Category: National/Politics

Group Condemns Kachikwu’s Removal As NNPC Boss

A Niger Delta group has kicked against the removal of Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director, GMD, of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by President Muhammadu Buhari this week. The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change, NDIMRC, an oil monitoring group which had earlier warned of plot to remove Kachikwu as the NNPC…

Anti-Fayose Protesters Lock Down Ekiti

Some youths have taken over the streets of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, chanting anti-Governor Ayodele Fayose songs. Most of them carried placards with various inscriptions. The protesters described the governor as an anti-people and called for his resignation from office as they march round the city. Fayose is having it rough with the Economic…

Abducted Sierra Leone Diplomat Regains Freedom

Major General Nelson Williams, the Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, who was kidnapped last week, has been released. The former head of Sierra Leone’s army is said to be in Abuja at the moment and he is reportedly in sound health. Last Friday, Williams was abducted by some gunmen on his way to…

Harsh Economy: Buhari Hails Nigerians’ “Amazing Sacrifices”

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians for their bearing with his administration despite the biting economy the country is plagued with at the moment. Buhari, in his Eid el-Fitr message to Nigerians, urged them to “show gratitude, respect and tolerance to one other, irrespective of our religion, tribe, language and political leanings, as we forge…