Gunmen Kidnap Nasarawa APC Chairman
Philips Shekwo The Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Philips Shekwo has been kidnapped in his residence by gunmen. This was confirmed to Channels Television on…Read More
Lekki shootings: CCTV shows soldiers arrived in trucks, but no shooting
The protest video footage submitted to the Lagos EndSARS panel by the Lekki Concession Company, LCC has revealed that the soldiers arrived at the Tollgate in at least six vehicles, but shows no shooting. This emerged at the resumed viewing of the video on Saturday by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Judicial […]Andy Robertson Ready to Play Center-Back If Needed
Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images The Liverpool left-back should be fit to play tomorrow, and is willing to contribute in whatever way is asked of him. In…Read MoreNigeria Enters second recession in five years on COVID-19
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, has entered its second recession in five years, pulled down by the impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Official figures published Saturday confirmed what has been expected in the past few months, that the economy contracted again in the third quarter of this year. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its […]Bala Mohammed Rules Out Plan To Dump PDP For APC
(FILE) Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says he is happy in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has no plan to join the All…Read More2023 Presidency: My Future Is In God’s Hands – Umahi
File photo of Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has reacted to his rumoured 2023 presidential ambition saying his future is in the hands…Read MoreAPC’s Administration Far Better Than PDP – Umahi
File photo of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has said the administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is far better than…Read MoreEditorial: Zamfara Gold Controversy and Matters Arising (2)
The grouse of critics of the Zamfara gold misadventure, and rightly so, is that since Nigeria is a federation, its revenue allocation formula must be consistent with the principle of federalism as it obtains in other federal systems such as America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland. This was relatively so under the 1960 Constitution, for which […]Buhari Bemoans Existence of Corruption in Government, Vows to Stamp It Out
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday bemoaned the pervasive nature of corruption in the government, saying it was present almost everywhere and at many levels of governance. The President made the declaration while receiving the Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Investigation of Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial […]Nigeria to resume Petrol imports from Niger Republic
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from one of its northern neighbouring countries, Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources said in a statement on Thursday that the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding that day for petroleum products transportation and storage. According to the statement, […]#EndSARS: CNN says ‘we stand by our report’ as Nigeria threatens sanction
Cable News Network has said it stands by its report on the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate. CNN was reacting to the threat of sanctions by the Federal Government, which has dismissed the report, labelling it as misinformation. A statement by its spokesperson read, “our reporting was carefully and […]Gbajabiamila suspends security aide who killed newspaper vendor
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has suspended his security aide who shot and killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja, he announced early Friday. In a statement on Friday, the Speaker said he was distraught by the incident, which he only got to know long after it happened. Gbajabiamila said […]
