Peace Corps commandant reacts to Buhari’s rejection of bill
- The commandant of the Peace Corps claimed there is conspiracy against the youths - He said some persons had vowed not to allow President Buhari sighed the bill to recognise them- He said the matter...
View ArticleWe have stabilised Nigeria - President Buhari
- Nigeria has been stabilised by the All Progressives Congress according to President Buhari - The president said this is as a result of prudent management of public finances- He went further to claim...
View ArticleThe elites have divided us using tribal sentiments - Senator Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye hs claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which he belongs to has failed Nigerians. Vanguard reports that the Kogi senator spoke when he was named the Legislator of...
View ArticleUnknown gunmen kidnap monarch in Akwa Ibom
- Chief Mfon Udoessien, the village head of Ikot Edet in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom has been kidnapped - The monarch was abducted from his palace by the assailants after a fierce gun...
View ArticleAregbesola: Abductors of Dapchi school girls are cowards
- Perpetrators of the kidnap of over 100 students of Government Girls Science College, Dapchi, Yobe, have been labeled as cowards - Governor Rauf Aregbesola of stated this during a conference in Osun...
View ArticleYou're also responsibly for guarding Dapchi girls - Group tells Governor...
- A group has warned the Yobe state government and politicians against blaming the Nigerian army for 110 schoolgirls abducted in Dapchi - The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) condemned...
View ArticleJust in: US adds Nigeria’s Abu Musab Al-Barnawi to global terrorism list
- Abu Musab Al-Barnawi has been added to global terrorism list by the treasury Department of the United State of America - The United States says these are part of the design to defeat Islamic State...
View ArticleINEC commences major clean-up to remove names of dead people from voter...
- Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), says the organisation will clean-up the voter register ahead of 2019 - Yakubu says to achieve this, INEC will have to work the...
View ArticleDrama as Governor Ganduje’s aides fight over office space
- The media aides to Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state are fighting over office space - The fight ensued between Ganduje's special adviser on new media, Salihu Yakasai and the director general, media...
View ArticleGovernor Umahi bans grazing in Ebonyi after clash between herdsmen and farmers
- Herders and farmers were engaged in a brawl at Akaeze, Ivo local government area of Ebonyi - Four people from both sides were reportedly injured in the fight- Residents of the community have...
View ArticleNigerian Air Force deploys over 100 fighter jets in search of 110 abducted...
- The first 20 jets had been searching for the girls since the incident happened in Yobe state - Babagana Monguno says the Nigerian Air Force has spent 200 hours in search of the girls- Monguno vows...
View ArticleI declined to assent Peace Corps bill because of security concerns - Buhari says
- Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter explained why he rejected the proposed Peace Corps of Nigeria establishment bill - Buhari cited security concerns and financial burden of funding the...
View ArticleDonald Trump announces 2020 re-election bid, names campaign manager
- President Donald Trump has started making moves towards 2020 re-election bid - He announced Brad Parscale as his campaign manager for 2020 presidential campaign- Parscale was Trump’s digital...
View ArticleCustoms intercepts 177 vehicles, other items in Lagos border
- 177 units of vehicles and other items including unused tyres and food items have been seized by Nigeria Customs - 339 bags of new textile materials and 1,475 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 litres were...
View ArticleNigerian university develops herbal anti-diabetic, anti-cancer medicines
- Herbal anti-diabetic and anti-cancer drugs have been developed by the Federal University of Dutse, Jigawa - Dr Salihu Ibrahim Isma'il of the department of biochemistry, developed the drugs- The vice...
View ArticleHow PDP inspired APC’s decision to extend tenure of Oyegun, other executives
- Some top officials of the APC have disclosed reasons why NEC governing of the party extended the tenure of members of party leaders - The officials said the decision was taken to avoid facing a...
View ArticleAlleged $8.4 million fraud: Ajudua’s absence in court stalls trial again
- The trial of Fred Ajudua, accused of being a serial fraudster, has been stalled - Report has it that it was stalled due to medical challenges faced by the defendant as his lwayer told the court he...
View ArticleNCC bars 750,000 numbers over call masking, sanctions many network operators...
- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has sanctioned many telecommunications operators for engaging in call masking to make illicit profit - NCC also issued serious warning to others...
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Yobe government slams group rejecting FG's claim on number of missing Dapchi...
- A media report concerning the missing Dapchi girls has been debunked by the Yobe state government - The report had quoted the parents of the missing schoolgirls as saying they were not part of the...
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The memo contains nothing specific about Dapchi - Army denies ignoring...
- The Nigerian army said it removed its troop from Dapchi long before a memo warning of impending Boko Haram attack - The army also said the memo did not specifially mention any impending attack in...
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