Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved funds for the Super Eagles’ Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier away to Zambia, Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has revealed. Dalung said he had to…
On Thursday, 30 former Republican lawmakers released a letter saying they would not be voting for Donald Trump for president. “He has proven himself manifestly unqualified,” the signatories said of Trump. “Every day brings a…
For years now, Senegal has been regarded as one of the more successful countries in Africa. It has a democratically elected president and state institutions that function properly. Nonetheless thousands of Senegalese, notably the youth,…
The internet has been shut down in Ethiopia, amid growing protests against the government. No official reason has been given for the closure. The internet has been blocked before during previous protests, with the government…
Former minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam and her husband, Pius Mallam, who were abducted by gunmen on Monday have been released by their captors. The former minister and her husband were kidnapped along…
Godsday Orubebe, an ex-minister of the Niger Delta ministry, has been convicted of false asset declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, and has thereby forfeited his undeclared property tagged Plot 2057 to the federal…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh investigation into the alleged diversion of N4.4bn from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the accounts of top officers of the Nigerian Air…
Following complains by some passengers that airlines now reject the naira for transaction, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has warned all airlines to desist from the act, describing it as a flagrant contravention of…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has explained why the Nigerian authorities have not released former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…
To finance the yet to be passed 2016 budget of N6.08 trillion, the federal government has reinstated its committed to raise about 1,884 trillion to finance the N2.22 trillion deficit in the budget. According to…