Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has charged Nigerians living outside the country to be more active in the advocacy and lobbying for Diaspora voting. He said this would make it easy for the National Assembly to get the needed popular…
Month: March 2018
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: EFCC GRILLS FORMER SGF KINGIBE
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have spent the course of two days grilling a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babagana Kingibe. The former diplomat was quizzed on Wednesday and Thursday last week by…
BAD LEADERSHIP IS FAST TURNING NIGERIANS TO BEGGARS- AFE BABALOLA
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, has said bad leadership is fast turning Nigerians to beggars, particularly the South-west Nigeria, saying the culture of begging was alien to Yoruba race in the past years. The founder of Afe…
HERDSMEN/FARMERS’ CLASH: POLICE SAY 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
At least 10 people were killed in several days of violence between herdsmen and farmers in eastern Nigeria, police said on Monday, but the cattle drivers gave a higher toll. Clashes broke out in a number of remote herding villages…
2019: U.S. SAYS NIGERIA’S GENERAL ELECTION REMAINS A MAJOR PRIORITY
The United States (U.S.) has said that the 2019 general elections in Nigeria remained a major priority of the Donald Trump administration in view of the country’s strategic position in Africa. The US Department of State disclosed this during a…
N11.5 BILLION FRAUD: EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS ALAO AKALA
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and two others in the State High Court sitting in Ibadan over alleged N11.5 billion fraud. Other defendants are: a former Commissioner for Local Government…
BENIN AIRPORT: FG APPROVES UPGRADE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the upgrade of the Benin Airport to international standard with a cargo terminal. Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika said this during his…
MAJOR REGRET: OBASANJO WISHES HIS PARENTS LIVED LONG AS HE MARKS 81ST BIRTHDAY
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday revealed one of the major regrets in his life. The two-time Nigerian leader, who is marking his 81st birthday, said the early death of his parents and their failure to enjoy the fruits of…
PLATEAU SCHOOL PUPILS LOSE LIFE IN ROAD ACCIDENT
Two pupils of Our Lady of Fatima School, Kuru, near Jos in Plateau State, have been reported to have lost their lives in an accident involving their school bus on Monday. An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps at…
2019: PDP BERATES APC OVER WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government fight against corruption declaring that the fight is nothing but a war against the opposition party in the country ahead of the 2019 general elections. Addressing…