Bayelsa community overrun by oil spill accuses Shell of negligence
Martha Alfred used to harvest 20 bags of cassava each year before an oil spill forced her to abandon her field and hawk roasted fish to survive. Her smallholding at…
US airstrike killing of Iranian military leader set Middle East on edge
The Pentagon launched an airstrike Thursday night that killed a powerful Iranian military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, at Baghdad’s international airport. The action has sparked a cauldron of diplomatic outrage…
Withdraw your unnecessary remark about “standing down” in 2023 – PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari should withdraw his unnecessary remark in his new year message about “standing down” in 2023, as he and his party, the…
Insinuations that President Buhari hates the S/East is unfounded, lacked substance -Minister
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation says President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the infrastructure development of the South-East…
Demolition: Kwara govt says it took steps to preserve what lawfully belongs to the people
Gov. Abdulrahman-Abdulrazaq The Kwara State Government has explained why Bukola Saraki’s family property popularly known as Ile Arugbo (old people’s home) was demolished. The state Commissioner for Communications, Murtala Olanrewaju, said…
Nigerian teen aims to ‘take the golf world by storm’
Iyene Essien A steady “thwack” rings out at the driving range just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja. A girl clad in pink shoes, pink skirt and pink vest wields a…
Falana writes AGF, demands release of El-Zakzaky, wife
Mr Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has again written a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, demanding the release of the detained leader of…
Court grants EFCC permission to detain frm. AGF, Adoke for another 14 days
Former AGF and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to detain the former Attorney-General of…
Demolition of late Saraki’s residence: Saraki accuses Kwara gov. of waging war against him, his father
Frm. Senate President Bukola Saraki Officials of the Kwara State Government in the early hours of Thursday demolished a house believed to belong to the late Kwara politician, Dr…
Third term agenda: President Buhari will not accept it – Gov Sule
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party never thought of presenting the idea of a third term to President Muhammadu…