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President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, announced the approval of N3 billion to procure medical and relief materials to victims of flooding in some parts of the country. In his Twitter handle, Buhari tweeted ‘’I have approved 3 billion Naira for the procurement of medical and relief materials to meet the needs of victims of the flooding. NEMA is also providing me with regular updates on the situation.’’ Recall that 21 persons lost their lives in a flood disaster that ravaged parts of Jigawa State, an official has said. The victims included two children, the executive secretary, Jigawa State…

Twenty years after Muhammadu Buhari stated that General Sani Abacha, who ruled the country from 1993 to 1998 did not loot the national treasury, the President on Saturday took exception to the unflattering remarks about him by the global bank, HSBC, alleging that the conglomerate laundered about $100 million for the Nigeria’s late dictator. Buhari, who ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 as head of state, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled from 1985 to 1992, gave the late Abacha the clean bill in Kano on June 8, 2008, 10 years after the rememberance prayers that marked…

The Nigeria’s social media critic and public commentator has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over what  he described as lack of concern on the killing of a pastor and 50 Christians in Adamawa State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.   Femi Fani-Kayode, in his Twitter handle on Sunday wrote ‘’Fulani terrorists killed a Lutheran priest and 51 other Christians in Gon, Nzumosu, Bolki,Nyanga and Bukuto villages in Numan LGA,Adamawa state yesterday yet not a word from Buhari.   Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation lamented, ‘’All he is concerned about is a hurricane in America and the vote of…

A 33-year-old Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, Sunday, set the new world record by finishing the Berlin Marathon in less than two hours and two minutes, Kipchoge, who had won twice before in Berlin, raised the bar for marathon runners across the globe, setting an extraordinary time of 2:01:39 and beating a 2014 world record by compatriot Dennis Kimetto, which was also set in Germany’s capital. Regarded as one of the greatest long-distance runners of his generation, he won in Berlin in 2015 and 2017, positing times of 2:04:00 and 2:03:32 respectively. “I lack words to describe this day,” said Kipchoge, a former…

Like every country in the world, Nigeria has many professionals. Lawyers are among the core professionals in their field of study. Ideally, some lawyers specialise in corporate area (small and medium businesses, large corporations), banking debts recovery, criminal defense, property issues, immigration, divorce, public interest, transactions, etc. Any of these specializations can bring a lot of money to the practitioner if he grows into a professional, highly experienced and lucky person. Becoming one of the top richest lawyers in Nigeria depends on the person’s destiny, character, and hard work. Who are the richest lawyers in Nigeria? Our selection of ‘who…

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 on penalties in the final of the 2018 WAFU Zone B U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers played on Saturday, September 15. The Golden Eaglets beat host Niger Republic 2-1 in the semifinal while Ghana who defeated Cote D’ Ivoire in the other fixture to set up a final between the West African rivals. By defeating the Black Starlets in the final of the WAFU Zone B, the Golden Eaglets get ticket to represent he zone at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled to…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation/Chevron Joint Venture spent more than N20.6 billion on 600 programmes through the Chevron Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU since 2005. Mr. Esimaje Brikinnin, General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, PGPA, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, stated this at the graduation ceremony and presentation of starter packs to the trainees under Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC. Represented by Sam Daibo, the Area Manager, PGPA Field Operation, Brikinn noted that the success of the capacity building/training programme “reinforces CNL’s belief that the process that is community-driven can stimulate quicker community development, than processes and systems designed without…

An Egyptian Court, Saturday, ordered the arrest of the two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak on charges of stock market manipulation, state media reported. The Cairo Criminal Court accuses Alaa and Gamal Mubarak of being involved in making unlawful profits of about 500 million pounds (about 28 million dollars) from manipulating stock market shares. Saturday’s order includes three other defendants. All the defendants were being tried while they were at large after they had been released on bail in the case. The court set Oct. 20 for a trial. Egypt’s long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled in 2011 after…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is unhappy with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for freezing the private bank accounts of its governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the Osun State election, and those of his family members, including singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. EFCC reportedly froze seven different bank accounts of the Adeleke family including that of Osun state PDP governorship aspirant Isiaka Adeleke, singer Davido and his billionaire father. Coming few days to Osun state governorship election, PDP, Saturday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the commission to immediately unfreeze their accounts. In addition, the…

Ex-President OIusegun Obasanjo has branded President Muhammadu Buhari ‘’King in the North’’ purportedly for appointing Yusuf Bichi, a Northerner as the new Director-General of Department of State Services, DSS. Bichi who has resumed duty took over from Matthew Seiyefa from Bayelsa State appointed as an acting Director-General of DSS by Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the then acting President after the sack of Lawal Daura. Obasanjo who in his Twitter handle on Saturday tweeted ‘’Whenever I think the “King in the North” has healed from nepotism, tribalism, favouritism and irredentism, he will prove me wrong by striking another low blow.’’ The ex-president,…