Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has confirmed that his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari is not palatable to some party men. The loyalty has pitted him against some of the bigwigs in the ruling APC. Oyegun said he was being persecuted because of his loyalty to the present administration. Oyegun
A total of 47 inmates of the Awka prisons have benefited from the humanitarian outreach of a group of wives of cabinet chiefs in Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra state. The group, under the aegis of the “Otu Odu Eze”, presented a cheque of N300,000 to offset the fees of the inmates due to seat for the Junior
The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Nikolay Udovichenko has said that the development of nuclear technologies is capable of bridging the deficit in Nigeria’s infrastructure. Nigeria and Russia, in 2016, signed an agreement for the construction of a multifunctional nuclear centre in Nigeria “We are confident that the development of these nuclear technologies would strengthen
Oil prices have touched two-and-a-half year highs in light volume boosted by an explosion on a crude pipeline in Libya and voluntary OPEC-led supply cuts. Libya has lost around 90,000 bpd of crude oil from a blast on a pipeline feeding Es Sider port, a Libyan oil source said, adding that NOC was still assessing
Bauchi State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board has informed that the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) allocated 3,090 slots to Bauchi State for the 2018 Hajj exercise. Executive Secretary of the board, Abdullahi Hardawa, disclosed this in Bauchi while briefing journalists in on the plans for the 2018 Hajj operations. He said that registration for
Some domestic and international airlines on Wednesday delayed or cancelled flights at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, due to adverse weather conditions. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the affected flights involved are Air Peace, Dana Air, Arik Air, Azman and Air France. NAN reports that the affected cities are Port Harcourt, Owerri,
Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan says Liberia is becoming a model of democracy in Africa and beyond, having attained “political stability’’. Jonathan told newsmen in the capital, Monrovia, during presidential run-off election, that democracy had been institutionalised in Liberia. He spoke in his capacity as co-leader of the United States’ National Democratic Institute (NDI) International
A Kano based non-governmental advocacy group, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has decried the spate of violence against women on the internet, describing it as an infringement to their human rights. The group in a research document presented on Wednesday identified facebook, Twitter, Instagram and viber as major social media platforms where
The ministry of power says the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) successfully transmitted 5,222 megawatts of power to the national grid, the highest transmission in the country’s history. The ministry announced this in a tweet early this week. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN) recorded a new national peak with the transmission of 5,222.3 mega
Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is currently in the hospital following a bike accident. Garba Shehu, spokesman of the president, confirmed this, saying the president’s son broke a limb and had a head injury in the accident which occurred in Abuja on Tuesday night. “Yusuf Buhari had a bike accident last night