By Dave Baro-Thomas Three decades and two years ago, General Ibrahim Babangida, a flamboyant and self-styled military president, hurriedly relocated the federal capital to Abuja after the failed violent coup staged by Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar in April 1990. And Aso Rock, a more befitting edifice, became the seat of power, but Nigeria was never…
Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with over 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St Petersburg. Putin made the announcement during the second and final day of the second Russia-Africa Summit, saying “We are developing partnerships in military and military-technical cooperation with more than 40 African states to strengthen…
By Udume Chibueze There are major worries that President Bola Tinubu could postpone the presidential election by four years should the Supreme Court order a rerun amid rising tensions over a probable military invasion of the Niger Republic, which could turn into a full-blown war. Mr Tinubu was, on March 1, declared the winner of…
The Reason Why Nigeria Economy Is Dwindling. Stop Taking Ndị Igbo For Granted, Because They Are The Pillars Of Nigeria: By, Okafor Onyeka Cyndia/Southeast Zone Nigeria is divided into six geopolitical zone with estimated 400 ethics groups and 450 languages, the 6 geopolitical zone constitutes: North Central, North East, North West, South East, South-South and…
The Borno State Government, on Monday, launched a substantial food and non-food palliative distribution to mitigate the impact of the hardship following the removal of the fuel subsidy. During the flag-off ceremony held at the Muna garage suburb of Maiduguri, the State Governor, Babagana Zulum, said the initiative was targeted at 300,000 households of six…
Junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali warned that any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war” against their two countries. The warning from Niger’s military-ruled neighbours came a day after West African leaders, supported by their Western partners, threatened to use “force” to reinstate the democratically…
Former Super Eagles skipper, John Mikel Obi, has been appointed as Honorary Adviser on Sports to Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State. Obi, who grew up in Jos, Plateau capital, made a mark in football during his heydays. Muftwang also appointed the renowned rapper, Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI, as Honorary Adviser on Entertainment…
Malema sustains attacks on Botswana about ‘US Military base’. Julius Malema of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has sustained his attacks on Botswana about the presence of an American military base that he says should be closed because it is a threat to the security of the entire sub-continent. The outspoken opposition leader was…
Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25 presidential election, has dug up assertions of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwola on a case related to Mohammed Abacha to show why President Bola Tinubu should never have been allowed to contest the election. According to Atiku, Tinubu…
Barely more than two weeks after Nigeria’s President and ECOWAS chairperson, Bola Tinubu, thundered against coup plotting in the sub-region, one is simmering in his backyard–Niger Republic. Tinubu had said to heads of ECOWAS member states: “We will not allow coup after coup in the West African sub-region. We will take this up seriously with…
