Blogs

Oshiomhole says there is no crisis within Lagos APC as Ambode meets with Buhari in Abuja

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole has waded into the crisis currently tearing apart the Lagos chapter of the party stating that the emergence of candidates vying for the governorship is nothing more than democracy in action.

 

Share

Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Council warns PDP that it will support APC unless vice presidency is zoned to southeast

OHANEZE Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide leaders have warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that they will mobilise their supporters to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless an Igbo candidate is picked for the vice presidency.

 

Share

Aviation minister Sirika agrees to pay off Nigeria Airways staff now that new carrier will not be launched

AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has revealed that the federal government has approved the sum of N45bn ($124m) to fund severance packages for staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways which folded in 2005 now that plans to float a new carrier have been suspended.

 

Share

Amaju Pinnick returned as NFF chairman for second term as he sees off challenge at AGM

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has been returned to office for a second term after seeing off a challenge from two opponents at today's annual general summit in Katsina where he was re-elected with 34 votes.

 

Share

US Nigerian diaspora group offers to pay Boko Haram Leah Sharibu's ransom fee

AMERICAN diaspora body the US Nigeria Law Group (USNLG) based in Washington has offered to pay the ransom demanded by terrorist sect Boko Haram for abducted schoolgirl Leah Sharibu so she can be set free.

 

Share

Tinubu offers Ambode a ministerial job if he stands down but Lagos State governor holds firm

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stepped up the pressure on Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode offering him a ministerial appointment if he agrees to stand down and endorse Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the party's candidate.

 

Share

Nigeria Air launch suspended because there was no provision for it in Nigeria's 2018 budget

NIGERIA'S planned launch of a national carrier in December has been put on hold because the government's Economic Management Team (EMT) was not impressed with the arithmetic surrounding the venture and the tight time schedule.

 

Share

Buhari asks police to halt prosecution of Senator Adeleke for exam fraud until after Osun elections

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the ongoing political drama in Osun State asking the inspector-general of police to stop planned prosecution of governorship candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke for examination malpractices.

 

Share

Nigeria and DR Congo will account for 40% of world's poor by 2050 according to new report

NIGERIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo will account for 40% of the world's poor people by 2050 according to a recent report published by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which laments the lack of economic growth in both nations.

 

Share

NFF and Rohr desperate to secure Fifa approval for Danjuma and Lookman ahead of Libya tie next month

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is desperately trying to complete the switching of allegiance of Ademola Lookman and Arnold Danjuma with Fifa before Nigeria plays Libya on October 12 so both players will be available for selection.

 

Share

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - blogs