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Ambush on Governor’s convoy: Borno to provide supports to family of deceased
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has promised to provide livelihood and educational supports to the family of those killed in Boko Haram attack on his convoy.
The governor, who met with the…
Mali crisis: ECOWAS leaders to meet again as Buhari, Jonathan parley in Abuja
Heads of State and Government of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may soon meet again to review the situation in Mali.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media…
Togo appoints first female prime minister
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation.
Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday.
A…
ICPC recovers N2.5b diverted by deceased staff of Agric Ministry
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) says it has found over N2.5b diverted by a deceased worker with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
Apart from the diverted funds, the commission…
Court fines senator Abbo N50m for assaulting woman at sex-toy shop
An Abuja High Court, on Monday, awarded N50m damages against the senator representing Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo for beating up a female attendant at a sex toy shop.
Justice Samira Bature, in her judgment, ordered the Senator…
UN experts urge Nigeria to release 22-year-old sentenced to death for blasphemy
United Nations human rights experts have called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song shared on social media.
The experts…
Turkey indicts six more Saudis over Khashoggi murder
Turkish prosecutors have indicted six new Saudis suspected of involvement in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, local media reported on Monday.
Istanbul prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for two of…
Courts’ Funding: 36 State Governors drag Buhari to Supreme Court
Governors of the 36 States of the federation have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to the Supreme Court over the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 which he signed in May this year.
The governors lamented that the…
Nigeria @ 60: Our walls are not yet broken, but there are cracks says Osinbajo
As the nation marks its 60th Independence Anniversary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the celebration could herald a rebirth Nigeria, noting that though there are cracks threatening the country’s unity, the walls are not yet…
Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax in 2016 — NY Times
United States President Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the US presidential election, the New York Times wrote in an explosive investigative report late Sunday.
The president, a…