The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed concerns over the alleged admittance by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of the disbursement of funds running into billions of naira to senators for holiday purposes. Led by Comrade Emmanuel Read more…
The legal tussle for the lawful custody of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is set to resume on Thursday, August 10, at the Federal High Court in Lagos. The upcoming hearing follows the Read more…
There was pandemonium and confusion along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, yesterday, as Police officers believed to be under the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Special Squad arrested some Policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, during a raid on Read more…
The former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, has met with the military coup leaders in the Republic of Niger amid international pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. Sanusi, who was also a former Governor of the Central Bank Read more…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has disowned a letter claiming she was threatened after a visit to President Bola Tinubu. On Tuesday, Okonjo-Iweala visited Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Tuesday was the second time Tinubu Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu has insisted that Gov Charles Soludo has not at any time ban prayers in the markets across the state. The Commissioner made this assertion in reaction to some Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa spoke by phone on Tuesday morning, discussing both bilateral relations and the upcoming BRICS summit in Johannesburg. The two leaders discussed “a number of issues of practical cooperation,” including Read more…
It was another day of more revelations on Tuesday before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged Job racketeering and abuse of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as another two witnesses Read more…
The Director-General of World Trade Organisation, WTO, Professor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday said as the person at the helm of the world body, she alongside her team will do their best to support Nigeria at this difficult time. Prof. Okonjo-Iweala Read more…
Nigeria’s president and head of the West African bloc ECOWAS has not ruled out military intervention in Niger, but believes diplomacy is the “best way forward” to resolve the crisis, his spokesman said Tuesday. Bola Tinubu weighed in for the Read more…
The Nigerian naira on Tuesday underwent a substantial decline, plummeting to an unprecedented low of N900/$1 on the parallel market. This drop occurred due to an overwhelming demand for foreign currency that exceeded the available supply .Forex traders, in conversations Read more…
The drivers who were expressing deep anger when they brought the corpse of the deceased to Akwudo mortuary, Nnewi were shouting “no more agboros (touts) in Onitsha and Nnewi”. A mass transit owner and the managing director of Oha-na-eze Mass Read more…