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President Muhammadu Buhari has said African countries can survive the current economic and financial challenges with home-grown innovations. He also said African Central Banks have been at their best in keeping African economies afloat through proactive and effective combination of conventional and innovative monetary policies.  The president said this while declaring open the annual Assembly […]

 President Muhammadu Buhari while Receiving the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Asharaf Abdelkader Salama at State House on Thursday in Abuja said his administration will restore confidence in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by fast-tracking their voluntary return, rehabilitation and reintegration into the society. The President who communicated this through his Special Adviser to the […]

Former Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola while speaking as guest speaker at the 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents in Lagos revealed the that Nigeria can not rely on gas alone to solve the country’s power problems. Fashola who was represented by Mr Chinedu Ugbo, acting Chairman, Niger Delta Power […]

A Federal High Court ruling in Abuja has declared that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State  won the first appeal with respect to the judgments of the Federal High Court in Abuja 27th June removing him from office.  Ikpeazu’s appeal was with respect to the ruling delivered in a Federal High Court in Abuja by […]

A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Olisaemeka Akamukale, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to concentrate more effort on reducing the economic hardship in the country. Olisameka lamented that Nigerians are fast losing patience with the administration.  The BoT member also alleged that about three serving ministers […]

Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa has been arrested by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency arrested the former governor for the N350 million he signed and collected from Fidelity Bank ahead of last year’s presidential election.  Udenwa was confronted with documents to prove that he collected the cash […]

The Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction has explained why it did not conduct elections into its national offices despite its earlier insistence that the convention will hold in compliance with a 4th July  Federal High court judgement in Port Harcourt. Publicity secretary of the National Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye made the revelation […]

Ekiti State Governor. Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wants the‎ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dead because the APC does not want a virile opposition to challenge its obnoxious policies and inability to tackle the problems confronting the country. Speaking in Port Harcourt on Wednesday on the sideline of the […]

The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. The Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday from Saudi Arabia said that the three pilgrims were among the first batch of 505 Pilgrims from Kwara, and […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday extended the tenure of Senator Ahmed Markafi- led caretaker committee by one year. The party reconvened at its Rivers State secretariat in Port Harcourt after armed security operatives sealed off the Sharks International Stadium venue of the convention. Elections of national officers were removed from the day’s business after […]

The Imo Police Command said it has arrested a soldier attached to the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi State, for leading an armed robbery gang of four. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, who presented the suspect to newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri, said the culprit (name witheld),was the leader of an armed robbery gang […]

The National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ahmed Makarfi has inaugurated the National Executive Committee of the party. Senator Makarfi in a closed session meeting Performed the inauguration at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said that the National Executive Committee, NEC, include the Board, The PDP Governors, National […]