YOBE State government authorities have released the names of 105 girls who were recently abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi last week.
FULANI cattle herdsmen leader Ahmed Yandeh has declared that his members may be willing to lay down their arms and cooperate with state governments if grazing reserves are defined and anti-grazing laws are scrapped.
NIGERIA'S Access Bank was named as having the Best Commercial Banking Capabilities at a global awards ceremony in London organised by leading global financial publishing house Euromoney.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari intends to deliver a nationwide television address soon during which he will either formally declare himself a candidate for next year's elections or announce that he will be standing down and retiring.
FORMER vice presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has lashed out at the leaders of pentecostal churches in Nigeria over the habit of collecting tithes from their followers saying nobody should be compelled to make such payments.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written a stinging letter to the party's national chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun accusing him of frustrating efforts at reconciling aggrieved members who have differences.
AUSTRALIA'S deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has decided to step down after being involved in a sex scandal that involved him having an affair with a now-pregnant former aide and now facing fresh sexual harassment claims.
TRANSPARENCY International has published its 2017 Corruption Perception Index showing that Nigeria has dropped 12 places to 148th out of the 180 places it surveyed from 136th position in 2016.
In the latest rankings, Nigeria scored 27% and is in 148th position alongside Comoros and Guinea. Botswana was ranked the least corrupt country in Africa with 61% and occupies 34th position globally.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have lashed out at their founder Nnamdi Kanu asking all other pro-Biafra groups to eschew his course of action and throw their weight behind Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
BENIN City evangelical church Glory Arena has refused to refund a sum of N111,000 ($306) to a member who accidentally paid the cash into its account saying that the giver should accept that it was an offering made to God.
YOBE State government authorities have released the names of 105 girls who were recently abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi last week.
FULANI cattle herdsmen leader Ahmed Yandeh has declared that his members may be willing to lay down their arms and cooperate with state governments if grazing reserves are defined and anti-grazing laws are scrapped.
NIGERIA'S Access Bank was named as having the Best Commercial Banking Capabilities at a global awards ceremony in London organised by leading global financial publishing house Euromoney.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari intends to deliver a nationwide television address soon during which he will either formally declare himself a candidate for next year's elections or announce that he will be standing down and retiring.
FORMER vice presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has lashed out at the leaders of pentecostal churches in Nigeria over the habit of collecting tithes from their followers saying nobody should be compelled to make such payments.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written a stinging letter to the party's national chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun accusing him of frustrating efforts at reconciling aggrieved members who have differences.
AUSTRALIA'S deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has decided to step down after being involved in a sex scandal that involved him having an affair with a now-pregnant former aide and now facing fresh sexual harassment claims.
TRANSPARENCY International has published its 2017 Corruption Perception Index showing that Nigeria has dropped 12 places to 148th out of the 180 places it surveyed from 136th position in 2016.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leaders have lashed out at their founder Nnamdi Kanu asking all other pro-Biafra groups to eschew his course of action and throw their weight behind Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
BENIN City evangelical church Glory Arena has refused to refund a sum of N111,000 ($306) to a member who accidentally paid the cash into its account saying that the giver should accept that it was an offering made to God.
