UgamatvAl-Qaeda’s second-in-command killed in Iran —Report
Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, indicted in the US for the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, was secretly killed in Iran in August, The New York Times reported Friday.…
Obaseki re-appoints Osarodion Ogie as SSG
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the re-appointment of Osarodion Ogie Esq., as Secretary to the State Government. In a statement on Saturday, the re-elected governor said…
18 dead as canoe capsizes in Bauchi
No fewer than 18 people were killed when a canoe carrying 23 farmers capsized in Bauchi State. Although five people were rescued alive, the driver and one passenger were unconscious.…
Govs’ pension law was revoked in 2018, Saraki’s aide replies Abdulrazaq
An aide to former Governor Bukola Saraki has lambasted the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, for promising to revoke a law that guarantees life pensions and other privileges for former…
PDP crisis: Fayose’s faction inaugurates parallel reconciliation committee
The crisis rocking the South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party took a new twist on Friday as the faction led by a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose,…
Senegal football chief announces bid for CAF presidency
Augustin Senghor, the head of the Senegalese Football Federation, announced on Friday that he will run in the Confederation of African Football presidential elections in March. “I am now waiting…
Buhari signs Banks, Other Financial Institutions Act 2020
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020 into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…
BREAKING: Kwara plans to stop Saraki, other ex-governors’ pensions
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has said he will initiate measure to repeal the law that awards pension to all former governors and their deputies that have served in the…
US blasts WADA move to sanction defaulting member countries
Tensions between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States flared Thursday as a US government representative called a proposal to sanction countries that withdraw agreed upon funding “a direct…
BREAKING: Former Ghanaian President, Rawlings, dies of COVID-19
Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died of coronavirus-related complications at the age of 73, according to multiple reports from Ghanaian media. The development comes less than a month…
