Buhari to Gani Adams: Use Your Position as Aare Ona Kakanfo for National Unity
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate, Otunba Gani Adams, to use the office into which he is about to step for national unity. Adams will be installed on January 13, 2018 as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, at Durbar Stadium, Oyo town, Oyo […]
200,000 Hobs in Sight as Obaseki, Chinese Firms Seal Deals for Gelegele Seaport, 5,500 Modular Refinery
Efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to transform Edo State into an industrial hub and create the 200,000 jobs he promised Edo electorates during his electioneering campaign are clearly in sight with the successful signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies for the development of Gelegele Seaport and other infrastructure as […]
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The Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, set aside its own judgment delivered on Dec. 13, 2017 which asked the Senate President to swear-in Mr Obiora Okonkwo as Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District. Justice John Tsoho, set aside his earlier judgment while delivering ruling in an application for variation of the judgment filed by INEC. […]
The unlikely pioneers fighting climate change
By Nathan Gardels The historian Arnold Toynbee famously argued that the well-being of a civilization can be judged by its ability to respond to human and environmental challenges. The Donald Trump administration’s full-throttle reverse course aimed at renewing fossil fuels as the chief source of energy — as the planet faces the droughts, deluges and firestorms […]
British Woman Arrested for ‘Preparing Terrorist Acts’ at Heathrow Airport
London, Jan. 12, 2018 (Xinhua/NAN) A 27-year-old female British national has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after arriving on a flight from Ethiopia on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, Scotland Yard said on Friday. According to the police, the woman was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under section five of the Terrorist Act 2006. Metropolitan […]
Yusuf Buhari Ready for Discharge Says Presidency
Femi Adesina, Abuja The health of Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was admitted into Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, on December 26, 2017 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, has improved remarkably and he is ready to be discharged. This cheery news contained in a statement dated January 12, 2018, by the Medical Director […]
Anambra Police Command Mobilizes 4,688 Personnel For Senatorial Re-run Election
By Emmanuel Peter The Anambra state police command said it has mobilized about four thousand six hundred and eighty eight (4,688) of its men for the conduct of the Senatorial district re-run election slated for Saturday 13th January, 2018. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Garba Umar, made this known while speaking […]
Sokoto demolishes illegal structures at old market
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state government on Friday began the demolition of illegal structures and make shift shops at the old market. The demolition exercise which caught up with a number of traders was to provide enough parking space as well create way for fire fighting vehicles on emergency mission. Speaking on the exercise, […]
Militias Beholden to Iran Complicate Future of Iraq
(New York, NY) – The future of Iraq remains complicated and challenged by the power of Shiite militias beholden to Iran. The Badr Organization, Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), and Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH)—the three most powerful militias—are part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a government sanctioned umbrella group composed of predominantly Shiite fighters funded by and allied with Iran. Several of the groups fought […]