Sixteen suspected members of Boko Haram have surrendered to soldiers in Balazala and Ahamdaga Makaranta villages in Dure district of Borno State. They include three ameers (leaders) in the sect hierarchy: Hamidu Buba (emeer of […]
SOMETIMES even a revolutionary government can seem out of touch. The African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled South Africa since 1994, feels this problem acutely. In the bad old days of apartheid its leaders […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has frowned at the “persistent harassment of Nigerians” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He described the continued detention of a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to […]
Nigeria currently earns only 35 per cent of what it used to earn from oil, the Accountant General of the Federation (AFG), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, said yesterday. He regretted that although the nation depends largely […]
Identifies 14 directors of oil firms behind scandal from CAC •Ex-Ministers battle for bail, colleague shocked THOSE QUIZZED SO FAR MD of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo Head of Operations, Martin Izuogbe Cross River PDP […]
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma, on Saturday said despite the delay in the signing of the 2016 budget, the Federal Government planned to achieve 100 per cent implementation. The minister’s Media […]
Voters in London have made history by electing the Labour party’s Sadiq Khan as their mayor, giving him the largest political mandate in British history with more than 1.3m votes. The son of a bus […]
Congress wasn’t doing a lot before Donald Trump all but secured the Republican presidential nomination. And it’s likely that Trump’s fait accompli Tuesday could diminish congressional productivity even further. As lawmakers return to Washington after […]
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday accused former primary rivals Jeb Bush and Sen. Lindsey Graham of breaking a candidates’ pledge to the party’s eventual nominee. “Jeb Bush isn’t an honorable person. Lindsey […]
President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech on Saturday that U.S. race relations have improved over the last three decades, but that significant work still needs to be done. “I tell you this not […]
Nigeria appears to have won the confidence of the United States of America (USA) in the fight against Boko Haram with Washington agreeing to sell no fewer than 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft […]
A team of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives yesterday stormed the Abuja residence of former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode. It was ostensibly a move to arrest him in connection with the N2.5 billion allegedly […]
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, yesterday promised early passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill. Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of […]
The British Labour party’s Sadiq Khan has been elected as London mayor by comfortably outrunning of his nearest rival. The Labour party’s leader Jeremy Corbyn congratulated Khan on his victory on Friday evening. Khan picked […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday signed the controversial Appropriation Bill into law, saying it was coming in the middle of Nigeria’s toughest economic period since independence in 1960. But he was optimistic that its coming into effect will […]
Donald Trump on Friday accused Hillary Clinton of being “an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler” of her husband’s alleged affairs and accused her of destroying the lives of his accusers. The remarks are the first time […]
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday he plans to keep fighting for the Democratic nomination all the way to the convention in Philadelphia, but did not slam the door shut on possibly joining Hillary Clinton’s […]
U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday that occupying the Oval Office “is not a reality show,” in a swipe at outspoken Republican candidate Donald Trump who is vying to replace him in the White […]
Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, has rejected the position of Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, who recently said President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic policies are archaic. As a guest The Platform, a programme organised by […]
The trial of Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue state and his finance commissioner, Okolobia Okpanachi, continued on Thursday with the prosecution presenting its fourth witness, Abubakar Umar, who told the court how billions of […]
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