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  Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has lambasted the United States for the delay in designating Boko Haram a terror group, paying glowing tributes to Leah Sharibu in an ode to Leah and Chibok girls. Soyinka, who spoke at Georgetown University, Washington, also likened Leah Sharibu to iconic human rights champion, the late Dr. Nelson Mandela of South Africa. “We …

  The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced stiffer and stricter visa application processes for Nigerians . The embassy said in a statement on Tuesday that henceforth , all applicants including frequent travellers who used to use the drop box method would now have to appear for interviews each time they applied . It , however, said diplomatic and …

  The Majority Leader and candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Speaker in the Ninth National Assembly , Mr Femi Gbajabiamila , has said he now has the numbers to win the seat at the House of Representatives leadership election . Chairman of the Gbajabiamila Speakership Campaign Council, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin , who addressed journalists in Abuja on Tuesday …

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is upset with the level of poverty in Nigeria. The president made his feelings known when he hosted Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Ministers, Service Chiefs, Heads of Security Agencies and Chief Executives of Federal Government Agencies and Institutions to a breaking of fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He also frowned at the inability …

  The Federal Government did not give Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association money during its recent meeting with the group in Birnin Kebbi , the Minister of Interior , retired Lt. -Gen . Abdulrahman Dambazau said on Monday . The minister spoke in Anka , Zamfara State , on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen . He described information that …

BREAKING: Tribunal Asked To Stop Buhari’s Inauguration   A political party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP), has filed a motion seeking an order of the presidential election tribunal restraining President Muhammadu Buhari from presenting himself to be sworn-in on May 29th, 2019. The party is also seeking an order restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria from swearing-in, administering the oath of …

The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission ,Mr Nuhu Ribadu ,has arrived the Tuesday’s proceedings of the presidential election petition tribunal in Abuja . When the matters slated for the day ,the petition filled by Hope Democratic party and its candidate, Ambrose Awuru ,was called ,Ribadu a top member of the APC from Adamawa state ,announced himself …

BREAKING: Tribunal Asked To Stop Buhari’s Inauguration.

How can a state as poor as Abia have a monthly pension liability of N830m? – Abia govt Abia State government has blamed the civil service system for the huge wage bill and pension arrears bedeviling the state and questioned why should  have a pension liability of N830m. Ikpeazu Commissioner for Financ e, Mr. Obinna Oriaku, who disclosed this in …

  The governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, on Monday lamented the level of insecurity in the state, blaming it on a notorious criminal, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana. According to Ortom, Gana, who he said was trained by terrorist Boko Haram, has made three local government areas in the state unsafe and is responsible for the kidnappings happening between …