Fuel scarcity: Queues resurface in Sokoto
Fuel queues have resurfaced in Sokoto metropolis and its environs, creating hardship for motorists and commuters, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A NAN correspondent reports that the queues, which started two days ago,...
In the news: Adeosun suspended Gwarzo for refusing to ‘play ball’ over Oando probe
Mounir Gwarzo, the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was suspended by the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, for refusing to halt the forensic probe of Oando Plc, THISDAY has reported.
But the office...
Atiku’s return will boost rebuilding party – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the return of the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would add value to the process of rebuilding the party for greater heights.
In a statement issued...
2019 elections: Agbakoba, Utomi, Nweke form Third Force
Some prominent individuals, including Chief Olisa Agbakoba, Professor Pat Utomi and Mr Frank Nweke (Jnr), have formed a coalition called the Third Force ahead the 2019 elections.
The members, who comprise activists, professionals and politicians...
Atiku boasts! I will definitely beat Buhari this time…youths are suffering; he has wasted...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he is sure of defeating President Muhammadu Buhari “this time”, in reference to the 2019 presidential election.
Atiku was quoted as saying this in an interview with Dele Momodu on The Boss...
29 days away: Lagos Gov. Ambode yet to present 2018 budget
LESS than 29 days to the end of 2017, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is yet to present the 2018 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly.
By this time last year, the House...
Atiku a liar! Buhari never banned from USA
President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman has described as ‘fictive concoction’, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s claim that Buhari was banned from entering the United States for 15 years before he became president.
Atiku was said to have...
Update: Ministry of Interior official takes responsibility for Maina’s controversial reinstatement
The permanent secretary of Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, has taken responsibility of reinstating the former chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.
In his submission on Thursday to the House of...
Herdsmen kill seven policemen in Adamawa as military step in
No fewer than seven policemen were feared killed on Thursday night in Dowaya Village, Numan Local Council of Adamawa State while trying to repel an attack by suspected armed herdsmen.
Confirming the incident, the state...
Returnees open up-‘Nigerians, West Africans selling us in Libya more wicked than Arabs’
Some Nigerian returnees from Libya have recounted how they were sold as slaves in the country, with some claiming that their fellow countrymen were actively involved.
A report by CNN had uncovered auctions of Africans, including...
