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…
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s daughter, Valerie and her Nigerian husband, Stanley Obaze, have been married for 14 years. The adorable couple took to social media to celebrate their wedding anniversary on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Valerie shared photos from their wedding in 2009 with a simple but lovely caption in celebration of their day.AKufo-Addo’s daughter Valerie…
By Joyce Ifejika Dikko Radda, the governor of Katsina, has urged security personnel in the state to speed up their existing efforts to combat banditry and other various crimes. The governor said this while paying a condolence visit to the family of Ibrahim Abdullahi, who was killed by the terrorists who attacked the Kankia town…
Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have tackled President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima over their final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In 1993, Tinubu was ordered to…
By Livy Elcon Vienna – The Nigerian Ambassador to Austria Ambassador Suleiman Dauda Umar (S. D. Umar) unbelievably wrote a letter full of falsehood against Nigerians in Austria and submitted it to the Austrian Police. In the letter he listed some names of Nigerians claiming that they could plan to storm the Nigerian Embassy in…
It’s quite a remarkable coincidence that Saeed and Sa’ad, who are identical twins themselves, both married twins and had identical twins of their own on the same day. This situation is indeed extraordinary and could make for an interesting family story. Identical twinning is a rare occurrence, and having both twins marrying twins and having…
