UgamatvLOAN : CRISIS HITS REPS PANEL, MINISTRY SUMMONED OVER SOVEREIGNTY CLAUSE
. Chairman digging into issues beyond his mandates – Aggrieved member • I won’t stop probe, we must renegotiate dangerous clauses, says Ossai • No law permits China to seize…
ABACHA ARRESTED ME AFTER I IGNORED CARRINGTON’S ASYLUM OFFER – OBASANJO
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the late former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, leaked to him the plan by the regime of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha,…
EMPEROR OGBONNA GETS N2M BAIL AFTER BEING DETAINED FOR FIVE MONTHS BY DSS
A lawyer, Emperor Ogbonna, who has been detained by the Department of State Service for about five months, was granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.…
STATES ASK FG TO REDEEM N67.2BN COVID-19 BAILOUT
HEALTH Commissioners in the country have urged the Federal Government to redeem its pledge of assisting 32 states across the country with the sum of N67.2bn to enable them to…
ECOWAS SUSPENDS MALI, TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar…
GUNMEN ATTACK : MILITARY ARREST ANOTHER FLEEING INMATE IN PLATEAU
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven have arrested another of the six inmates, who escaped after gunmen attacked personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Plateau. The…
STRANDED NIGERIANS IN UAE CAN RETURN FROM AUG 29 FG
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Nigerians in a viral video who claimed to have been compelled to flee to the desert by the United Arab Authorities could return…
MALI: REBEL SOLDIERS PLEDGE FRESH ELECTIONS AFTER PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION
Mali’s president said Wednesday he had resigned to avoid “bloodshed” after he was detained in a military coup, whose leaders pledged new elections to resolve a spiralling political crisis in…
US ELECTION : TRUMP TO DELIVER CONVENTION SPEECH FROM WHITE HOUSE
US President Donald Trump will use the White House to deliver a partisan political speech to the Republican National Convention next week. Trump will be formally nominated by the party…
COLOMBIAN EX-PRESIDENT RESIGNS AS SENATOR AFTER HOUSE ARREST
Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who is being held under house arrest accused of fraud and witness tampering, announced on Tuesday he is resigning as a senator. In a letter to…
