Donald Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
The President of the United States of America Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. This came after Trump helped broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in August. Read Also: Why Many Americans Don’t Want Trump Back For A Second Term Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of […]
$876m Fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Malabu Oil, Abubakar
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and 6 others before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Others were: A Group Construction Company Limited, Rocky Top Resources Limited, Megatech Engineering Limited, Novel Properties and Development Company Limited, Imperial Union […]
You Can Meet With Me Through Gambari – Buhari To Ministers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, again told his Ministers to channel their requests to meet him through his Chief of Staff (CoS), Ibrahim Gambari. Buhari stated this while speaking at the first-year ministerial performance review retreat of his administration, in Abuja on Tuesday. He said matters related to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) should be […]
Rehabilitation Of B/Haram Members One Of My Achevements – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has listed the controversial rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into the society as part of the achievements of his administration. The President in his closing remarks on Tuesday at the ministerial retreat listed the policy alongside Second Niger Bridge, ₦2.3Trillion Economic Sustainability Plan and the responses of the government […]
Biden Commands 12 Point Lead Over Trump In New Poll
Some 55 days to US election, Democrat Joe Biden is still ahead of President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points nationally among likely voters. The new poll by Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll also showed the number of persuadable voters had shrunk compared with four years ago. The Sept. 3-8 poll, released on Wednesday, found 52% of […]
MURIC: It’s Wrong To Be Fighting Your Kinsmen – OPC To Yorubas
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Reformed has appealed to all Yoruba sons and daughters to stop fighting themselves. The group made this declaration while reacting to an allegation which claimed that the Director of Muslim Right Concern (MURIC) Professor Isiaq Akintola has a link with Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram. OPC Reformed, […]
Ogun: Gov Abiodun Probes Projects Awarded By Daniel, Amosun
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has probed the projects and contracts awarded by former Governors Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun in the State. The review of the projects is from 2009 to 2019. Africa Today News, New York reports that Daniel ruled Ogun from 2003 to 2011 while Amosun was the helmsman from […]
Hike In Electricity, Petrol: Nigerians May Resort To Suicide – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned that the hike in electricity tariff and price of petrol may increase the rate of suicide. PDP also warned that the increment may lead to Nigerians resorting to slavery abroad. The opposition party was reacting to a remark by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on […]
P&ID: Heads May Roll – AGF Malami Threatens
Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, Tuesday, said all Nigerians complicit in the award of the gas supply and processing contract with Process & Industrial Development would not go scot-free. He said the contract was signed because some Nigerians were compromised. Read Also: Magu Writes Buhari’s Investigative Panel, Wants Malami Summoned He said: “From the […]
Cameroon To Hold First Regional Elections In December
Cameroon’s veteran leader Paul Biya on Monday announced the country first regional elections in December, including in two western regions in the grip of a revolt by the anglophone minority. The indirect elections on December 6 in the country’s 10 regions will put in place councils provided for in a 1996 constitution in a move […]
Chad Suspends 12 Newspapers Over Lack Of Training
Chad’s paramount media authority has suspended 12 newspapers for three months for failing to conform with a 2018 law, under a decree published on Monday. The High Authority for Audiovisual Media (HAMA) cited failure to meet requirements that the publisher and editor-in-chief of any outlet or periodical “each be trained in journalism, and have at […]
South African Economy Shrinks By Half In Second-Quarter
South Africa’s economy shrank by more than half in the second quarter, an unprecedented decline, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the continent’s most industrialised state, the statistics agency said Tuesday. The government shut down the country in March as it scrambled to rein in the spread of coronavirus, pushing the economy into […]