The time to favour me has come
Jonathan, King Saul’s heir-apparent, had a crippled son by name, Mephibosheth. A cripple can only walk and run in his dream or imagination. He is Read more
Month: March 2017
IT’S TIME TO END ‘DO OR DIE’ POLITICS IN NIGERIA – OBASANJO
It was an august gathering of eminent citizens. A night of fun and glamour when guests gathered to celebrate with Rotary International. It was also Read more
Presidency: Tinubu DIVIDES Northern leaders
THE perceived presidential ambition of a National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unsettling the North and already Read more
Merkel says Tunisia agrees to take back 1,500 migrants
TUNIS – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday Tunisia had agreed to take back 1,500 rejected Tunisian migrants from Germany, after an attack by a Read more
Exclusive – Trump administration considering separating women, children at U.S.- Mexico border
WASHINGTON – Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department Read more
Erdogan says German journalist held in Turkey was agent and PKK member
ANKARA – President Tayyip Erdogan responded to Berlin’s criticism of Turkey’s arrest of a German journalist by saying on Friday Deniz Yucel was a “German Read more
North Korean murder suspect says Malaysia in conspiracy to damage Pyongyang’s honour
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ri Jong Chol, a suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, said in Beijing that he was Read more
Naira loses ground against US dollar
The Naira on Friday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market after posting days of appreciation. The nation’s currency lost N7 to exchange at Read more
Chimamanda elected into US Academy of Arts and Letters
Award winning Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Ngozi- Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member. According to Read more
Macron gets poll boost in French presidential race as Fillon crisis deepens
PARIS (Reuters) – Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron cemented his status as favourite to win the French presidency on Friday as his conservative rival, Francois Fillon, Read more
U.N. Syria envoy says talks have set agenda for progress on peace
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s first U.N.-led peace talks in almost a year ended on Friday without breakthrough but the United Nations mediator said the warring Read more
Mining royalties Glencore said were for Congo went to Israeli billionaire
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Tens of millions of dollars in royalties and signing bonuses that Glencore told an independent transparency board it had paid to Congo’s Read more
Aguero to hold talks with City in June over future
(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is determined to produce his best form in the final three months of the campaign before he holds Read more
U.S. extends scrutiny of U.S. miner takeover by S.Africa’s Sibanye
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will extend its scrutiny of a $2.2 billion takeover by South Africa’s Sibanye Read more
Turkey accuses Germany of double standards over meeting cancellation
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey told NATO partner Germany on Friday it must “learn how to behave” if it wanted to maintain relations after two German Read more
Samsung chief’s ‘trial of the century’ to start next week
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee will go on trial for bribery and embezzlement on Thursday, a court said, amid a Read more
Fillon camp defies President Hollande over planned Paris demonstration
PARIS (Reuters) – A planned demonstration in support of Francois Fillon will be an “important moment” in France’s presidential race, a lawmaker backing the scandal-hit Read more
Ace high Kyrgios stuns Djokovic in Acapulco
(Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios served like a demon to bounce Serbia’s world number two and top seed Novak Djokovic out of the quarter-finals of the Read more
‘Unsung hero’ Kante pushing Chelsea towards title: Wise
(Reuters) – Former Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise has likened N’Golo Kante to club great Claude Makelele and said the 25-year-old’s stellar performance is one of Read more
Makarfi, Sheriff cave in to Jonathan’s peace plan
ABUJA— The two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that they would submit to the peace process conceived by former President Goodluck Read more
Community wants OBJ’s Presidential Library land back
THE land hosting the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, is now a subject of litigation as an Ogun State High court restrained the trustees, the government Read more
Abia to build 60-unit housing estate in 17 LGAs
ABA—Abia State government has unveiled plans to build a 60-unit housing estate in each of the 17 council areas of the state, totalling 1,020 houses Read more
Anambra House summons Obiano’s aide over alleged abuse of power
ONITSHA—The Anambra State House of Assembly has summoned Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Political Affairs, Mr Chinedu Obidigwe, for allegedly usurping the functions Read more
FG directs oil companies to relocate headquarters to Niger-Delta
UYO-Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their States of operation Read more
Let’s rework Nigeria now — Clark, Nwodo, Others
Lagos—Leaders of the South-South and South-East geo-political zones, yesterday, called for restructuring of Nigeria to make all citizens of the country equal partners and partakers. Read more
Boko Haram: UN yet to receive sanction request
The UN said on Friday that it has not received a letter reportedly written by a former President of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Ameh Ebute. Read more
U.S. forces discover al-Qaeda contacts in Yemen raid
U.S. Special Forces in Yemen have made a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism with the discovery of email addresses and phone numbers of Read more
Spain creates Ministry for sex, appoints Minister
Spain has appointed a Minister for sex, Edelmira Barreira to help the country boost its dwindling birth rate and avoid a population crisis. Barreira, a Read more
Email Saga: U.S. vice president exposed
Vice President Mike Pence, allegedly used a personal email account, which was hacked, during his time serving as Indiana governor, according to a report released Read more
In Congo, opposition leader succeeded by son
Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest opposition party said it had named the son of its late leader Etienne Tshisekedi to succeed him on Thursday, but Read more
