Flood destroyed 2,667 houses, farmlands in Niger – NSEMA
At least 2,667 houses, farmlands, roads, and bridges have been destroyed by flooding in 17 local government areas in Niger State .The Director-General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Ahmed Inga, disclosed this in Minna on Thursday. He said most of the buildings, roads, and bridges were completely washed away by flooding […]
‘If Buhari wants more tax revenues, he must grow the economy’
By Olu Fasan RECENTLY, President Muhammadu Buhari, through his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, queried the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Tunde Fowler, for failing to collect enough taxes. In a letter dated August 8, Abba Kyari asked Fowler to explain why there were “significant variances between the budgeted tax collection and […]
United States VP calls attack on Saudi ‘act of war’
Tensions between the United States and Iran ratcheted up Wednesday as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried the weekend attacks on the Saudi oil industry as an “act of war” and President Trump ordered a substantial increase in sanctions against the government in Tehran. With the Trump administration linking the sanctions step to the airstrikes, […]
Well funded police will curb bail collection — Security stakeholders
By Esther Onyegbula Security stakeholders in Lagos on Wednesday said only a well funded Nigeria police Force (NPF) would curb bail money collection from different police formations in the country. They stated this during a one-day Civil Society Organisation/media engagement on the Nigeria Police bail process and citizens’ rights organized by the Rule of Law […]
At least 20 dead in Taliban car bomb attack ―Official
A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, an official said. The Taliban, who have been carrying out nearly daily attacks since peace talks with the United States collapsed earlier this month, said the target was a nearby government intelligence department […]
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: African blood and the West’s hypocrisy
IN a remarkable contradistinction to what Shakespeare said about cowards, Mugabe died many times and still remained valiant before his final expiration on September 6, 2019. That he claimed that this feat surpassed that of Christ whom he said died once and resurrected once, clearly showcased the latter-day banality that characterized the man Mugabe.
