A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Nasiru Haladu Danu and some top officials of the Nigeria Customs Service recently defrauded the Nigerian government of N51 billion, top sources in the agency told this medium. Sahara reporters Danu is an arrowhead in what is now known in some quarters as President Muhammadu Buhari’s oil…
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, told Oprah Winfrey during their interview that his relationship with Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is ‘space’ EXCLUSIVE: Lady Colin Campbell isn’t surprised Buckingham Palace announced it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against Meghan Markle. On March 2, The Times…
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in this undated handout photo. Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused the British royal family of racism, lying and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in an explosive televised interview that looks set to shake the monarchy to its core….
African literary icon and Noble Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on governors of the 36 states of Nigeria, to stop being timid, before President Buhari and push further the envelope of restructuring for the good of the country. Professor Soyinka who has been an advocate of true federalism, said there is a consensus that…
Despite their political differences, the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole seem to have settled their rift. Both politicians on Saturday, March 6, exchanged warm greetings at an event in Auchi. Obaseki said he holds no personal grudges against Oshiomhole. The governor said: “I don’t have anything personal against Oshiomhole. I…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced a new “CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme” for senders and recipients of International money transfers. The CBN in a statement released by its Director, Trade and Exchange Department, A.S Jibrin, said it will through commercial banks pay to remittance recipients the Incentive of N5 for every USD1…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Office, on Wednesday arraigned a fake Chevron worker, Uguru Justus, before Justice Phoebe Ayua of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Justus was arraigned on one count of obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N4,500,000. A statement by the Head, Media and Publicity,…
Former Presidents Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and six other former West African leaders on Thursday joined forces to establish a mechanism targeted at preventing and resolving election related conflicts and maintaining stability in the sub-region. The leaders resolved to collectively exert their enormous goodwill towards ensuring peace in West African nations, by…
By Femi Ibirogba (Head, Agro-Economy); Muyiwa Adeyemi (Head, South West Bureau), Rotimi Agboluaje (Ibadan); Gbenga Akinfenwa (Lagos); Adegbuyi Ayodele (Ado Ekiti), Timothy Agbor (Osogbo) Lawrence Njoku (Enugu); Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri); Anietie Akpan, Agosi Todo (Calabar); Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt), Inem Akpansoh (Uyo). ‘If tiny Israel could feed self, why not South East?’ Stakeholders in agriculture…
PFN honours Osinbajo, Ugwuanyi with ‘Defender of the Faith’ awards The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), yesterday, at the opening ceremony of its two-day 16th Biennial Conference in Enugu, conferred Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State with the ‘Grand Defender of the Faith’ and ‘Defender of the Faith’ awards, respectively….
