John Abebe, the brother-in-law of former president Olusegun Obasanjo was remanded in Ikoyi Prison, Lagos today over an alleged forgery slammed against him by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos ordered the remand after listening toContinue Reading
MOSCOW, (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday discussed Syrian settlement with a high-level Russian delegation in Damascus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The delegation included Russia’s special presidential envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and representatives of the Defense Ministry, it said inContinue Reading
Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple robberies in Offa on 5 April, in which 31 people were killed. The police in a short statement on Thursday night reported the Senate President “made cautionary statement to theContinue Reading
Huge drama is expected in Kwara state politics in the weeks ahead as Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor AbdulFattah Ahmed formally declare their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress. Just as witnessed in 2014, when APC members left to join the PDP after SarakiContinue Reading
By Shehu Danjuma The Katsina State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared Alhaji Ahmed Babba-Kaita as the winner of the primary election for the Katsina North Senatorial District bye election. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will conduct aContinue Reading
By Prudence Arobani/New York The United Nations is running out of cash, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, saying the cash crunch is the worst in years. The UN chief urged member states to pay their mandatory contributions on time and in full, so that the world intergovernmental body could continueContinue Reading
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Friday said the civil aviation sector in the country must be more security conscious in view of the use of airplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles as tools of subversion and crime. The SGF made the remarks at the 47thContinue Reading
The joint unions of NUJ, RATTAWU and AUPCTRE, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) chapter, on Friday suspended its three-day warning strike. The suspension was announced by Yetunde Bada, NUJ chairperson, and Suleiman Haruna, the AUPCTRE chairman after a meeting with officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and NAN management.Continue Reading
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says that Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail project is about 80 per cent completed and will be ready soon. Amaechi, disclosed this during the inspection tour of the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line in Agbor. He also stated that the rail line would be completed before the scheduledContinue Reading
