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A senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia-PDP), has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for constantly denying responsibility when things go wrong. The senator said Mr. Buhari is always in the habit of saying, “I don’t know.” Mr. Abaribe said this while contributing to a motion on the recent violence killings in Kogi state by suspected herdsmen. Atai Aidoko […]

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, says what governors earn in Nigeria is immoderate. Speaking as a panelist at the dialogue organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism in Lagos on Thursday, Obi told the audience that if he revealed how much a Nigerian governor earns, the outrage would be hotter than what […]

Under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria has grown its debt portfolio by N9.61tn, statistics available from the Debt Management Office have shown. According to the DMO, Nigeria’s debt stood at N21.73tn as of December 31, 2017, while the figure as of June 30, 2015 was N12.12tn. This means that within a period of 30 months – […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken a jab at the Goodluck Jonathan administration over its handling of the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, a Borno State community in 2014. Mr. Buhari said his government acted more responsibly when 110 girls were abducted from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State last month. “The federal government’s […]

Rex Tillerson has been removed as the Secretary of State, ending a tumultuous tenure as America’s top diplomat that was marked by a series of public disagreements with his boss — President Donald Trump. Trump plans to appoint CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace the former Exxon Mobil chief executive. The president picked deputy CIA […]

A bride made the mistake of allegedly drink-driving on the way to her ceremony and was caught by police in Arizona. Sgt Chriswell Scott said 32-year-old Amber Young was arrested at the scene of a three-car pile up on suspicion of driving under the influence. Wearing her bridal gown, Young was put in handcuffs and […]

Former government of Abia state, Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, has challenged President Mohammadu Buhari to arrest and prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo to prove his seriousness in his anti-corruption war. Kalu threw the challenge at the quarterly public lecture series of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) with the theme: Culture, Economy and good Governance: […]

At least 40 people were killed and 23 injured when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday, an official said. “Thirty-one people died at the spot and nine died at two hospitals in Kathmandu,” police spokesman Manoj Neupane told AFP, adding another 23 were injured. There were 67 passengers and four crew on […]

The Senate has formally confirmed that its members receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. It was reported how a Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, confirmed the amount, which was hitherto kept from the public. The money is illegal as it is not approved by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). It is also […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that naysayers had taken to social media and spending huge amounts of money to distort the situation in Nigeria. The minister stated this at a mini town hall meeting which he organised for members of staff of the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany and a […]

The Pentagon has raised an alert of a compelling evidence of possible nuclear weapon strike against the U.S. “There is compelling evidence that at least one of our potential competitors in this space believes they can get away with striking us with a low-yield weapon. “We cannot allow that perception to persist,” Gen. Paul Selva, the […]

Global stock markets rose Friday, with sentiment boosted by a surprise decision by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to hold talks, and strong US jobs data providing Wall Street with an extra kick. However, uncertainty surrounding US President Trump’s tariffs plans and fears of a trade war kept a lid on gains, dealers said. […]