Alleged drug trafficking: FG secures release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi detention
Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has said that the Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Habibu, who was detained in Saudi on suspicion of drug trafficking. Zainab, a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, was arrested after a banned drug, Tramadol, was found in her […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ROUNDTABLE ENGAGEMENT ON OPEN CONTRACTING IN KADUNA STATE FACILITATED BY (CALPED) IN COLLABORATION WITH (ICoVAP)
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ONE DAY ROUNDTABLE ENGAGEMENT ON OPEN CONTRACTING IN KADUNA STATE FACILITATED BY COALITION OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP, PEACE, EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT (CALPED) IN COLLABORATION WITH INTIATIVE FOR COLLECTIVE VOICE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROGRESS (ICoVAP) HELD APRIL 25, 2019 PREAMBLE On April 25, 2019, Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, […]
Keep Hope Alive, Atiku Is Coming, Close Aide Tells ’18m Atikulate Family’
The SA Youth and Support Groups to former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas has rekindled hopes in the millions of supporters of the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, assuring them that victory was sure. He expressed this in a statement he personally signed and made available to […]
SKIPPING BREAKFAST MAY INCREASE STROKE AND HEART RISKS
Nicholas Bakalar Skipping breakfast might increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65-75, was particularly strong for strokes. Almost 60 per cent of the participants had breakfast every day, a quarter on some days, and 16 per cent rarely or never. All were free of heart disease at the start of […]
Is Regina Daniels married to Ned Nwoko?
By Nwafor Sunday The alleged marriage of the 19 year-old Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko, may be true as both were spotted dancing together in an event anchored by singer Harrysong. They attended a ceremony together, yesterday, when Nwoko received an honorary doctorate degree from Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, FUPRE, Delta […]
TCN Explains Drop In Power Generation
By Donatus Anichukwueze The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday said that four power generation companies (Gencos) have been unable to generate electricity to the national grid for several days, due to gas supply challenges. The TCN said in a statement from its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, that the national grid was experiencing reduced […]
2023: Tinubu, Igbo will never be Nigeria President – Miyetti Allah declares
John Owen Nwachukwu National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Bodejo, has declared that a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will never succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Bodejo also stated why it would be difficult for Igbo to become President in Nigeria. He said he does not believe in the rotation […]
Gov Sani-Bello urges FG to provide tree seedlings for communities to curb environmental degradation
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has called for Federal Government’s quick intervention in curbing the incessant and indiscriminate felling of economic trees across the country, altering of imminent environmental disaster that awaits the country. Governor Sani-Bello made the call when he paid a visit to the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, […]
Police arrest Adeleke’s school principal, registrar’s wife, 9-month baby – PDP alleges
By Nnenna Ibeh The Nigeria Police on Wednesday, April 24, allegedly arrested the principal of Ede Muslim Grammar School, Ede in Osun state. Abbas Adejare – principal to the school which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke’s WAEC certificate – was said to have been arrested alongside the wife of the registrar of the schools, Rofiyat Oladepo and her […]
How a Cross-Border Reporting Team Exposed Venezuela’s $28 Billion, Oil-for-Allies Scheme
By: Sara Olstad | 04/22/19 As Venezuela’s citizens suffer from rampant food shortages, the government is spending billions to bolster political allies in Latin America, a team of pioneering reporters recently revealed in an unprecedented expose. CONNECTAS, a cross-border investigative journalism organization in Latin America, directed the project, called Petrofraude. Adding heft to CONNECTAS, ICFJ Knight Fellow Fabiola Torres […]