Nigeria's government has rejected comments by the UK prime minister that it is "fantastically corrupt". President Muhammadu Buhari said he did not want an apology from David Cameron, but said
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Presidency faults UK Telegraph on Nigeria’s terror war
April 13, 2016 Comment Off 57 ViewsThe Presidency on Wednesday faulted a report in the April 12 edition of The Telegraph (London) which accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly using United Kingdom’s aid to persecute his
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Senator Ben Murray Bruce Challenges Fashola and other Ministers
November 11, 2015 Comment Off 162 ViewsSenator Ben Murray Bruce has challenged former governor of Lagos state and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola not to make use of generator as a source of electric
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Meet Nigeria’s New Ministers
November 11, 2015 1 Comment 405 ViewsComplete List Of Ministers And Their Portfolios President Muhammadu Buhari – Minister of Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachiukwu – State Minister Petroleum resources Abubakar Malami
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Nigeria denied entry to an art memorial for environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
November 8, 2015 Comment Off 211 ViewsA week ahead of the 20th anniversary of the hanging of environmental activist and author Ken Saro-Wiwa, tensions are rising in the oil-rich Ogoni region after Nigerian customs blocked entry of a
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Immediate Past Govs to be Charged to Court – EFCC
August 8, 2015 Comment Off 99 ViewsThe EFCC is investigating a huge number of damning petitions against Nigeria's immediate past governors and members of their families. According to senior operatives of the commission, some of the
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Yoruba youths warn monarchs to desist from partisan politics
July 29, 2015 Comment Off 852 ViewsThe Yoruba Youth Congress (YYC) has cautioned Yoruba Obas to desist from partisan politics and always strive for the development of Yoruba nations. The national President of the group, Prince Dapo
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Obasanjo warns: Methamphetamine will destroy Nigeria
July 28, 2015 Comment Off 168 ViewsFormer Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo has handed over a timely warning to the authorities: growing methamphetamine drug production, smuggling and export ‘business’, will destroy the country
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Beware Of Disgruntled Politicians – Sultan Warns
July 27, 2015 Comment Off 78 ViewsThe Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has urged Nigerians not to allow some disgruntled politicians to instigate them to cause a breach of the peace. The News Agency of Nigeria reports
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Anti Corruption Probe: Nigeria’s Govs Rush to Declare Their Assets …
July 25, 2015 1 Comment 80 ViewsNigeria's 36 state governors have rushed to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to declare their assets, The Nation reports. None of the governors chose to make the list of assets public. The
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