Month: October 2017

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has “derailed” barely two years in office, but blamed the Peoples Democratic Party for obstructing the president’s efforts to make Nigeria better. “There is no doubt that we have derailed because we are not doing what we say we want

Former President Barack Obama reportedly plans to show up for jury duty next month after being called to serve in Cook County, Illinois. “He made it crystal clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident of this community,” Tim Evans, chief judge of the

Chinese geologists have warned North Korea that the consequences could be catastrophic if it conducts another test at the mountainous Punggye-ri nuclear facility, the South China Morning Post reports. North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test at the facility, situated roughly 50 miles from China’s border, in early September. After the test, a senior Chinese

Brazilian President Michel Temer has undergone a successful operation in a Sao Paulo hospital to reduce the size of his prostate. His office disclosed this in a statement late on Friday night, saying that he was recovering after the surgery. The statement said Temer spent the night in the hospital in a semi-intensive care unit.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Ibadan said that the effect of corruption in Nigeria was being shouldered by the youths who he described as vulnerable and defenceless. Obasanjo said this during the 2017 annual public lecture of the Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Initiative (DOHAL). Dorcas is the late daughter of the founder of

By Chief Olu Falae You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central to the Yoruba position. The Yoruba position is my position and it is the same position I canvassed in my book, ‘The