Former governor of Akwa Ibom state and minority leader of the senate, Godswill Akpabio, was taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The ex-governor was reportedly taken into custody Friday evening at about 5.20pm. Akpabio was accompanied by a few aides and Mr. Rickey Tarfa. “Yes, Akpabio is in our custody, […]
Continue ReadingThe chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, has urged the soldiers involved in the fight against insurgency to brace up their efforts, saying Boko Haram poses a threat to the existence of the nation. Buratai charged his troops to fight on till the end, reminding them of the deadline they have. He advised his men […]
Continue ReadingThree female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a suburb of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Friday morning. The attack was the fifth incident of bomb explosion in Maiduguri in the last 24 hours, resulting in 49 injuries and 39 deaths, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). An emergency official told the […]
Continue ReadingSecretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal, said he was internally displaced by Boko Haram for six months in 2014 and that his house became to command center for the insurgents. Lawal, who represented the president at the 21st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) on Thursday, said he lost his home, farmland and cattle […]
Continue ReadingPan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, yesterday, released its 9 months unaudited financial results for 2015 showing a strong 44% rise in profit after tax to N48.6 billion and a 17% rise in gross earnings to N247.2 billion. The third quarter results also shows Net Operating Income (NOI) recorded a strong 21% […]
Continue ReadingThe son of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome Kuti, Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, has been sentenced to six months in prison for offenses committed in the fight against Boko Haram. If the sentence pronounced on him by a military court in Abuja on Thursday is confirmed by the Nigerian Army, he will be […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 124,000 children die from poor sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria every year, an official with UN’s Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) said Thursday. Ebele Okeke, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council ambassador for Nigeria, revealed the numbers at an event to commemorate the 2015 Global Hand Washing Day in […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress [APC], says its attention has been drawn to a statement being circulated in the media that Mr. Livingstone Wechie has obtained a court order restraining the Senate from Screening Rt. Rotimi AMAECHI as a ministerial nominee. The APC said following the announcement, it made frantic search […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and some other agencies are under probe by the federal government for fraudulent acts. The governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, revealed this in Abuja on Thursday at the end of a meeting of the National Economic […]
Continue ReadingA Scottish nurse, Pauline Cafferkey, is the first known person to have recovered from the Ebola virus and then suffer an apparently life-threatening relapse. This have left scientists worried and uncertain. Previous studies and preliminary data from research in survivors of the vast West African outbreak have detected Ebola virus in semen, breast milk, vaginal […]
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