PROTESTERS demanding the recreation of the defunct Republic of Biafra and campaigning against the alleged marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria demonstrated near Buckingham palace yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari met with Prime Minister Theresa May.
ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season ending his 22 year spell in north London and putting an end to speculation about his future.
Wenger, 68, will leave a year before his existing contract is due to expire having led the club to three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups. Appointed on 1 October 1996, the Frenchman is the Premier League's current longest-serving manager and has taken charge of a record 823 games.
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has joined in the condemnation of President Muhammadu Buhari over his comments yesterday that Nigerian youth are lazy and expect the government to provide them with free social services for nothing.
NIGERIA'S senate has resumed sitting this afternoon after being closed due to pandemonium this morning following an attack by persons thought to be thugs hired by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who was recently suspended for 90 legislative days.
FORMER finance minister and secretary to the federal government Chief Olu Falae has castigated the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of not performing well expressing surprise that the president is seeking a second term given this.
LAGOS paramount ruler Oba Rilwanu Akiolu has given President Muhammadu Buhari stringent conditions that must be met before he backs his re-election campaign stating that the state must be given special status if the presidency wants him to back a second term.
BENUE State government officials have revealed shocking statistics showing that as many as 300,000 school-age pupils are not attending school because of the disruption caused by the Fulani cattle herdsmen menace.
IMO State governor Rochas Okorocha has promised that he will not loot the state's treasury when he leaves office next year as has become the norm across Nigeria with those vacating office generally leaving the coffers empty.
BRITISH visa applicant Kolawole Viyon has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for giving false information about his marital status when filling in an application form.
NIGERIAN health workers are poised to begin a nationwide strike as from midnight following the inability of the government and the Joint Health Sector Union (Johesu) to reach an agreement.
PROTESTERS demanding the recreation of the defunct Republic of Biafra and campaigning against the alleged marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria demonstrated near Buckingham palace yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari met with Prime Minister Theresa May.
ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season ending his 22 year spell in north London and putting an end to speculation about his future.
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has joined in the condemnation of President Muhammadu Buhari over his comments yesterday that Nigerian youth are lazy and expect the government to provide them with free social services for nothing.
NIGERIA'S senate has resumed sitting this afternoon after being closed due to pandemonium this morning following an attack by persons thought to be thugs hired by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who was recently suspended for 90 legislative days.
FORMER finance minister and secretary to the federal government Chief Olu Falae has castigated the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of not performing well expressing surprise that the president is seeking a second term given this.
LAGOS paramount ruler Oba Rilwanu Akiolu has given President Muhammadu Buhari stringent conditions that must be met before he backs his re-election campaign stating that the state must be given special status if the presidency wants him to back a second term.
BENUE State government officials have revealed shocking statistics showing that as many as 300,000 school-age pupils are not attending school because of the disruption caused by the Fulani cattle herdsmen menace.
IMO State governor Rochas Okorocha has promised that he will not loot the state's treasury when he leaves office next year as has become the norm across Nigeria with those vacating office generally leaving the coffers empty.
BRITISH visa applicant Kolawole Viyon has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for giving false information about his marital status when filling in an application form.
NIGERIAN health workers are poised to begin a nationwide strike as from midnight following the inability of the government and the Joint Health Sector Union (Johesu) to reach an agreement.
