A former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, on Wednesday expressed his optimism that the Eagles would qualify for the African Cup of Nations. Chukwu, who was also Captain of the defunct Green Eagles was speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the Eagles have
The Organised Labour says it will meet on Thursday to take final decision on the new National Minimum Wage for workers, following the delay by the Federal Government to announce its figure. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday
The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in February 2019. Mr Phillip Franz, a political officer in the US embassy in Nigeria, stated this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina. The presidential election that will
FORMER national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, says President Muhammadu Buhari is history. Speaking with Daily Independent, Agbakoba said under Buhari’s leadership, Nigeria is now “broken politically, strategically, morally, and completely bankrupt.” He said the president had lost the goodwill with which he rode to power in 2015. He added that
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has executed Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), TheCable has been informed. The terrorists also vowed to keep Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl, as “a slave for life”, TheCable exclusively gathered. In a short clip
DIRECTOR of media of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, says Nigeria is the best-performing economy in Africa. The senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) also said the federal government has re-introduced “oil (subsidy) premium” in the 2019 budget proposal. Speaking on Channels TV on Monday, Keyamo said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by
THE spokesperson of the Atiku campaign organisation, Segun Sowunmi, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has zero integrity. Sowunmi said this on Monday when he featured on a Channels TV programme alongside Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the Buhari re-election campaign organisation. He also dismissed Buhari’s anti-graft war, saying Nigeria’s economy “ran into a slump because of
Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has sued the All Progressives Congress(APC) for disqualifying him as a governorship aspirant in Oyo state on account of not presenting the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme discharge certificate. He claimed it was wrong for APC to disqualify him from the governorship primary election for not presenting the certificate.
The Presidency yesterday denied releasing the names of the 50 persons placed on travel ban over corruption cases. The Federal Government had on Saturday announced the banning of 50 high profile persons from traveling abroad over corruption cases. The ban was sequel to the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for the full implementation of Executive
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies are chasing away investors. Atiku who condemned Buhari’s move to ban 50 Nigerians from traveling, in a statement by his Media Office, yesterday said the move was