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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given the Department of State Security Services (DSS) seven days to prove to the world, with evidence and clips, how its members killed and buried Hausa/Fulani herdsmen in Abia State. The group challenged the DSS to show where the shallow graves are located, failure of which the IPOB […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Beijing called on the Nigerian and Chinese business communities to work harder to reduce the trade imbalance between both countries which is currently in China’s favour. Speaking at the opening of a Nigeria-China Business/Investment Forum, President Buhari said that trade and economic relations between both countries must be mutually-beneficial and […]

Fulani herdsmen yesterday attacked Angai and Ndole villages in Gashak Local Council area of Taraba State, killing several persons.   Following the incident, a large number of the locals have reportedly fled to the neighbouring country Cameroon and nearby local council areas.   Though the exact number of casualties is yet to be confirmed by […]

Elder statesman and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, has called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari.  The Dan Masanin Kano, noted that the problems of the oil sector, including the current fuel scarcity, cannot be solved overnight. Addressing journalists in Abuja, yesterday, […]

The Senate, Monday, advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the Senate in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on the 2016 budget, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, […]

There is no other way to put it, our normally impressive Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is very wrong on his position on the Value Added Tax (VAT) which he considers as rather low and therefore plans to increase. The VP’s position is not new.  I suspect it resonates with a number of people in […]

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has promised to always invest in Nigeria, asserting that Nigeria remains the best place to invest in the world. He urged the private sector to invest in critical areas of the economy since the Federal Government has expressed readiness to resuscitate the industrial […]

Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government. Against the objection of government, the court ruled in Abuja that it has […]

Elder brother of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as Shiite group,  Muhammad Sani Yaqoob, yesterday said he is very happy with the actions taken by the Nigerian Army in the last December clash between the Army and the Shi’ites in Zaria. Muhammad Sani Yaqoob, made the submission at the ongoing […]

When Dauda Yama retrieved his mobile phone from a neighbour’s house in January this year, he noticed a missed call from his daughter Saratu who had been missing for almost two years. The last time he spoke with Saratu was on April 14, 2014, when she rang to say men from the Islamist group Boko […]

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, on Monday accused his colleagues at the National Assembly of expunging the Lagos-Calabar rail project from the 2016 budget. The committee on Appropriation had since Sunday denied that the project was expunged as according to its chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the project was never included […]

The Lagos State Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit has begun prosecution of recalcitrant tax payers in the state, the state government said on Monday. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, who disclosed this, said that the Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit has filled all the necessary information at the State High Court for […]