President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has told his country military in Syria to leave the war-torn country. Putin informed a meeting on Monday at the Kremlin that the pullout of the main part of the Russian forces would start on Tuesday. However, the Russian leader disclosed that Russia’s Hmeimim airbase and the its port at…
On Monday, March 14, 2016, lawmakers from the Ekiti State House of Assembly were in Abuja to kick against invasion of the Assembly by the Department of State Services, DSS, officials on Friday, March 4, 2016. The legislators took their protest to the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in…
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly were on Monday at the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in Abuja to protest invasion of the Assembly by armed men of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, March 4, 2016. The lawmakers also cried to the embassies over…
Guaranty Trust Bank has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 2015 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the result again affirmed the Bank as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. According to the audited financial results, GTBank has an impressive…
Former Rivers State governor and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused his successor, Nyesom Wike, of lacking the political will and capacity to govern the state. Amaechi stated this on Sunday at an APC rally in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, ahead of the state and national assembly elections on Saturday. In a statement…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed by an Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi to release immediately former aide to the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Nicholas Ashinze. Ashinze had been in custody of the anti-graft agency since December 23, 2015. At the hearing on Monday, Justice Yusuf…
About 17 ships laden with petroleum products are expected to get to Lagos through the Apapa and Tin Can Islands from today, Monday, March 14, 2016. The arrival of the ships with the petroleum product will sooth Nigerians, who have been suffering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol. The ships are also…
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, to ensure that those involved in the killings in Agatu, Benue State, which left many dead, face the full wrath of the law. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Minister’s Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, Dambazau described…
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, Laolu Akande, has stressed that Nigeria will still participate in the India-Africa Summit as earlier scheduled. There were reports on Sunday that Nigeria will no longer be part of the programme. According to reports, this was because the Vice President would leave a…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday morning left Abuja, Nigeria, for a visit to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Nigerian leader is travelling to the Central African country on a 2-day State Visit for talks on Maritime Security on March 14, 2016. He is expected to return to the country on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.