Category: Nigeria

Caption: British member of parliament, Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake outside the Nigerian Embassy in London. Photo/Twitter:Tom Brake MP A British member of parliament, Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake launched a protest at Nigerian Nigerian embassy in London, to demand the release of Leah Sharibu. Leah was one of the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped in Dapchi, […]

– says alleged killing was “figment of the imagination of the foreign news agency” – Such false narratives are deliberate attempts to promote insurgency in Nigeria – It’s unfortunate some sections of international media fabricate stories that don’t exist – urges Nigerians to disregard propaganda stories credited to terrorists Contrary to reports that about 30 […]

– assures credible 2019 polls – says police, law enforcement agencies, INEC must respect wishes of the people – Nigerians in Diaspora pray for successful elections President Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed his commitment to making sure that the 2019 polls, under his watch, will be free, fair and credible. Besides, he said that as a […]

A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday disagreed with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on his statement on restructuring, stressing that the country needs restructuring to boost its economy. Disclosing how restructuring would change Nigeria’s economy, Atiku via his tweeter handle, averred that restructuring would foster the spirit of co-operation and consensus […]

Ex- military Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd) has narrated how former President Goodluck Jonathan was persuaded to concede defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari after the result of the 2015 Presidential election was released. Abubakar, who spoke at the 2018 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) noted that the beginning of […]

By Femi Mimiko Assuming without necessarily conceding that US President Donald J. Trump’s alleged characterisation of President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘lifeless’ were true, it would still be highly preposterous for the US President to have made such an incendiary comment on his Nigerian counterpart. This is not because Trump does not have a history of […]

– says 87 million Nigerians living below $1.90 a day British Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May, has painted a grim picture of economic inequality in Nigeria and many other countries in Africa. May, who is visiting Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa this week, made the comment in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday. The Prime […]

The Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, has called on the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to use her state visit to Nigeria to uncover the alleged dismal state of the country by resisting what it called “choreographed plan by the Buhari Presidency to hoodwink her for an endorsement stunt.” The party also called on the British leader […]

– accuse Vice President of insincerity, contradicting himself – say nation’s development being frustrated by prevailing unbalanced federation, unjust political system The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, on Tuesday, said the recent approbation and reprobation on the concept of restructuring by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, indicated that “he is blinded by the unmerited position […]