Month: July 2019

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal office on Tuesday, secured the conviction and sentence of one Ahmadu Mai before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday continued their defence of petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election with sets of witnesses singing discordant tunes.…

By: Victor Awoleye Former Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, has reacted to her loss in the last general elections. Alhassan, who visited the Taraba State Governor,…

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday picked Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, permanent representative of Nigeria to the UN, to be its next president. The 193-member General Assembly, one of UN’s…

Suspected members of the Shiite group, IMN, have shot three police officers on duty at the National Assembly. The incident has created pandemonium within the assembly complex. One of the…

Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has reiterated that his team are the underdogs heading into the game against South Africa on Wednesday. The German disclosed that the strengths of…

Facts have emerged how the immediate past Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, used “discretionary powers” to award cars worth over N1billion as exit package to himself, his deputy, the Secretary to…

On Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in Niger Republic. The president was in Niger for the African Union summit. Earlier in March,…

Worried by the incessant cases of child rape across the country, Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday moved to frame laws that would make perpetrators face capital punishment. Moving the motion on…

By: Victor Awoleye Lesley Nneka Arimah, a Nigerian writer has won the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing. Arimah defeated authors from Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Kenya to clinch the prize…