Presidency releases appointment list to prove Buhari’s fairness but ends up exposing his bias against South East
The Presidency has updated the list of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments to further debunk a newspaper’s article which alleged that “81 of Buhari’s 100 appointees are Northerners.” The News Agency…
Mugabe may appoint wife Deputy President next month
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to appoint a woman deputy after a special ruling party congress next month, the first lady said on Saturday and added that there was…
Institute urges President Buhari to sign Social Work Bill into law
November 4, 2017 The Institute of Social Work of Nigeria has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the bill for the establishment of National Council of Social Work into…
Please, send me to jail, I have no money to pay damages, man tells judge
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, turned to theatre room on Friday when 43-year-old Saburi Yusuf, accused of damaging a car and a windscreen told the court that he…
FG to pick Ekwueme’s hospital bill overseas
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
US withdraws from EITI as implementing nation, Senators blast Trump
The United States has withdrawn as an implementing country from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international effort to fight corruption in managing revenues from oil, gas and mineral…
Convicted vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang, bought a house in Paris for $93 million
A French court last week convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of the president, of embezzling public money and spending it on himself….
Tinubu: “I wish I could bring back my son”, jets off to London to stand by son’s wife and kids
Foremost politician and a national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has disclosed that his son, Kazeem Olajide Tinubu, died of cardiac arrest to end speculation…
Leaked Maina Report: Buhari didn’t summon Kyari, Oyo-Ita – Presidency
November 3, 2017 The Presidency has dismissed media reports that there was a fight between the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and Head Of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita…
FBN Holdings maintains lead as most traded stock, NSE moves 361.05m shares worth N3.68bn in positive trading
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday moved 362.05 million shares valued at N3.68 billion in 4,396 deals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
