President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven members to the council of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and other Offenses Commission (ICPC). The inauguration, which accompanied the confirmation by the Nigerian Senate, took place at the Presidential Villa Council Chamber, Abuja,…
Jihadist-attacked Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, mostly women and children, who had fled to neighboring Nigeria, official sources said. The state TV channel Tele Sahel said last Tuesday that…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the top global airline trade association, has called on the Nigerian government to allow international airlines to repatriate funds trapped in the country. The association said the number of airlines unable to return from…
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, has warned politicians in the state to desist from the politics of bitterness and the use of thugs during Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. Durosinmi, gave the…
MONROVIA – Unlike many ex-soldiers who have appeared before two Finnish Courts either testifying for, or against Gibril Massaquoi, former commander with Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, (RUF), ex-soldiers have claimed Mr. Massaquoi has just gone to the frontlines. “Witness…
Despite a good display in the second game of the Basketball Africa League, (BAL), Kwara Falcons suffered a narrow defeat against fellow West Africans Stade Malien on Tuesday at the Dakar Arena, Senegal. The Harmony Boys who collapsed in their…
Nigeria’s Under 17 football team, the Golden Eaglets will resume their camp on Wednesday after a break due to the general election. Nduka Ugbade, the Coach of the U-17 team, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that…
The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo looks set to explode following a visit last week by some members of the group to the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia…
The court trenches are certainly not foreign terrain to Peter Obithe Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 general election. About 20 years ago, Mr. Obi contested the April 19, 2003 governorship election in Anambra State at the…
•Stakeholders are calling on Africans to finance their annual investment needs of $190b About $16 billion is being invested in oil and gas projects across Africa by the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Finance Corporation (AFC). This…