The children of the late Kudirat Abiola have maintained that their mother was killed on the orders of the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd). Khafila Abiola, in a statement on behalf of Kudirat’s children, was Read more…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over an alleged defamatory publication. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, stated that the AGF allegedly defamed the IPOB leader Read more…
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the launch of a nuclear-powered icebreaker as he vowed to control the Arctic. Addressing a Saint Petersburg ceremony for the launch of the Yakutia icebreaker by video link, Putin said such vessels were of “strategic” Read more…
Nigeria’s central bank raised its main lending rate for the fourth straight time to 16.50% from 15.50% on Tuesday as policymakers seek to rein in inflation slowing economic growth ahead of elections next year. Inflation and the state of Africa’s Read more…
Nigeria on Tuesday began drilling oil and natural gas in the country’s northern region, anticipating a boost to the nation’s finances even as the new energy supplies face the threat from theft and extremist activity. President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off Read more…
Justice Mohammed Madugu of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Bwari, Abuja on Monday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a factional leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku. Njoku and one Read more…
Three years after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd discovered crude oil in commercial quantity in Northern Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow officially flag off the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 at the Kolmani Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged his counterparts in the Niger Delta zone to account for the huge sums of monies received by them as a backlog for the 13% oil derivation since 1999, which was approved and paid Read more…
Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, says removing history from the Nigerian education curriculum cannot erase memories of the Biafran war. Soyinka said this on Sunday while speaking at the 24th edition of the Lagos Book and Arts Festival organised by Read more…
A former governor of Gombe State and a political ally of Rivers State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has abandoned the Integrity Group, a pressure group of aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). LEADERSHIP reports that Dankwambo was a Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he never offered the standard bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, money to step down for him. Obi clarified this on Monday at an interactive Read more…
The Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to commence deduction of over N40billion from the Federation Allocation Account, for Ebonyi State Government and remittance of same to a consulting firm. In Read more…