Judge who annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election dies
Former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Muhammad Dahiru Saleh, who annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election widely believed to have been won by the late…
Buhari, Pakistani premier discuss debt relief
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Imran Khan, yesterday had a phone conversation on the Global Initiative on Debt Relief canvassed by leaders…
US announces another $319m Abacha loot in Britain, France
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced that another $319m (N121bn) Sani Abacha, former Nigeria military dictator, loot is in the United Kingdom and France. This comes about a…
Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases jump by single-day record of 381 to 3,526 cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday confirmed 381 new COVID-19 cases, with Lagos having nearly half of the entire infections. NCDC announced that 183 new cases were confirmed in…
Corona Encounters By Reuben Abati
This is a piece around and about what I have seen about Corona Virus in Nigeria, from a sociological perspective, and not a report of any pathogenic experience. It has…
Abba Kyari, The Brute Savages, His Friends And Buhari Regime’s Mute Policy.
Recently, Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari fell to the fatal claws of the rampaging coronavirus pandemic. His death was to divide the nation into…
Access Bank to open 10 “CLOSA” branches, denies plan to sack 75% workforce
Amid the uncertainties that have trailed Access Bank’s alleged closure of 340 branches across Nigeria, the bank has not only denied the allegations, insisting the branches were closed at the…
Efik leaders warn Buhari Cross River is undermining fight against Coronavirus
Efik leaders have penned a strongly-worded letter to President Muhammadu Buhari drawing his attention to Cross River government’s confusing response to the Covid-19 pandemic and called for Federal Government’s intervention…
Senate clamors for decentralization of Nigerian Police Force
As part of measures to reposition the nation’s security apparatus and ensure its efficiency, the Senate yesterday clamored for the de-centralization of the Nigerian Police Force. The upper legislative chamber…
Evacuation of 4000 Nigerians overseas begins today
The Federal Government yesterday declared that the evacuation of about 4000 Nigerians from 76 countries across the world will begin on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (today). The Minister of Foreign…