It is exactly one year since Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ahead of the official commemoration of his ascension to power, Buhari spoke with some journalists on the issues that have dominated his reign. Excerpts: Looking at the last one year, how would you assess what has […]
Banjo Professor Adesegun Banjo, a medical doctor and scientist, who launched an armed struggle against the military junta of General Sani Abacha tells KAYODE FALADE about his foray into guerrilla warfare, his incarceration at the Republic of Benin prisons and his health challenges. He refused to mention a lot of names in the interview How did you get […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday attributed the cash crunch, which has made it difficult for state governments to pay salary to “the misrule of the past”. He said even governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party which ruled the country in the last 16 years […]
Ikeja – An Ikeja High Court has fixed June 3 for the trial of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed seven-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun, a Lagos suburb. The defendants are Akinbela Fatiregun and Oladele Ogundeji. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo adjourned the case to give the Defence more […]
BY UGOCHUKWU ALARIBE ABA- Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead two policemen in Aba, Abia State, as they made to escape with a businessman they had abducted in the city. Police Area Commander in charge of Aba, ACP Peter Wagbara, had mobilised his men to block suspected escape routes that the kidnappers […]
Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Britain on June 24 for the official reopening of his Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, a resort spokeswoman said Wednesday. “There will be an official ribbon-cutting ceremony with invited guests, and Mr Trump himself,” PR manager Lisa McGhee told AFP, confirming the June 24 date […]
Lagos – A 64-year-old man, Mustafa Ariori, on Wednesday urged a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos State, to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage to his 60-year-old wife, Tawakalitu, over alleged sexual starvation. Ariori, who runs a rental service, told the court that his wife had stopped preparing meals for him for over six years and had […]
Nigeria has been hit by growing unrest in the country’s oil-producing south by a new militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers. Here is what is known about them: – What’s the story so far? – The Avengers describe themselves as young, well-educated “worthy outlaws” and have since early 2016 been attacking Nigeria’s oil […]
We’ll take up arms to actualize Biafra — MASSOB By Henry Umoru, Chidi Nkwopara, Vincent Ujumadu, Anayo Okoli, Joseph Erunke, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Francis Igata, Peter Okutu, Okonkwo Nwabueze & Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI — Following allegation of massacre of members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State […]
-Punch Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has said he has no immediate solution to the demands of striking workers in Ekiti State, stressing that he cannot sell himself or his family to raise funds for the workers. The governor said in a broadcast on Thursday that the workers must understand that strike […]
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