Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram insurgents appeared in a new video to dispute the claims of the military that he was badly injured or probably dead from airstrikes weeks ago. The Nigerian Air Force had in a statement last month said Shekau was fatally wounded from unprecedented air strikes targeted at a gathering of […]
Continue ReadingEdo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared Tuesday September 27 and Wednesday September 28 as public holiday for the conduct of the gubernatorial election scheduled for September 28. According to the governor, the purpose of the holidays is to enable workers travel to wherever they registered as voters to exercise their franchise. He announced the […]
Continue ReadingAn international organization with focus on human rights, Amnesty International, has accused some officers of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of engaging in illegalities to make money. In a report released on Wednesday, the group said rather than work in line with its mandate of combating violent crime, the unit — carved out of the […]
Continue ReadingSTATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 71ST SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEW YORK, USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2016The President of the General Assembly His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson The Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon Your Excellencies Heads of State and […]
Continue Reading…Dedicates it to all stakeholders working hard to Power Africa out of Poverty Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday, while receiving the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, extolled stakeholders in the public and private sectors committed […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government says the implementation of the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with Me’’ started from the leadership, contrary to the position of some critics.The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation of National Council of Women’s Societies, NCWS. He said “people […]
Continue ReadingThe richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote has proffered ways through which Nigeria can get out of recession before the end of 2016. Dangote, revealed details in an interview with CNBC Africa, saying: “The only way for us to get out of this recession is to make sure we move into action quickly; action by […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidency has issued the statement below admitting that the speech read by President Muhammadu Buhari contained insertions plagiarised from a 2008 speech by U.S. President, Barack Obama.A statement by a presidency spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said an investigation had been launched into the matter and that officials so far identified to have committed the blunder […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday donated N5 million to two students of Lagos State College Of Health Technology who designed new technology of generating Biogas through the treatment of animal waste. Sarumi Oluwafemi and Dada Samuel, were on honoured for designing a technology that can generate biogas from animal waste. Oluwafemi and Samuel, […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Thursday that a Nigerian petty trader, Monday Okorie, was killed in Potchefstroom, North West Province of that country, on Tuesday. Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of the Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the victim was an indigene of Agwu […]
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