Новости за 15.09.2016

John Alechenu and Fidelis Soriwei A faction of Boko Haram loyal to Abubakar Shekau has released a new video in which it threatened to capture or kill President Muhammadu Buhari. The sect also threatened to deal with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. The video was viewed by one of our correspondents […]

John Alechenu and Olusola Fabiyi The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to leave office immediately. But before quitting, the former ruling party asked the President to return the country to how he met it when he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The spokesperson and a member of the party’s National […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared wanted the immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Shema, over an alleged N76bn fraud. It was learnt that the EFCC declared him wanted sequel to allegations levelled against him by his successor, Governor Aminu Masari. In a gazette signed by the spokesman […]

Tunde Odesola, Adeniyi Olugbemi and Peter Dada Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday opposed the calls for the restructuring of the country, but advocated that the states should get higher revenue allocations than the Federal Government. Tambuwal, who said this during the Sallah visit by some groups to him in Sokoto, said the existing […]

Abimbola Adelakun Some weeks ago, an online lynch mob went for the head of the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, after he had shared his opinions on marriage at a ministers’ conference in his church. Adeboye, in reality, did not say anything dissimilar to what most parental figures […]

New UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin has been a high profile lawyer and likes to take a risk but had no record in football until he took over Slovenia’s his football federation in 2011. The 48-year-old has often appeared on Slovenian television speaking for high-profile defendants represented by his family law firm. The clean shaven-headed Ceferin […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja In order to finance the 2016 budget, the Federal Government is to raise $1bn through the issuance of Eurobonds by November, investigation has shown. The amount to be raised from the international bonds market is part of the $4.5bn that the Federal Government plans to borrow from the market in three years. […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Acting Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Akpotaire, has advised electricity companies carved out of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria to borrow from foreign and local sources to improve electricity generation and distribution in the country. Akpotaire gave the advice during the commencement of the agency’s […]

Nigeria’s men’s para-table tennis team on Wednesday at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games caused a major upset in the class 4-5 when they defeated Poland. This was after they failed to make a podium finish in the singles event. Nigeria’s Ahmed Koleosho and Nick Emmanuel, who were debutants at the Games, turned the table against […]