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Corruption Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
• As S/Court Sets Aside His Conviction,Jail Terms • Not Yet Uhuru, EFCC Ready For Fresh, Immediate Re-Trial • ‘Judgment Unfortunate, Technical Ambush Against Trial’ • Case Has Precedent, Says Lawyer In a judgment that has a precedent the Supreme Court, yesterday, nullified the Federal High Court judgment that convicted and handed down 12 years […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Benue, Headlines, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
Terugwa Igbagwa, a.k.a Orjandu neutralised by the army A notorious criminal kingpin in Benue, Terugwa Igbagwa, a.k.a Orjandu has been killed by Nigeria’s military. Defence Headquarters spokesman Major General John Enenche, announced this on Friday. According to Enenche, Igbagwa died during a commando operation on the highway linking Zaki Biam and Katsina-Ala in Benue. The […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
By John Owen NwachukwuMustapha Aminu, one of the members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimeena fii Bilaa dis Sudan terrorists group, recently arrested by detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has opened up on their main aim. Mustapha Aminu and his younger brother Sahid, were among the nine suspects arrested […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday said it was ready for immediate retrial of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day nullified the trial of Kalu and ordered a retrial. But the EFCC, in a statement said its attention had been drawn to the […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, South-East, South-South
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
A truck full of herdsmen was stopped before arriving in Lagos at the Ojodu-Berger in Lagos, on May 4, 2020, from Zamfara and Kano State, the epicentre of coronavirus in northern Nigeria. Kano, with around 12 million people, is the second most populous state in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on May 1, […]
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Aviation, Headlines, Latest Politics
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
Action unpatriotic, operators, House Committee say The Federal Government’s change of mind and ditch of local airlines in the evacuation of Nigerians overseas is causing rancour in the aviation industry, at a time all hands should be on deck. Local airline operators, apparently aggrieved by the development, argue that local airlines are in better position […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
A file photo of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. The Nigerian Government has concluded plans to evacuate about 270 Nigerians willing to return home from the United States. This was disclosed in a statement dated May 3 from the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York. The consulate explained that a one-way flight […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, May 4th, 2020
Nsikak Nseyen The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has lambasted Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, for demanding compensation from China over the Coronavirus pandemic. Recall that Ezekwesili, had last month told China to pay compensation to African countries over the Coronavirus pandemic. Ezekwesili, in a post on ‘The Washington Post’, said China must pay […]
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COVID-19, Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, May 1st, 2020
By Nimot Adetola SulaimonFormer Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has aired his disapproval of an alleged depopulation scheme by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Fani-Kayode alleged that the Presidency seeks to reduce the Nigerian population by approving a bill that makes it compulsory for every Nigerian to take a vaccine developed by the Gates Foundation. He […]
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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, NNP Spotlight, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, May 1st, 2020
Ejiofor Alike with agency reports The United States thursday warned the federal government to be prepared to “replace” the $308 million to be repatriated from funds looted by a former military ruler, the late General Sani Abacha, if it failed to expend the cash on public projects agreed upon. The United States and the British […]
