UN blasts Nigeria for human trafficking (Guardian) The United Nations on Monday criticised Nigeria for failing to tackle human trafficking, after a human rights mission looked at efforts to stamp out the organised trade in people. “What is being done…
Nigeria’s economy woes to continue in Buhari’s next coming- HSBC (Thisday)
In its own report, put together by its Global Research Unit, entitled, ‘Nigeria, Papering over the Cracks,’ HSBC said Nigeria’s current economic struggles look set to continue if Buhari wins a second term in office. According to the financial institution,…
PDP presidential aspirant Ibrahim Shekarau defects to APC (PMNews) *FG ‘deliberately corrupting Osun Voters’ With Trader Moni – Oby Ezekwezili (Guardian)
PDP presidential aspirant Ibrahim Shekarau defects to APC (PMNews) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has led a delegation of bigwigs of the party to formally meet Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano. The…
Politicians also cry: Nigerian leaders who have shed a tear- Goddey Odin
Call it crocodile tears if you like but politicians also cry and not a few of them have done it within the public glare. But is this public display of emotion a sincere expression or a way to curry political…
APC govs in danger as party threatens to cancel indirect primaries (Vanguard)
All Progressives Congress, APC, governors bidding to use the indirect or consensus options in producing party candidates were, yesterday, coming under fresh threats with the injunction that a protest from any stakeholder or aspirant will lead to the cancellation of…
‘Old things have passed away…’ come back home, FG begs Nigerians abroad
The federal government has appealed to Nigerians in the diaspora to return home and help build the Nigeria of everybody’s dream, assuring them that things are changing in the country. Ogbonnaya Onu, the minister of Science and technology, made the…
Buhari not sympathetic to killer herdsmen – Presidency (Vanguard)
The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed as wicked and unfounded the conclusion by a media house that President Muhammadu Buhari is sympathetic to the activities of violent herdsmen. A national newspaper in its editorial had accused the President of being indifferent…
Buhari assures China of secured investment in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday assured existing and prospective Chinese investors of high-level support for their investment plans in Nigeria. The assurance was made on the sideline of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. According to a…
Atiku is wrong. Buhari is not power drunk – Aso Rock
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was quoted by a foreign news medium as accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of being “very uncompromising, also power drunk; (and) who will not be ready to leave power without a fight.” “Rather than use the…
A taxi driver told me about arms in Clark’s residence – Informant (Punch) *Buhari picks Presidential Form (Vanguard)
A taxi driver told me about arms in Clark’s residence – Informant (Punch) An informant, Ismail Yakubu, has narrated how he instigated the raid on the residence of the elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, by armed policemen…