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The United States President, Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and closed down  two Russian compounds in the U.S. in a series of actions announced as reprisal for Russia’s meddling in US election. Obama’s speech made available to www.www.aso.rocks search engine reveals that the actions were “in response to Russia’s malicious […]Read More

An exclusive audio of a telephone conversation between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his counterpart in Ekiti State, Governor Ayodele Fayose, in which both men discussed Wike’s sharp operations during the 10th December, 2016 rerun of legislative elections in Rivers State has been exposed. In the leaked telephone conversation, the two governors were […]

The seemingly invincible leader of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau released a new video on Thursday to dispute claims that the jihadist group had been routed from its Sambisa Forest stronghold. Shekau revealed that the video was filmed on Christmas day. Shekau who spoke in both Hausa and Arabic said: “We are safe. We have not […]Read More

One Abiodun Amos, suspected to be leading a group of militants planning to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, has been arrested by the police. The Police Spokesman, DCP Don Awunah, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that arms and ammunition recovered in connection with the crime are; two cartons of explosive […]

Kingsway International Christian Centre, a 12,000-member megachurch in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to a Ponzi scheme after trustees carelessly invested money in it. The scam was the brainchild of former Premier League soccer player, Richard Rufus, who used to be a defender for Charlton Athletic. He promised investors along […]

A former Federal permanent secretary retired from office recently and  took away  40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this today, while explaining President Muhammadu Buhari’s well-articulated strategy in the fight against corruption in the country. Mohammed was reacting to criticisms that the anti-corruption war lacks […]

Dr Abbas Tajuddeen, member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday said more than N5 trillion government projects were abandoned across Nigeria. Tajuddeen made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State. Tajuddeen, who expressed “deep worry” over the situation said the country was […]

Senator Shehu Sani, the lawmaker representing Kaduna central has condemn the incessant killings in Southern Kaduna.  Speaking at Senator Danjuma La’ah’s resident in Tum, Kaura local government area of Kaduna State on Wednesday, Senator Sani said, “It is unfortunate that Southern Kaduna has become a slaughter house and a cemetery.” “Southern Kaduna killings are a […]

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been accused by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide of paying Funali herdsmen to carry out attacks in Southern Kaduna. El-Rufai had earlier claimed that Niger Delta militants were contracted to carry out attacks in southern Kaduna but the spokesman of the IYC, Eric Omare in a statement […]

Legal Defence and Assistance Project, a human rights organisation, has on Wednesday in Edo State condemned the killing of three death row inmates in an Edo State prison on 23rd December, 2016. The organisation described the killing of the  condemned prisoners, who were executed on the orders of Governor Godwin Obaseki, as an unlawful act. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday assured that as the Chairman of ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau, he will do his best to ensure that the country did not relapse into crisis. Receiving the Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Umar El-Mukhtar Sissoco-Embola, at the State House, the President expressed satisfaction on the gradual return of normalcy […]

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has on Wednesday granted amnesty to four death-row prison inmates in three South West prisons. The amnesty was announced in a statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions and Secretary to the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr Pomade Adeniji, in Osogbo. The statement said the governor’s […]