Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, impeached
Brazil’s Senate has removed President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. Sixty-one Senators against 20 voted in favour of the impeachment Wednesday. Ms...
Monthly Archive: August 2016
Nigeria, UK okay deal on return of looted assets
……British government to reveal owners of stashed funds Nigeria and Britain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the modalities for the return of...
Flood: Gov. Sani Bello Calls for FG’s Intervention
Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has called for federal government quick intervention to address various ecological challenges devastating several communities in eight local...
We Are Done With The Attacks, Niger Delta Avengers Assures Buhari
The militants whose attacks have caused a huge dip in Nigeria’s oil exports, forcing the economy into a big crisis, said last night that they...
Again, aviation fuel shortage grounds domestic flights
Super Eagles and Watford Football Club of England forward, Odion Ighalo, was one of the passengers stranded in Lagos on Monday as perennial fuel scarcity...
Dalung orders NFF to settle Siasia’s emoluments
Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has charged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay the U-23 national team’s Coach, Samson Siasia, all his emoluments.Siasia...
Tech firm mulls payment service ‘to drive cashless Nigeria’
Nigerian software company, AppZone, says it is launching a new social mobile payment platform to enhance online payment service in the country. Appzone says its...
Kuje Prison riot: Boko Haram prisoner caught with 25 phones
Sporadic gunfire caused pandemonium at Kuje Prison, Abuja, on Monday, following a riot by some inmates, who resisted the attempt by prison officials to search...
Hawking Bill: Hawkers in Cross River laud Government
Some hawkers in Cross River State on Sunday commended the state government for initiating the Hawkers’ Rights Protection Bill and urged the state’s House of Assembly to...
IDPs: Poor Sanitation could become deadlier than Boko Haram
The cosmopolitan city of Lagos is probably the last place you will hope to find Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Nigeria. Those who flee conflict...