US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr. Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr. Trump said the new state secretary would do “a fantastic…
Day: March 13, 2018
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP: BRITISH’S THREAT TO BOYCOTT WILL HURT WORLD SPORT
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that British threats to boycott the 2018 FIFA World Cup would damage ties with Moscow and hurt world sport, Interfax news agency reported. The British government it would respond decisively to any Russian government’s…
CCT JUSTIFIES DECISION TO SUSPEND CASE AGAINST SARAKI
Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, yesterday, justified its decision to suspend further proceedings on the assets falsification charge the Federal Government preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, saying it was taken in the interest of justice…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: BUHARI VISITS BENUE, MET WITH EMPTY STREET PROTEST
President Muhammadu Buhari went to Benue state on Monday, March 12, to condole with the people over killings by herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief. It was however, reported that the state was in no…
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: DINO MELAYE ACCUSES KOGI GOVERNOR
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west constituency has accused his state government of trying to frame him up for murder. Melaye said this in a tweet via his twitter handle, @dino_melaye, on Monday. “Kogi State govt trying to frame…
DAPCHI GIRLS WANTED BACK ALIVE- BUHARI TELLS AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE, TILLERSON
Nigeria prefers to have schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok and Dapchi back alive, and that is why it has chosen negotiation, rather than a military option, says President Muhammadu Buhari. Receiving the American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson,…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE SOUTHWEST – GANI ADAMS
Aare Gani Adams, leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oduduwa People’s Congress has warned that killings by herdsmen will not be permitted in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Adams warned not to take advantage…
INEC: OHANAEZE NDIGBO RAISES ALARM OVER DISENFRANCHISING
Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised the alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is deliberately disenfranchising the people of the South-East zone by not giving them access to the ongoing continuous voter registration. The group also alleged that there…
LAGOS STATE AND THE POLITICS OF TAXATION- REUBEN ABATI
The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a similar…
PRESSING FOR PROGRESS: KWARA GOVERNOR’S WIFE EMPOWERS WOMEN
Wife of the Kwara state Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has secured employment in Kwara state civil service for five women, even as she empowered 95 others as parts of activities marking the 2018 International Women’s Day celebration. Five of the…