Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Nigeria Governors’ Forum of not giving him the support he needed during his face-off with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress over a warning strike which was carried out in Kaduna state he governs. El-Rufai who spoke during a virtual meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday…
A new study has found that there is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking. In the observational study carried out by researchers from the University of Oxford, scientists studied the relationship between the self-reported alcohol intake of some 25,000 people in the UK, and their brain scans. They found that drinking had an effect…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has again ruled out giving back the £4.2 million recovered from Governor of Delta state James Ibori, to the state government. The AGF who confirmed that the Nigerian government has received the money recovered by the UK government in an interview on Channels…
US sprinter and activist, Lee Evans, who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, has died at the age of 74. The San Jose Mercury News reported that Evans’ family had started a fundraiser in hopes of bringing him back to the US from Nigeria, where he coached…
Seven inmates have been killed and 13 security guards taken hostage in a gruesome prison riot at the Xela prison in Cantel, Guatemala. It’s reported at least seven people have died, with four beheaded on Wednesday night, May 19. Also, it is said that among the security guards taken hostage, some are women. The…
Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly caused the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, officially known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wa’l- Jihad (JAS) during a fierce battle between the rival groups in their Sambisa Forest hideouts on Wednesday, May 19, Vanguard reports. …
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to dismiss all the nurses and lecturers and other state workers who have so far participated in the ongoing protest by the National Labour Congress, NLC, in the state. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Muyiwa Adekeye, today May 18, the governor said the state government would not “tolerate…
The British Government has formally paid the £4,214,017.66 looted funds recovered from family members and associates of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. A statement released by Umar Gwandu, spokesperson of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said that as at May 10, the naira equivalent of the looted…
A 23-year-old fashion designer, Benjamin Adjei, has been arrested for attempting to use his nephew for money ritual at Abesim, in the Sunyani Municipality of Bono Region, Ghana. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly lured his 13-year-old nephew, Listowel Adjei, into a taxi cab, but luck ran out on him when he was arrested…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and other leaders of the congress have been attacked by thugs who disrupted the peaceful protest they led to the state government house on Tuesday morning May 18. Wabba led the protest hours after the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, declared him wanted for leading…
