Crises caused by parallel state congresses of the All Progressives Congress may stall the party’s national convention scheduled for December, newsextra24 They, therefore, vowed to continue with suits filed against the national interim committees as well as the ward and local government congresses. Some of the aggrieved members, particularly Ekiti …
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The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count charge against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal high court in Abuja. The fresh charges border on treasonable felony and terrorism following the pending charges he was facing since 2016. Meanwhile, the court has …
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Mixed reactions have greeted the donation of two Land Cruiser Prado jeeps to the immediate past Chairman of Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party, Kunmi Mustapha, and the newly elected Chairman of the party in the state, Dayo Ogungbenro. The publicity secretary of the party, Akeem Olatunji, confirmed the donation on …
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A medical inquiry has heard that a Nigerian doctor Francis Megwa, who was employed as a senior house officer at University Maternity Hospital Limerick knew “near nothing” and was unable to take blood samples and insert intravenous drips and had to ask what an obstetrician was. Megwa is accused of …
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The federal government says it has deployed all the recently acquired Super Tucano fighter jets to the North-East to combat rising insecurity. Information Minister Lai Mohammed made this known on Monday during TVC’s “This Morning” programme. Boko Haram terrorists which have been operating in the geo-political zone have recently been …
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SCORES of Nigerians have criticised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s reliance on Dangote’s refinery to address the depreciating naira. This is coming on the heels of a public disclosure by the CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, during a foreign investors’ meeting held at the weekend in New York, that the …
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Three years after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) signed a currency swap deal with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), Nigerians are yet to feel the impact of that arrangement, especially as the free fall of naira, currently standing at N570/$1 at the parallel market persists. In April 2018, …
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, sent a tough warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” Reacting to the killing of over 30 people in Goronyo in Sokoto State on Sunday by bandits, President Buhari said that “the …
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The Federal Government on Monday described report that the Nigerian Air Force paid N20 million to bandits in exchange for anti-aircraft gun seized by the bandits as fake news. The Wall Street Journal had reported on Sunday that masked men emerged from the forest on motorbikes, surrounding a young intelligence …
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The Kogi State Executive Council has approved the appointment of Prince Mathew Alhaji Opaluwa as the Attah of Igala Kingdom. The council made the approval during the 6th meeting held at the Council Hall of the Government House in Lokoja on Monday. Opaluwa is the ninth of the 16 and …
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