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Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of tacitly supporting killer herdsmen who have unleased terror on Nigerians.   Ortom spoke through Mr Terver Akase, his Chief Press Secretary on Friday in a statement in response to a statement by the Presidency lamenting the governor’s relentless criticism of the Nigerian […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress has threatened to “expose” Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, who has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or face impeachment. Mbaka, a former supporter of Buhari, told the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to resign over increased insecurity in the […]

Fr. Ejike Mbaka, one of the spiritual leaders whose support propelled President Muhammadu Buhari’s win in 2015, has turned against him.   Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, asked Buahri to resign because, according to him, God is angry with the Nigerian leader.   If Buhari fails to resign, he should be impeached, […]

The Ghanaian Cedi edged higher to 5.7750 to the dollar this week from 5.7825 on the back of positive growth momentum, AZA, Africa’s largest non-bank currency broker by trading volume reported. The IMF earlier this month revised Ghana’s growth outlook to 4.6% from its previous estimate of 4.2%. However, the Cedi’s upward trajectory could be […]Read More

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is to head a new body charged with the implementation of policies to fight Nigeria’s worsening poverty level, the government has announced.   At its weekly meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council approved a National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, which was submitted to the government by the […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security without delay, to contain the deteriorating level of insecurity in the country.  “The President should immediately declare emergency on the security sector,” while calling on the judiciary to accelerate trial of suspected terrorists, bandits, and others criminals,” […]

Various organisations have condemned the sanctions imposed on privately owned Channels TV by the Nigerian government, calling for an immediate reversal. Condemnations for the action have come from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, or SERAP, the Guild of Editors, and the opposition People’s Democratic Party. The National Broadcasting Commission on Monday announced Channels’ suspension […]

The bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have killed two more of the students. They had killed three of the students four days ago, after demanding a ransom of N800m for the 23 students and a staff they took away. News of the latest killings was disclosed on Monday evening by […]

The Advocates Forum of the ruling All Progressives Congress has turned to the Bible to justify the government’s positon that the embattled Sheikh Isa Ali Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, is indeed a changed man.  In their defence of the Minister on the controversy surrounding past extremist views, the group said that the […]

Nigeria’s security forces in the early hours of Saturday killed an alleged top commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), other militias and arrested several others in a well-coordinated operation. Those involved in the operation were from the Police, Army, and the Department of State Services. The operation also coincided with an attack on […]

The attack on the country home of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State came a day after he asked security agencies in the country to published a list of politicians behind the rising incidence of banditry in Nigeria. In the early hours of Saturday, gunmen invaded his house in his hometown, Omuma in Oru East […]

Unidentified gunmen on Saturday attacked the country home of the governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. The attackers set ablaze Uzodinma’s house in his village, Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state, and also killed two security aides on duty at the palatial compound. Videos on social media showed vehicles parked […]