NASARAWA GOV UNDER SIEGE OF DISLODGED BANDITS

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja over the worsening security situation in his state. Sule…

DEMOCRATS NOMINATE JOE BIDEN AS BIDEN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

US Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday, offering the Washington veteran as a “man of courage” who would sweep away the “chaos” of four years…

LOAN : 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,…

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…

BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…

ONDO 2020: JEGEDE PICKS REP AS RUNNING MATE

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has picked a member of the House of Representatives, Mr Gboluga Ikengboju, as his running mate.…

IMO BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR ATTACK ON UZODINMA’S CONVOY

The Imo State Government has accused opposition political parties in the state of sponsoring the protesters who attacked Governor Hope Uzodinma’s convoy on Monday in Owerri. The state Commissioner for…

FG REVEALS WHY NIGERIA SIGNED SOVEREIGNTY CLAUSE IN LOAN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA

The House of Representatives on Monday faulted the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loan agreement with China, saying it was dangerous. The Chairman of the  House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and…

RESPONDING TO PGF DG, IT’S LIKE FIGHTING A PIG – OSHIOMHOLE

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, boasted that the office of the chairman of the ruling party did not make him who he…