BY EFE MODESTUS Military troops have killed 16 terrorists and injured several others in two separate attacks carried out on notorious terrorists and bandits’ hideouts in Kaduna State. The feat is coming few weeks after the launch of ‘Operation Show no Mercy, to wipe out bandits, terrorists, kidnappers and otherContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Chairman, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi has described 2023 Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential election as crudest and most unproductive. Though, Prof. Ango Abdullahi who is the former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria was short of mentioning the political party behind the Muslim-MuslimContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali, has questioned the figures for the daily consumptions of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The Customs boss wondered why does the NNPC allows 98 million litres to be lifted daily from the depotsContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is leading a delegation to the United States of America to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. In his delegation are Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Power, AbubakarContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidency has accused Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, of lying in his recent interview claiming that high ranking security personnel had informed him personally that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered security forces not to move against the Fulani herdsmen responsible for recent violence. According toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country generated N799.10 billion from the oil sector in the first quarter of 2022. The figure represents a 28.3 percent decline from N1.11 trillion it recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021. While oil revenue amounted to N799 billionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former President Goodluck Jonathan has narrated how his government resolved a lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one night. The varsity teachers have been on strike since February and Jonathan, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a conference to mark the 70thContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The kidney donor in the celebrated case involving former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, in the United Kingdom, David Ukpo, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside its order made on July 1, directing some agencies of government and banksContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd.), said the importation of petroleum products into the country will be stopped by mid-2023. Mr Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd. disclosed this at the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team, on TuesdayContinue Reading
BY AIDOGHIE PAULINUS As he clocks 70 today, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that Nigeria is going through the worst phase in its history. The former secretary-general of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, however, said he believes that it will be theContinue Reading