to Mr Mugabe President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has sacked his vice-president, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of corruption and plotting to kill him. Mr Mugabe also dismissed seven government ministers in connection with the alleged plot, a statement said. Mrs Mujuru, once seen as […]
As US govt partners FG to reposition cocoa industry BY STEVE AGBOTA Despite being the fourth cocoa producing country in the world, stakeholders in the cocoa industry have lamented that Nigeria is benefiting nothing from $80 billion chocolate confectionery market. Against this background, the US government said it is supporting Nigeria to revive the cocoa […]
By Our Reporter on December 9, 2014 Business FROM ISAAC ANUMIHE, ABUJA Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria’s total banking assets have grown to over N24 trillion (about $150 billion). This, according to her, would not have been possible without the 2005 banking sector reforms. […]
BY BLAISE UDUNZE The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn N300 billion from the banking system to support the naira, which has been hit by falling oil prices. The development made the overnight rate to spike to 30 per cent on Friday, up from 12 per cent last week. This was as overnight lending […]
From SEGUN OLATUNJI, Abeokuta The police have arraigned a 73-year-old younger brother of the late winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Mubasiru Abiola before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding a pastor of N1.5million. The police said Mubasiru simultaneously sold one acre of land to one Pastor John Joseph of the […]
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