AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has seen his net value fall by about $15bn over the last three years according to Forbes magazine which estimates that he is now worth $10.3bn compared with $25bn in 2015.
IGBO socio-cultural umbrella organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied endorsing former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its candidate in next month's presidential elections saying that only a few of its elders endorsed him in their personal capacities.
FORMER Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is being lined up for a spectacular return to management with the Qatar national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup which the Middle Eastern country is due to host.
AIR Peace's all female air crew successfully averted the trafficking of a three day old boy in Port Harcourt over the weekend after noticing that a woman boarded their flight with a bay and was handling him awkwardly prompting them to call the police.
SEVEN Fulani communities from Giwa and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State have petitioned the state and federal government to bemoan the incessant killings of their kinsmen and confiscation of their cattle by vigilantes and soldiers.
PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) officials in Jigawa State have accused the police of tear-gassing its members attempting to hold a rally in Gumel Local Government Area and thus preventing them from holding their gathering.
SOLDIERS blocked all the major highways in and out of Yobe and Borno states earlier today in a desperate bid to end the Boko Haram menace that has become a major headache over the last few weeks as the terrorist sect has stepped up its attacks of late.
ALL ACTION Congress (AAC) aspirant Omoyele Sowore has suffered a setback in his quest to participate in this month's presidential debate after an Abuja high court refused to declare his exclusion from the televised discussion illegal.
NIGERIA lost an estimated $2.8bn during the course of 2018 due to oil-related crimes according to a recent report by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (Unowas).
In the report, which covered the period from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, there was also an increase in drug trafficking throughout West Africa and the Sahel. It, however, attributed the loss of revenue to maritime crime, oil bunkering and the theft of crude oil from pipelines and facilities.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has denied insinuations that he asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop investigating former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio after he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has seen his net value fall by about $15bn over the last three years according to Forbes magazine which estimates that he is now worth $10.3bn compared with $25bn in 2015.
IGBO socio-cultural umbrella organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied endorsing former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its candidate in next month's presidential elections saying that only a few of its elders endorsed him in their personal capacities.
FORMER Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is being lined up for a spectacular return to management with the Qatar national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup which the Middle Eastern country is due to host.
AIR Peace's all female air crew successfully averted the trafficking of a three day old boy in Port Harcourt over the weekend after noticing that a woman boarded their flight with a bay and was handling him awkwardly prompting them to call the police.
SEVEN Fulani communities from Giwa and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State have petitioned the state and federal government to bemoan the incessant killings of their kinsmen and confiscation of their cattle by vigilantes and soldiers.
PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) officials in Jigawa State have accused the police of tear-gassing its members attempting to hold a rally in Gumel Local Government Area and thus preventing them from holding their gathering.
SOLDIERS blocked all the major highways in and out of Yobe and Borno states earlier today in a desperate bid to end the Boko Haram menace that has become a major headache over the last few weeks as the terrorist sect has stepped up its attacks of late.
ALL ACTION Congress (AAC) aspirant Omoyele Sowore has suffered a setback in his quest to participate in this month's presidential debate after an Abuja high court refused to declare his exclusion from the televised discussion illegal.
NIGERIA lost an estimated $2.8bn during the course of 2018 due to oil-related crimes according to a recent report by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (Unowas).
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has denied insinuations that he asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop investigating former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio after he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
