President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki, said invitation by the Police to him in connection with investigation into Offa robbery was an afterthought designed to achieve political purpose. Saraki said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, that he had it on goodContinue Reading
Sen. Buruji Kashamu, has said that his alleged expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), by the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the party would not stand. Kashamu, in a statement on Monday, said his attention was drawn to his purported expulsion alongside other chieftains of the Ogun State Chapter of theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thirty-two former U.S. diplomats and 11 aid groups on Monday urged U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to eliminate a key State Department refugee bureau, warning that the move would be “an error of grave proportion.” In a letter to Pompeo, the former diplomats and nationalContinue Reading
Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) says the commission has been able to prioritise youth empowerment through the deployment of information communication tools, especially in tertiary institutions. Danbatta said this when members of the African Achievers Award presented the commission with an award in Abuja.Continue Reading
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly four land and environmental activists were killed each week last year, murdered for opposing large-scale agriculture and mining projects in the deadliest year on record, a campaign group said on Tuesday. In 22 countries surveyed by U.K.-based Global Witness, at least 207 activists wereContinue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S President Donald Trump’s company has submitted plans to invest another 150 million pounds ($197 million) in one of his Scottish golf resorts, the Trump Organization said on Tuesday. Trump owns two golf resorts in Scotland, and the development of his resort in Balmedie, near Aberdeen inContinue Reading
TORONTO (Xinhua) A 18-year-old female university student and a 10-year-old girl were killed, and 13 others injured when a gunman opened fire in a busy Toronto street Sunday night. The suspected shooter, a 29-year-old Toronto man, also died. Toronto police said he used a handgun to shoot and and exchangedContinue Reading
The Yobe State Government says it has procured 1,000 hectares of land and loaned it out along with other farm inputs to civil servants to enable them engage in farming activities. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Mustapha Gajerima, made the disclosure in Damaturu on Tuesday in interview with NewsContinue Reading
The Police Command in Niger state has arrested three suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising the people of Wushishi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s Public Relations’ Officer, DSP Mohammadu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Minna. “We received information that one AlhajiContinue Reading
