Gambia: Defiant Jammeh Defies Africa’s Leaders, Vows To Sit-Tight
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh vowed to stay in power when his mandate ends in January, defying calls from West African leaders to hand over to the winner of a Dec. 1 election. Regional bloc ECOWAS...
View ArticleClinton’s Lawyer Blasts FBI Director Saying He Acted ‘Extraordinary Impropriety’
The FBI acted inappropriately when it announced the revival of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email setup days before the Nov. 8 presidential election, Clinton’s lawyer said, citing...
View ArticleGermany: Tunisian Asylum Seeker Wanted In Berlin Christmas Market Bombing
German police are looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia after finding an identity document under the driver’s seat of a truck that plowed into a Berlin Christmas market and killed 12 people,...
View ArticleFear As UK’s Queen Elizabeth Cancels Traditional Christmas Travel Plans
Fears have emerged for Queen Elizabeth II’s health after she has cancelled plans to take the train from London to King’s Lynn today (21 December), at the beginning of what was meant to be her...
View ArticleDonald Trump Attacks Bill Clinton Over ‘He Doesn’t Know Much’ [TWEETS]
President-elect Donald Trump mocked Bill Clinton on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 after the former president said Trump “doesn’t know much” in an interview with a local paper. “Bill Clinton stated that I...
View ArticleCustoms Intercepts 102 Bags Of Plastic Rice, Beat Tomato Brand, In Lagos
The Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 102 bags of plastic rice branded “Beat Tomato Rice” with no date of manufacture. The Customs Area Controller of F.O.U....
View ArticleFayose: EFCC Is Irresponsible, Corrupt, Says; ‘Corruption Can’t Fight...
Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as an irresponsible and corrupt organisation that cannot prosecute any meaningful fight...
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Bayelsa: Angry Youth, Women Protest Planned Relocation Of Brass LNG
Angry Youths and Women of Brass communities in Brass Local Government Council Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday staged a protest March against the planned withdrawal of the Federal Government 40 per...
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Ondo: Mimiko’s Mega Launch Begins Today With Arakale Road #MimikoLegacyProject
The Ondo State government has fixed the commencement of the inauguration of its much publicised 100 Mimiko Legacy Projects for Thursday, December 22, 2016 with the kick-off of the NEPA-Arakale Dual...
View ArticleWike Inaugurates Judicial Commission Of Inquiry For Rivers Rerun Election...
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has inaugurated a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the killings and other violent acts, and allied matters that occurred during the December 10...
View ArticleOndo Governor-Elect Commends His Opponents For Not Challenging Guber Poll
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor-elect of Ondo State, has commended his opponents at the last governorship election in the southwestern state – Eyitayo Jegede of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and...
View Article‘Nigeria Is A Secular State’: CAN Rejects Choice Of CBN Governor As Head Of...
Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has kicked against the membership of Nigeria in the General Assembly of the International Islamic Liquidity...
View ArticleObasanjo Upstages Buhari As President Heeds IPOB Warning And Stays Away From...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, December 22, 2016 stayed away from the maiden South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu apparently due to a prior warning issued by pro-Biafra activists...
View ArticleBREAKING: Assad Regime Says It Has Taken Full Control Of Aleppo
The Syrian regime says it has taken full control of Aleppo, state-run media announced Thursday, December 22, 2016 marking a major turning point in the nation’s five-year civil war. Government forces...
View ArticleBREAKING: Another 21 Chibok Girls Released By Boko Haram Ahead Of Christmas
Another set of 21 of the Chibok girls kidnapped on April 14, 2014 by the Islamist terrorist Boko Haram terrorists have regained their freedom. A report in the evening of Thursday, December 22, 2016 by...
View ArticleUPDATED: ‘Original 21 Chibok Girls Were Going Home For Christmas’– Army...
Sani Usman, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, has refuted reports attributed to the state-owned Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN which said that a fresh set of Chibok girls who were...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Valdimir Putin Seek To Boost American, Russian Nuclear...
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday, December 22, 2016 that he will look to “strengthen and expand” the US’s nuclear capability, tweeting just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin...
View ArticleDefending Human Rights Abusers In Nigeria: Moribund Southwest CSOs Need To...
Defending Human Rights Abusers In Nigeria: Time For Moribund Southwest Rights CSOs To Leave The Stage And Become Full-Fledged Politicians The death of Rights CSOs and their human rights advocacy...
View ArticleNigerian Army Warns Of Boko Haram Terrorist Fleeing Sambisa Forest
The Nigerian Army has issued a terror alert saying that Boko Haram terrorists are fleeing Sambisa forest to other parts of the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, December 22, 2016, Sani Usman,...
View Article5 Weird Things Christmas Does To Lagos
Lagos is the Centre of excellence, the engine room of Nigeria and the city that never sleeps. The air of Christmas is sweeping around the city and the Xmas mood has been activated. If you are spending...
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