The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday declared that his fate as the speaker was in the hands of God. He said the ruling Poeples Democratic Party could not remove him as Speaker. He stated that only God and his colleagues in the House could remove him from office as […]
The talks are continuing as the various parties attempt to agree on a civilian interim leader. Some opposition parties do not want Mr Compaore’s former governing party to be involved in the discussions. Col Zida has agreed to hand over power to civilians but late on Thursday said he was not concerned by the African […]
At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb blast as they queued to withdraw money from a cash machine in northern Nigeria, residents have told the BBC. They say the attacker approached the queue with a parcel before it exploded in Azare, Bauchi state. No group has said it carried out the attack […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Oladipo Afolayan, for allegedly raping a woman in his office. The development comes a few months after another Lagos DPO, Mr. Adekunle Awe, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman, Idowu Akinwunmi, in his office at the Onikan Police Division. PUNCH Metro learnt […]
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Thursday unable to travel to Accra, Ghana as earlier scheduled. He was earlier billed to join other leaders of the Economic Community of West African States in Accra for an emergency summit on the Ebola Virus Disease. Jonathan however could not travel again due to prolonged mediation talks in Ouagadougou […]
AS survivors of the Boko Haram attack on the town of Mubi continued to flee, a family man, who fled to Kano, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BB)C Hausa in an interview that parents were forced to collect N5,000 and surrender their daughters to the insurgents. Similarly, a woman, who also fled to […]
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, attacked the headquarters of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe state, North-East Nigeria on Tuesday, killing soldiers, an Islamic cleric and left no fewer than 10 persons dead. But the state Police Commissioner, Kudu Nma, however, said he had yet to hear of the […]
Our Reporter Wednesday, November 5, 2014 British-Nigerian Man in UK Banned from Work over Ebola Fears advertisement A Nigerian man in the UK who is a British citizen, has been banned from his workplace over fears that he may have contracted Ebola during a recent trip to Nigeria. […]
Sub-Saharan Africa cement producer, Dangote Cement, is currently not finding things easy in its quest to grow operations on the continent. The company is said to be constrained by power supply issues, and is seeking to generate its electricity in some African countries. On Tuesday, Dangote Cement applied for a licence to build a […]
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: File copy The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday said the import waiver system that was in place before President Goodluck Jonathan came into power was lopsided and not in conformity with international best practices. She stated this in Abuja while speaking at a […]
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