northern lawyers exit NBA, form new association — after el-Rufai snub
Some aggrieved northern members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have pulled out of the group; alleging that the legal body is biased. The lawyers say they have constituted a…
Japanizer PM, Abe, announces resignation over health problems
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he will resign over health problems, in a development that kicks off a leadership contest in the world’s third-largest economy. “I have decided…
BREAKING: Akwa Ibom NUJ boycotts Fani-Kayode’s press conference
The state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Akwa Ibom state has directed its members to boycott a press conference planned for Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister…
brahim Magu: A case for fair hearing
By Godwin-onyeacholem No sincere follower of the purported ongoing investigation of Ibrahim Magu, who was recently forcibly sacked as Acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), would not…
Lagos man allegedly commits suicide with insecticide
• Traffic robber operating with fake pistol nabbed The body of a yet -to – be-identified man has been recovered by men of the Lagos State Police Command by the…
FFK Needless Outburst: This Is No Time To Keep Quiet
By Habib Aruna The reprehensible and condemnable verbal assault of former Minister, Femi Fani Kayode on Eyo Charles, a reporter with the Daily Trust brought to fore the ever rancorous…
BDC Operator Bags Four Years Imprisonment in Kano
Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on Thursday, August 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Salisu Alhassan, bureau de change (BDC) operator to four years imprisonment for…
Three dead in Sudan tribal clashes
At least three people were killed and 11 others wounded in clashes between rival ethnic groups in Sudan ’ s eastern Kassala state after the nomination of a new governor…
I won’t waste a minute signing blasphemer’s death warrant – Gov Ganduje
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has declared that he will not waste a minute in signing the death warrant of the man who was sentenced to death by the…
FG postpones International flights to 5th September
The Federal Government has announced a shift in the resumption of international flights from August 29 to September 5. Director-General of the NCAA, Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, gave the new date…
ISWAP attacks Lake Chad, kills 14 villagers – Report
Jihadists have killed 14 people on a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad near the border with Nigeria after their town decided to block food supplies to the insurgents , security…
FG moves to absorb N-Power beneficiaries into MDAs
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development , Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, says discussions are ongoing to ensure that exited and eligible N – Power beneficiaries are absorbed…
Naira to trade at 386/$ as CBN resumes FX sale to BDCs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will resume weekly forex sales to Bureau de Change operators from August 31. In a circular signed by O.S. Nnaji, director of…
Buhari hails Nigerian named justice minister in Canada
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, rejoiced with Nigerian- born Kaycee Madu who was reappointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General for the Government of Alberta in Canada . message was…
Mali: Military frees ousted president, Keiita
Mali’ s new military rulers on Thursday said former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country’ s coup on August 18, had been freed . The junta,…





















