Portuguese Guterres to become next UN Secretary General
The United Nations Security Council reached a surprisingly swift consensus Wednesday on its choice for the next secretary general of the United Nations: António Guterres, a former prime minister of…
$2.1bn Arm Deal: FG Agrees to Consolidate Charges Against Dasuki, Others
The Federal Government has finally agreed to consolidate the criminal charges filed against former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki and others before two different High Courts of the Federal…
Killer rice imported into Nigeria – Customs CG
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, says 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders is not fit for human consumption. He said this at a…
Senate to probe expenditure for IDPs on suspicion of corruption
The use of Nigerian government funds earmarked for assisting displaced people who are living in desperate conditions in the former stronghold of Boko Haram, is to be investigated because of…
Yahoo secretly scanned users’ emails for US Intelligence – Investigation
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar…
Respect peace talk or face our wrath, military warns militants, others
The Defence Headquarters has re-emphasised that military will continue to abide with the ongoing negotiation effort of the Federal Government with militants in order to have peaceful settlement of the…
ECOWAS Court orders release of Dasuki, awards N15m cost against FG
The Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) Court has ordered immediate release of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Muhammadu Sambo Dasuki from detention where he has been kept without…
CCT convicts Orubebe, to forfeit Asokoro choice property to FG
Elder Godsday Orubebe, former Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, has been ordered by the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja to forfeit his landed property in Abuja to the…
NAF begins Operation Forest Storm in Sambisa, combs Niger Delta creeks
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced another round of air interdiction mission code-named ‘OPERATION FOREST STORM’ in the North East. This new phase of offensive air operations is aimed…
Tinubu was harsh on me but no rift between us, says Oyegun
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, has at last reacted to the call by a leader of the party, Ahmed Tinubu, that he should resign. Oyegun…