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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, FCT council, Comrade Paul Ella Abechi will in the second quarter of 2018 lead a team comprising members of the Council for a United States of America, USA sponsored International Visitors Leadership…
There are strong indications that there could be a mass defection in the Lagos chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2019 elections. The mass defection, our correspondent learnt, is being spearheaded by some aggrieved members of…