Lawan reads Buhari’s letter on ex-service chiefs’ appointment as ambassadors

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, read a letter from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), urging the red chamber to confirm the immediate former chief of defence…

Reps to grill NNPC, others Thursday over N3.9bn non-remittance

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts is expecting the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Mele Kyari, to appear before it on Thursday over an audit…

Democrats set to detail impeachment case against Trump

Democratic lawmakers prosecuting Donald Trump are set to detail their case against him Wednesday, in a longshot bid to convince sceptical Republican senators they should impeach the former president. Trump’s…

FG to set up forfeited assets database, says Solicitor-General

The Solicitor-General, Dayo Apata, SAN, has said the Federal Government would establish a database of forfeited assets. He said this would be done by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Disposal…

Intellectual Prowess and Diplomacy are the necessary tools to uplift the Igbo, says Mbazulike Amaechi

It was a moment of sober reflection and a historic outing as the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, led by their President General, Professor George Obiozor, accompanied…

We’ll flush out bandits, kidnappers disguising as herdsmen – Obaseki

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has urged herdsmen to fllush out criminal elements among them, saying a grazing area will be created for herders. The governor made the…

JAMB to prosecute 200 exams cheats, budgets N100m

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the merchants of malpractices in the centres of its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in some Northern parts of…

Killer herders: Time for civil mobilisation

ALARMED by the escalating bloodletting, kidnapping and destruction of farmland perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen almost everywhere, prominent Nigerians have warned of the rapid descent into anarchy if the current nonchalance…

Anambra gov poll will be walkover if given ticket – Uba

An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba has boasted that with the party’s ticket he would win the November 6 Governorship poll. He said this…

I won’t invite new players for AFCON qualifiers – Rohr

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has hinted that no new player will be invited for the forthcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho. Speaking in…