Is Nigeria a “Shithole” Country? – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | January 28, 2018- A Mozambiquean professor at Howard University once summed it up in his own words, “Nigerians have very low morals”. Despite our low morals and its attendant sleaze and moral squalor, we long to be portrayed in the most favorable light. To remain wedded to unethical and amoral […]

Nigeria: U.S. Attack Aircraft – We’ll Pay $494M Before February Deadline – Govt

Photo: Embraer A-29 Super Tucano. Federal Government has concluded arrangements to meet the Feb. 20 deadline for payment of 494 million dollars meant for procurement of 12 A-29 Super Tucano Light-attack aircraft from U.S., Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said. The minister made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the meeting of National […]

Kidnappers have released two Americans and two Canadians

Breaking News: Kidnappers release Americans and Canadians in Kaduna — 20th January 2018 Kidnappers have released two Americans and two Canadians kidnapped in Kaduna after paying unspecified amount of money. Rescue of American and Canadian Citizens kidnapped along Jere-Kagarko road Kaduna state and arrest of two Kidnappers. Combined teams of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Counter […]

BREAKING: FG summons US ambassador over Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks

  Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has summoned the United States ambassador to Nigeria,Stuart Symington, over the derogatory remarks by President Donald Trump. Trump had in a fit lambasted immigrants, stating that they were coming from ‘shithole’ countries, a statement that annoyed many concerned nations and generated serious criticisms from the African Union and […]

Picture: Nigerian nanny gets $121,000 as restitution from oppressive couple in Houston, Texas

The Nsobundus, the Nigerian couple living in the Houston-area of the United States has been ordered by an American court to pay $121,000 as restitution to the Nigerian woman who worked for 20 hours a day for two years as the nanny to their five children. The nanny was not paid throughout the period. Now […]

I’ll win a re-election because America has started doing well again —Trump

President Donald Trump has indicated his desire to run for a second term, saying he is certain to win a re-election. The US president was speaking to the New York Times about the ongoing tensions with North Korea when he made his remark. During the interview, Trump had revealed he would run again for President […]

US agrees to sell 12 Super Tucano planes to Nigeria

The United States has formally agreed to sell 12 Super Tucano A-29 planes and other weapons, including bombs to Nigeria. The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria presented letters of offer and acceptance to Nigeria’s air force on Wednesday, the air force said in a statement. It said the U.S. State Department had approved the sale and […]

Anti-graft campaign: Nigerian asset recovery move receives global attention in US

— 9th December 2017 From AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja   The assets recovery efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, received a major boost this week in United States of America with the successful conclusion of the inaugural Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR). But the US was quick to acknowledged that the repatriation of stolen assets is very […]

Likelihood of ‘preemptive war’ with N.Korea grows, American lawmaker warns

A top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test. North Korea’s test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull. “If […]

Terrorists plotting to bomb Abuja, US, UK warn

Bayo Akinloye The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, made available to SUNDAY PUNCH, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise […]

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