… Warns saboteurs in power sector to stop By Levinus Nwabughiogu President Muhammadu Buhari in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday disclosed that many of the those who looted the public treasuries in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had started returning stolen funds to the coffers. He said that though the government appreciated the development, […]

The Federal Government has shut down some of its prisons following external attacks on them. Controller General of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Dr Peter Ekpendu disclosed this today during a meeting with the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau. More details soon

Africa’s prime fashion event, the two-yearly FIMA festival in Niger, was called off Tuesday on the eve of its launch over fears of terror attacks, Niger designer Alphadi announced. “The Niger government has decided to postpone this 10th edition of FIMA due to events in Diffa (southeast Niger), Mali, Chad, Cameroon, France,” said Alphadi, a prominent couturier whose real name is Seidnaly Sidhamed.

European Union president Donald Tusk called for calm on Tuesday after Turkey, a candidate for membership of the bloc, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border.

President Vladimir Putin warned Ankara on Tuesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border would have “serious consequences” for bilateral ties. Speaking at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Sochi, a tense-looking Putin branded the shooting down of the aircraft a “stab in the back” by “accomplices of terrorists.