Five injured in new clashes in Togo’s capital
AFP Five people were shot and injured on Thursday as gangs of youths and the security forces clashed sporadically in Togo’s capital Lome, ahead of a planned opposition protest that the government...
‘Extreme poverty threatens Nigeria’s democracy’- Reps Speaker, RT Hon. Yakubu Dogara
Extreme poverty is threatening Nigeria’s democracy, Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said.
Dogara told a delegation from the Conference of Speakers of Nigerian State Legislatures, on Wednesday in Abuja that there...
Oando Crisis Deepens! Angry shareholders want Wale Tinubu’s removal as company’s CEO
Firm suspended on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE, on Thursday suspended trading in the shares of Nigerian oil company, Oando.
The suspension came after an order by Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC,...
Why PDP lose in elections, Gbenga Daniel reveals
A former governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel, on Wednesday said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been losing elections because it deviated from its guiding principles.
Daniel stated this while declaring his intention to contest...
Bauchi Senator, Misua arraigned over statement against IGP
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday arraigned Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Isah Misua.
Senator Misua was arraigned for allegedly damaging false statement against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
The senator who was...
Rivers Gov. Wike visits Madrid, meets Ronaldo, Ramos
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has met football megastar Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos as he wrapped up negotiations to establish a football academy in the state.
Wike and some of...
Threats of war with N/Korea ‘dangerous, short-sighted’—Hillary Clinton
Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula were “dangerous and short-sighted”.
Clinton, however, urged the U.S. to get all parties to the negotiation table.
Clinton...
Aare Onakakanfo position will moderate my radicalism- Gani Adams
The leader of the O’Odua People’s Congress, Gani Adams, on Tuesday said that his new position as the Aare Onakakanfo of Oyo will moderate his radicalism.
At a media chat in Lagos, Mr. Adams promised...
$25b NNPC Contracts: Senate under pressure to drop probe
The Guardian NG The Senate has postponed the commencement of its planned investigation into the alleged award of $25 billion worth of contracts in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).Following the allegation of...
Why another attempt at power devolution may fail – Saraki
NAN The President of the Senate has disclosed that overheating discuss on the devolution of power might stall another attempt to get it passed in the Constitution Amendment process.
Saraki disclosed this to newsmen...