Conte Still Confident In His Ability At Chelsea
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte insisted he remains the best man to lead the Londoners despite an alarming dip in form from the Premier League champions in his second season in charge. Wednesday’s shock 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth left Chelsea down in fourth, 18 points off runaway league leaders Manchester City, and fighting just to […]
EFCC Files Corruption Charges Against Code Of Conduct Tribunal Chairman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed two charges of corruption against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar. The anti-graft agency filed the charges against the CCT Chairman on Friday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A copy of the charge sheet seen by Channels […]
It’s Untrue I Have Not Acted on Benue Killings, Buhari Tells Senate
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate on the killings in Benue State and conveyed his disagreement with the lawmakers that nothing had been done to address the plight of the state after the new year day attacks by suspected herders of cattle left at least 73 persons dead. This is as the Senate […]
Osinbajo: Nigeria to Spend $3.1bn on Identity Mgt Infrastructure
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the federal government will spend about $3.1billion in order to give Nigeria a world class identity management infrastructure. Osinbajo, whose office is coordinating the development of a strategic roadmap for digital identity in the country stated this in Abuja yesterday at the Workshop on a Roadmap […]
Dogara Insists Heightened Killings Portray Faulty Security System
For the umpteenth time, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, wednesday stated that the increased violence and unlawful killings as well as general feeling of insecurity among Nigerians are clear evidence that there are problems with the country’s security architecture needed to be reviewed. Speaking when he received a delegation from […]
Five Killed, 39 Injured As Suicide Bomber Attacks Dalori IDP Camp
Five persons were killed and 39 injured on Wednesday, following an attack by two suicide bombers on an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Dalori, Borno State. This was confirmed in a statement by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). According to the statement, one of the suicide bombers who attempted to gain entrance into […]
Nigeria Beat Sudan, To Face Morocco In CHAN Final
Good news for Nigeria as home-based Super Eagles qualified for the final of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Wednesday in Morocco. The Eagles beat Sudan in the semi-final round of the competition courtesy of Gabriel Okechukwu’s winning goal in the 16th minute. Nigeria will play Morocco in Sunday’s final after the hosts defeated Libya […]
New Coalition Movement Launches In Abuja
Few days after a proposed political movement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, new Coalition Movement is currently being launched at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. The former president in a lengthy and critical public statement on Tuesday, January 23, suggested the formation of the movement. Although Obasanjo is not present at the ongoing launch in […]
We Are Practising ‘Democrazy’ In Nigeria, says Sagay
Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has described Nigeria’s system of government as ‘democrazy’, NAN reports. He said Nigeria is not yet ready for liberal democracy while lamenting that people in positions of authority often abuse all the privileges of rule of law, human rights and democracy. Sagay called on […]
NPA Gives Intels Two Weeks to Pay $48m Debt
There appears to be no end in sight to the dispute between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Intels Nigeria Limited (Intels), as the NPA has handed a two-week ultimatum to the company to remit an outstanding $48 million that ought to have been paid into the agency’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) in 2017. Speaking […]
