The United States on Thursday performed a historic groundbreaking for the new $537 million U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. The groundbreaking was performed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos who was joined by U.S. Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard and U.S. Consul General Claire Pierangelo. The United States expressed commitment to strengthening the enduring U.S.-Nigeria relationship,…
Exodus 8:19- Then the magicians said unto pharaoh, this is the finger of God, and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he hearkeneth not unto them as the Lord had said. Analysis The magicians/sorcerers can afflict with diseases & poverty. A greater power can stop/hinder them from performing their acts. They were able to recognise the…
The United States has designated six individuals for their support of the terrorist group Boko Haram. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday added Nigerian nationals Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad to the List…
Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker has wondered how some terror leaders in the North, who are almost becoming household names have remained illusive for authorities to arrest. According to the former Kaduna central district lawmaker, those terror leaders even go about granting interviews to radio stations and newspapers in Hausa language but cannot be…
The presidency has said the bloodthirsty bandits who are currently on rampage across the country, particularly the North, do not deserve to live, saying they should be killed. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, who stated this in a statement on Friday while reacting to the attack on Abuja-Kaduna rail track, said the assailants have…
I love Igbos but I have to tell them the truth because I love them. It is now a law to transmit votes electronically, that means rigging of elections has been reduced drastically. Igbos are only tribe that have 99% of voters in the South East and second highest voters in other regions in Nigeria….
VLADIMIR Putin’s botched but vicious invasion of Ukraine is being run by a brutal cabal of bloodthirsty generals. Russia’s top commanders have a savage charge sheet against them, including deliberately running down and killing protesters with tanks, and indiscriminately shelling civilians. As Putin’s planned quick invasion of Ukraine appears to turn against him, the Russian army has resorted…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the Second Niger Bridge (now named Muhammadu Buhari Bridge) and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be completed before the end of 2022. This came as the government said there were no existing contracts to impose tolls on federal roads constructed under the Sukuk fund. The Minister of Works and Housing,…
Eagle Square agog for 12,000 delegates• Keep your eyes on the ball, Buhari tells APC leaders• Adamu, Akume, Al-Makura, others meet on consensus• Party bars political appointees from voting at convention• PDP charges INEC not to monitor APC convention After two postponements and horse-trading that almost derailed the process, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has officially declared his intention to contest for President in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku declared his 2023 presidential ambition at a ceremony held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former Vice President said he would focus on…
