Gov.Samuel Ortom of Benue has confirmed the receipt of N14.9 billion, being the last tranche of the Paris Club Refunds from the Federal Government. Mr Terver Akase, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), stated this in a statement on Thursday in Makurdi. Akase said that 80 per cent of theContinue Reading
Asian stocks followed global indexes higher on Thursday as investors took a less bearish view on the impact of the U.S.-China trade war on markets. Brent sweet crude was 0.3 per cent higher at 79.67 dollars per barrel. U.S. crude was 71.67 dollars a barrel on top of a jumpContinue Reading
Pakistan “remains ready” to discuss terrorism, he said Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has written to PM Narendra Modi seeking to restart the “stalled dialogue process” between the two neighbours By Nidhi Razdan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that India and PakistanContinue Reading
Ghana has accepted to host the 5th All Africa Music Awards between November 21 and Saturday, November 24 in Accra this year. It will be hosted in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of AFRIMA. The host country rights acceptance was conducted on Tuesday atContinue Reading
By Rizwan Shehzad ISLAMABAD: Hours after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the sentences against them, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Mohammad Safdar were released on bail from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail Wednesday evening. Earlier in the day, a division bench comprising Justice Athar MinallahContinue Reading
President Buhari Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said all those who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition political parties were the selfish and weakest members whose disposition failed to align with the vision of his administration. Buhari stated this while accepting the Expression of Interest andContinue Reading
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Abia State, Prince Paul Ikonne, has said that if all the stakeholders and the party could settle for a consensus candidate, his party’s victory would be made easy in the coming general election.Continue Reading
Sokoto Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the weekend endorsed Alhaji Mannir Dan Iya, the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government as consensus candidate for the state governorship election in 2019.Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prove the strength of its integrity by investigating and prosecuting the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over allegations of tax fraud.Continue Reading
