The Presidency has accused the London Telegraph of strengthening Boko Haram terrorists operating in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday by SSA Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the news journal demonstrated this with its latest article titled ‘Children Face Death by Starvation in Northern Nigeria’, which was…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of new CEOs of parastatals under the Ministry of Education. It was learnt that while some of the agencies’ heads were sacked, others were merely replaced after their tenure had elapsed. However, all the appointments are effective from Monday, August 1, 2016. One of the persons changed by…
It seems those who want Yakubu Dogara removed as Speaker of the House of Representatives are not planning to let him be until their plan materialises. Just when the Speaker is still battling with allegations of padding the 2016 budget raised by former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, pictures of a…
Gamboru town in Borno State was on Sunday, July 31, 2016, raided by personnel of the Nigerian Army and a large cache of arms and ammunitions were recovered in the process. It was learnt that the raid was conducted by the troops following a tip off. During the operation, which reportedly lasted hours, 3 AK-56…
Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, August 1, 2016, went to the Abuja office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to submit his petition against Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin accused Dogara and other members of the House of padding the 2016…
It was a mixed feeling in the first preliminary round of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz show aired on major TV stations last weekend. Favour Okeke of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, FCT and Emmanuel Igban of Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State triumphed over their counterparts to proceed to the semi-final stage of…
A militant group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria called the Adaka Boro Avengers, ABA, has explained why it did not go ahead with its earlier threat to declare the region an independent country from Nigeria on Monday, August 1, 2016. The group disclosed on Sunday that it stopped the declaration due to pleas…
Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Monday morning, welcomed entourage of the Federal Government for the town hall meeting holding in the state. The FG delegation was led by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The team also included Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige and other top member of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The…
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, now has a new leader and he is Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN). Mahmoud was elected as the NBA president on Sunday night in Abuja after a tough electoral process. The election was conducted through electronic voting and monitored by the Deputy Director, Legal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mariam Musa.…
Five of the 13 prisoners who escaped from the Koton Karfe Prison in Kogi State in the early hours of Saturday, July 30, 2016, have been re-arrested by security operatives. This information was disclosed on Sunday in a statement issued by spokesperson of the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, Francis Enobore. In the statement made available…