Osinbajo’s selective amnesia
KEN UGBECHIE Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has told Nigerians that the Buhari government has not tackled corruption effectively. He seems to be alone here. Every other member of the Buhari…
2019: Presidency advises PDP against raising false alarms
March 24, 2018 The Presidency has advised the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to stop raising false alarms in order to gain public sympathy and divert attention from…
Lagos by-election: IPAC urges PDP, APC supporters to embrace transparency
March 24, 2018 The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State has urged supporters of PDP and APC to embrace transparency in the ongoing councillorship by-election in the state. Mr…
45 Swiss companies in Nigeria employ 9,000 people – Officials
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann on Friday ended a two-day visit to Nigeria looking at opportunities to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. Some 45 Swiss companies are currently…
Strange illness paralyses us at 18 years, six affected, family cries for help
Six members of a family in Gitata, Nasarawa State have been paralysed by a strange disease, which usually hits them when they turn 18 years old and above. They now…
ECOWAS Commission calls for peaceful run-off poll in Sierra Leone
March 24, 2018 The President of ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, has called for the peaceful and successful completion of the Sierra Leone presidential run-off election scheduled for March 27. Mr…
Young Catholics want church in bars, coffee shops, stadiums
Young Catholics told their Church elders on Saturday that the faith should be spread in the places where they like to hang out, such as coffee bars. “We would like…
Spanish police burst Nigerian sex trafficking gang, popular Nigerian DJ, 88 others arrested
Spanish police have rescued 39 women and girls smuggled in from Nigeria and trafficked into sex work by a notorious Nigerian gang. Europol says the victims were kept in “squalid…
Army reopens Maiduguri-Bama-Banki international highway
March 24, 2018 The Nigerian Army on Saturday formally reopened the Maiduguri-Bama-Banki International Highway for commercial and public traffic. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, announced this…
7.4milliom pupils benefitting from school feeding programme—Osinbajo
March 23, 2018 Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says that no fewer than 7.4 million pupils are benefitting from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme(NHGSFP) of the Federal Government. Osinbajo,…