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Lai Mohammed says Nigeria will react accordingly to the US ill-conceived visa ban

NIGERIA'S information minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described plans by the US government to add the country to a list of nations that will be placed on a visa ban list as ill-conceived and one that will attract a reaction

 

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Governor Samuel Ortom escapes assassination as herdsmen shoot at him while on his farm

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State narrowly escaped death last week when armed hoodlums suspected to be Fulani cattle herdsmen shot at him while he was on his farm at Adeke along the Makurdi-Naka road.

 

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Gernot Rohr to continue as Eagles coach as he plans agreeing a new contract next month

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has said he is planning to continue in his job on the run-up to the 2022 World Cup and will as such meet with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials next month to agree on the terms of his new contract.

 

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Ekweremadu reacts to creation of Amotekun by planning to reintroduce state police bill

FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu has reacted to the recent formation of the regional outfit Amotekun by planning to reintroduce a bill introducing state police forces in the National Assembly.

 

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Nigeria should make attracting French automobile manufacturers coming to open electric car plants her main target at the forthcoming Franco-African trade summit coming up in June

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Between June 4 and 6 later this year, France will become the next country to host an African economic summit. As was the recent case with the Chinese, Japanese, Russian and UK summits, at this French conference, 54 African leaders will be brought together to discuss investment opportunities

(2) What makes the French summit unique though is its emphasis on the environment, clean energy and an emphasis on the subject of climate change

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Akpabio loses Akwa Ibom election re-run as PDP sweep the polls in federal and state polls

NIGER Delta minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has lost the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District election re-run after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) declared Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner.

 

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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries denies its churches are packed with single females

EVANGELICAL church the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has denied reports that it has the highest number of single ladies in the country claiming that it has conducted over 150,000 weddings over the last decade.

 

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Wife sentenced to death by hanging for killing her husband who was son of former PDP chairman

AN Abuja federal high court has sentenced housewife Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for killing her husband Bilyamin Mohammed Bello in November 2017 when she stabbed him to death with a broken bottle.

 

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Amotekun operatives will have the power of arrest under bill set to be presented on February 6

MEMBERS of the Western Nigeria Security Network popularly known as Amotekun will be empowered to make arrests under the law that will birth the initiative currently being drafted by the six state houses of assembly in the southwest geo-political zone.

 

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Bournemouth join the race to sign Ademola Lookman before transfer window closes

ENGLISH Premier League strugglers Bournemouth have reignited their interest in Nigerian winger Ademola Lookman with a view to bringing him to England during the current transfer window that closes later this week.

 

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