Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council urges Buhari to name Ogbonnaya Onu as secretary to the federal government

PAN-Igbo organisation the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (ONYC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint former minister of science and technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as the new secretary to the government of the federation.

 

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PDP senators meet and elect Abia South's Enyinnaya Abaribe as senate minority leader

CONTROVERSIAL Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who once stood bail for Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been elected as the new senate majority leader by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

 

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Chuka Umunna joins Liberal Democrats prompting Labour Party to call for a bye-election

NIGERIAN-born Member of Parliament for Streatham Chuka Umunna has joined the Liberal Democrats just four months after he left the Labour Party and founded a new political association known as Change UK.

 

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Aisha Buhari drops modest title of wife of the president in favour of more flambouyant First Lady

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has done an about turn on how she wishes to be addressed announcing that from henceforth she wishes to be referred to as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

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If armed Fulanis can build kidnapping camps in our forests it means we can build farming plantations there too 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has presided over his first session as speaker as the Federal House of Representatives and during the plenary two motions were presented. One was from Hon Muraina Ajibola of Oyo State who moved a motion on the need to address the spate of killing and kidnapping across country. It was unanimously accepted 

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Government considers lifting restriction on vehicle imports through Nigeria's land borders

NIGERIA may relax the ban on the importation of vehicles through her land borders following the recent successful implementation of a new initiative by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Customs Service of the Republic of Benin.
 

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Tyson Fury mocks Anthony Joshua saying his career is over after he lost to a short little fat guy

ONE of Anthony Joshua's potential future opponents heavyweight Tyson Fury had declared that the former champion's boxing career is over following his shock loss to little-fancied challenger Andy Ruiz on June 1.

 

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Orji Uzor Kalu tipped to become senate majority leader as APC looks to compensate southeast

FORMER Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is being tipped to become either the next majority leader or chief whip of the senate in a bid to compensate the southeast geo-political zone for losing out on key National Assembly leadership positions.

 

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Super Falcons coach attributes yesterday's victory over South Korea to improved discipline

SUPER Falcons head coach Thomas Dennerby has attributed yesterday's 2-0 victory over South Korea in the ongoing Fifa Women's World Cup to an improvement in discipline as his wards played together as a unit better than they did in their first match.

 

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First ever African Cultural Gala Night to hold in London on October 19

Cultural icon and celebrity talking drummer Ayan De First is to host the first-ever African Cultural Gala Night (ACGN) at the Palm Hotel in London on Saturday October 19 2019.

 

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