Pope says Britain should obey U.N, return islands, including U.S base
Pope Francis said on Tuesday Britain should comply with a U.N. resolution and return a chain of islands it holds in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, including one rented to…
Over 1,400 killed by gunmen within six months in Nigeria – UN
The United Nations on Tuesday lamented over the spate of killings in Nigeria noting that over 1,400 people have been killed as a result of kidnapping and banditry within a…
N/Delta: Reps Committee summons CBN Governor, NDDC over abandoned projects
The House of Representatives Committee investigating abandoned projects in the Niger Delta has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emiefele to appear before it on Sept. 16….
Boko Haram: Those who kill in the name of religion don’t know God – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says remnants of Boko Haram in the North-east region of the country are bandits, “and we will continue to treat them as such.” He disclosed that great…
E-payments: CBN introduces higher fines for errant banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday released regulation for electronic payments and collections for public and private sectors in the country. The regulation is a revision of the…
Millions of Nigerians are in hardship, sick, helpless because of corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that corruption was the major factor responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians. Buhari added that corruption at all levels was the biggest…
Mugabe polarises Zimbabwe in death as well as in life
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe is proving as polarizing in death as he was in life, with a fight over where he will be buried threatening to embarrass his successor and…
Fish out killers of Ondo varsity lecturer, ASUU demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the police and other security agencies to fish out those behind the killing of Prof. Gideon Okedayo, found dead in…
Court orders final forfeiture of Diezani’s jewelleries worth $40m
A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has granted a final forfeiture to the Federal Government, the $40m worth of jewellries seized from the premises of the former minister of…
Ashura: Ban on procession applicable only to IMN members – IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said that the ban on procession placed by the Force is only binding on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria….