Read full statement I received with sadness the policy of the government of the United States of America to place Nigeria on its travel ban list. While I understand the reasons given by the Trump administration (the failure of the Muhammadu Buhari led administration to share information and to address issues of terrorism), the ban…
Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan won’t be allowed to apply for visas to immigrate to U.S The Trump administration is banning immigration from Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, and three other countries in an expansion of its policy blocking travel from seven other nations. Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan won’t be…
Widows of slain military officers and soldiers particularly those fighting the war against terrorism have protested the continuous release of murderous Boko Haram terrorists on the grounds that they have repented. National Vice President of Military Widows Association, Mrs Edith Opesanmi who spoke on their behalf during the seminar by the ‘Support Our Troops Foundation’…
Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, has said the the newly formed South-West security outfit, Amotekun, should be used to fight ritual killings, saying the menace is deadlier and recurrent than attacks from Fulani herdsmen in the reg In a statement released by Alli Ibraheem, his press secretary, the monarch lamented the rate of…
Gombe – Seven suspected cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in Gombe State, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ahmed Gana, has disclosed. Gana made this disclosure in Gombe on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the outbreak and spread of the disease in the country. He said that out of the seven suspected cases,…
Popular Nollywood actress, Toyosi Adesanya, popularly known as ‘Sisi Alagbo’ was on Monday attacked by unknown gunmen on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, our correspondent gathered. As at the time of this report, details surrounding the incident are still sketchy. It was, however, gathered that her driver, Juwon Awe was brutally killed by the assailants. Adesanya was…
The Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari till Friday to submit the list of ministerial nominees for screening, failure of which the red chamber will proceed on its two-month annual recess. In line with its annual calendar, the National Assembly is meant to go on its annual recess on July 26 and resume on September…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday fulfilled his campaign promise to publicly declare his assets. The Governor, who visited the Oyo state office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan to receive a copy of the asset declaration form said that his decision to make the assets public was in fulfillment…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has overruled the objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Muhammad Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress, to the request by the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to play some video clips at the Monday’s hearing of their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019…
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, sympathized with Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the loss of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, to suspected herdsmen who attacked her vehicle and other travellers on Lagos -Ore express way. Tofowomo described the loss as an irreparable loss, he urged the police to…