Turkey’s Erdogan meets Libyan leader as regional tensions rise
Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Istanbul on Sunday, just days after the Turkish leader said he was ready to send troops into Libya if requested by Tripoli. The closed-door meeting, which was not on Erdogan’s official agenda, took place in Istanbul’s Ottoman-era Dolmabahce Palace, the Turkish presidency said […]
NNPC records 22% growth in trading surplus
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, announced an increased trading surplus of N5.20 billion for August 2019, reflecting an increase of 22 per cent when compared with the N4.26 billion surplus posted in July 2019,
Police arrest robbery gang who killed, threw driver’s corps into river
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The Edo State Police Command said it has arrested a four-man robbery gang who stabbed a cab driver and threw the corpse into Ikpoba River. Names of the gang were given as Moses Osamudiamen, Chinedu Amah, Chinonso Ozuoro and Emmanuel Obikeze. Police said the gang had hired the cab […]
Cases of HIV/AIDS fall from 3.4% to 1.4% in Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers
The efforts of government and partners like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has seen a reduction in the incidences of HIV/AIDS from 3.4 to 1.4 per cent in the last five years in Lagos, Akwa Ibom and the Rivers States.
Akpabio’s withdrawal from re-run will foster peace, devt — Ekpenyong
SENATOR Christopher Ekpenyong of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the decision of Senator Godswill Akpabio to withdraw from the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial re-run election will foster peace and development in the area.
Nobody in Ebonyi, South East is considering RUGA ― Umahi
By Peter Okutu Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, weekend stressed that nobody in the state and indeed the Southeast geopolitical zone was considering establishing Rural Grazing Area, RUGA, for herdsmen. According to Umahi, people were playing politics with the security of the state using RUGA to sell their dummy even as he warns against […]
Zimbabwe VP’s wife arrested over fraud allegations
Zimbabwe’s anti-graft commission has arrested the wife of one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputies on fraud and money-laundering charges involving US1 million, a document seen Sunday by AFP revealed. Anti-corruption officers detained 38-year-old Marry Mubaiwa, the wife of vice-president Constantine Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga, on Saturday, according to a police report. And according to details revealed […]
Senators aggrieved over lopsided allocation of Constituency Projects
STRONG indications have emerged that Senators are aggrieved over the way and manner monies have been appropriated to various Senatorial districts as constituency Projects.
Lagos gives quit notice to owners of illegal structures in Lekki
Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Sunday ordered owners and occupants of illegal structures, shanties, kiosks, and containerised shops at Marwa Waterside area of Lekki and environs to leave the place within seven days or risk severe sanction. The Chairman of the Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent […]
Tottenham up to fifth after late win at Wolves
Jan Vertonghen’s stoppage time header continued Tottenham’s turnaround under Jose Mourinho as Spurs moved up to fifth with a 2-1 win at Wolves. Mourinho’s men were largely outplayed at Molineux, but were ruthless with their chances to inflict Wolves’ first league defeat in 12 games. Adama Traore’s spectacular strike had cancelled out Lucas Moura’s early […]
Just in: Oluwo divorces wife, Chanel Chin
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale and his queen, Ms Chanel Chin have both separated.
CSOs drag Buhari, Akpabio to court over legality of NDDC’s interim board
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has okayed a suit seeking to sack the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, constituted by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Greater Lagos festival begins December 25
The Lagos State Government said on Sunday the Greater Lagos 2020 Festival would start on December 25 and end on January 1, 2020. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Solomon Bonu, disclosed this during the 2019 Coconut Festival held in Badagry. The theme of the festival is: “Simply […]
Expert wants establishment of mini grid system to address power supply challenges
Dr Habib Nuhu, a Geologist and expert in international Energy Policy and Energy Economics, has urged the Federal government to encourage the establishment of a mini-grid system to tackle the challenges bedevilling electricity supply in the country.
US secretly expelled two Chinese diplomats ― Report
The United States secretly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported Sunday. The newspaper, which cited people with knowledge of the episode, said it appeared to be the first time in more than 30 years that the US has expelled […]
Border closure not breaching free trade agreement, FG says
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says Federal Government’s closure of the Nigerian border does not in any way breach the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region.
