2023: Why Nigerians Should Dump APC And Vote For PDP – Saraki
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has appealed to Nigerians to give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) another chance during the 2023 presidential election. He argued that only the PDP can turn around the fortunes of the country which he…
Severe security challenges not just Buhari, APC’s cup of tea – Presidency
The presidency has said that the fight against banditry, terrorism and other forms of criminality currently ravaging the entire nation, is everybody’s business. The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the assertion in…
Aisha Buhari Returns To Nigeria
First Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the country after spending six months in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sources told Daily Trust that the first lady, who quietly relocated abroad after Hanan, one of her daughters, got married in September,…
Present economic environment not encouraging Nigerian women – Ex-Guber candidate, Natasha Akpoti
Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) during the 2019 election in Kogi State, Barrister Natasha Hadiza Akpoti has declared that the present economic environment is not conducive for women. She made this disclosure while speaking at the Oyo…
Police raid black spot in Delta community, arrest notorious drug dealer
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command raided a black spot in Ubeji community, Warri South Local Government and arrested a notorious drug dealer, Monday Akpoka. The Acting spokesperson of the command, DSP Edafe Bright, who disclosed this in…
Nigeria exports timber but imports toothpick – Dino Melaye mocks govt
Former Senator who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District in the 8th Assembly, Dino Melaye, has mimicked the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government over alleged bad governance. The former senator, in a tweet on his official Twitter handle on Thursday, alleged…
Nigerian Govt Approves $1.5 Billion for Repair of Port Harcourt Refinery
Although Nigeria has four refineries, all government-owned, it currently imports virtually all its refined petroleum products. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.5 billion (about N600 billion) for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. The FEC approved the…
Ex-Jamb official Prof Ojerinde Arrested For embezzling N900m Pencil, Eraser Contract Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC), has captured a Formal Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for supposedly plundering over N900 million asset of the Examination Board while in office. The…
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli Dies at 61
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation about his health. She…
118 stranded Nigerians return from Libya
Nigeria, on Wednesday, received another batch of 118 Nigerians stranded in Libya. A tweet on the official Twitter page of ‘Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, said the returnees arrived in the country at 1:30 am on 17th March, 2021. It…