CHAIRMAN of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Moshood Salvador, has dumped the opposition party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing some party members at his office yesterday in Lagos, Salvador said the former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, frustrated him out of the party. He said no few than 15,000 party […]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres and staff members, remembered former Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday, describing him as a leader who put people at the centre of the UN work. During a wreath-laying ceremony in New York, Guterres led staff members in paying respects to Annan, whom they described as the […]
Despite pressure from some forces, including members of his kitchen cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari has foreclosed the reinstatement of sacked Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General Lawal Daura, The Nation has learnt. Some of the lobbyists, it was learnt, trailed the President to London to mount pressure for the reversal of Daura’s sack. He was […]
The Federal Government said yesterday that its whistle-blower policy had raked in N13.8 billion from tax evaders. It added other massive dividends of the policy included N7.8 billion, $378 million and 27,800 Pounds recoveries from public officials. Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed told reporters in his country home, Oro, in Irepodun Local Government of […]
Mr. Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh is the son of First Republic politician and Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh. In this exclusive interview with our South-south Regional Editor, Shola O’Neil, the TV producer and founder of apolitical Progressive Alliance Movement (PAM) speaks on the performance of APC-led Federal Government, killings and Tuesday’s mass defection from the ruling party, […]
Renowned German political philosopher Friedrich Engels once stated that all a politician needs to prosecute a successful battle is good tactics, as well as strategic and dialectical thinking. But, Assistant Editor SINA FADARE reports that Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, who had a good outing in the 2014 governorship election, got his strategy wrong during […]
Chinedu Onyeizu is a senatorial aspirant in Abia State on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu, the 38 year-old petroleum engineer, who graduated from Federal University of Technology (FUTO) Owerri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, explains how his […]
Despite criticism in some quarters over the inclusion of Odion Ighlo in the 28 players invited to prosecute the country’s September 7 Africa Cup of Nations’ qualifier against Seychelles in Victoria, Head Coach Gernot Rohr, has appeared unperturbed. The German tactician has rather stuck to his decision as the national team gets set to open […]
CHAIRMAN of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Moshood Salvador, has dumped the opposition party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing some party members at his office yesterday in Lagos, Salvador said the former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, frustrated him out of the party. He said no few than 15,000 party […]
Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday rose in his defence following a report quoting sources close to United States President Donald Trump as describing his meeting with Buhari as “lifeless.” But opponents of the President took advantage of the report to castigate him. Trump hosted President Buhari, the first sub-Saharan African leader at the White […]
Contrary to reports last week that Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe, has reconciled with her estranged husband Lanre Gentry and had equally returned to their matrimonial home, the mother of two has denied the report. Aigbe who spoke to The Nation on Sunday said the case is still in court and the matter was yet to […]
Tension was on break in the Big Brother Naija show this Sunday, as no housemate was evicted as earlier promised. Instead, it was music feast all the way, starting with the housemates’ rendition of a ONE Africa campaign song titled ‘Let’s Educate A Girl Child’. Leading the performance with her sonorous voice was Bisola, just […]
Could you please tell us about yourself? I am a partner in the EPG practice, (specialising in energy and power) in the Nigerian law firm of Banwo & Ighodalo. I come from a happy, close knit and large family of six children. I am the fourth of six children and the second daughter with two […]
Pep Guardiola has met Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed and the club’s chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak on Wednesday afternoon as the Spaniard enjoys a trip away in Dubai. The Spaniard was pictured in high spirits as he talked with the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and the Emirati entrepreneur in […]
Barcelona thumped Chelsea 3-0 at Camp Nou on Wednesday in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, to move into the quarter-finals. Bayern Munich also qualified for the quarter-finals on Wednesday, after beating Besiktas 3-1, to amass an aggregate 8-1. The Catalans who held Chelsea 1-1 in London two weeks ago, […]
EXPERIENCED CAF Club contenders, AlIttihad of Libya will fly Vicdirectly from Tripoli to Uyo today in a private jet that has been put at the disposal of the club by shareholders from the oil rich country. An advance party led by Abushawashi Snoussi that arrived Lagos last Tuesday aboard Royal Air Maroc and departed for […]
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have cases to answer over non-remittance of revenues to the Federation Account for several months, a new report has shown. The Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Anthony Ayine, in his Annual Audit Report for 2016, said it was observed from the Central […]
Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi, said this while deliberating on how the company could improve its service delivery at a town hall meeting in Victoria Island in Lagos Fadebiyi, represented by Mr Joseph Esenwa, the Chief Finance Officer of the company, said there had been high rate of energy theft and non-payment of […]
Federal Government plans to repay N482 billion of treasury bills (T-Bills) in the second quarter of this year. The regulator will also halve the amount it wants to raise between March and May to lower borrowing costs, according to debt auction calendar seen released yesterday. A total of N964 billion worth of bills fall due […]
Toyota has revealed its i-TRIL concept vehicle, a fully-electric city car, designed to showcase the future of mobility. An online report by Auto Express on Tuesday said the Toyota i-TRIL, a Geneva Motor Show concept, was designed to demonstrate the thinking of the Japanese manufacturer on what the urban mobility would look like in the […]
A Japanese automaker, Mazda Motor Company, says it is updating its Mazda3 and Mazda6 with the company’s G-Vectoring Control as standard equipment for 2017, an online journal, Automotive News, has reported. While Mazda 3 (known as the Mazda Axela in Japan) is a compact car, Mazda 6 (known as the Mazda Atenza in China and […]
Who would have thought that Kia, the once lowly rated Korean automobile brand could rule the automobile world in 2016. Who could have imagined Kia as the first non-premium brand to top the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, IQS, ranking in 27 years. And who could have imagined Kia Rio as the ‘Car of the […]
Despite criticism in some quarters over the inclusion of Odion Ighlo in the 28 players invited to prosecute the country’s September 7 Africa Cup of Nations’ qualifier against Seychelles in Victoria, Head Coach Gernot Rohr, has appeared unperturbed. The German tactician has rather stuck to his decision as the national team gets set to open […]
CHAIRMAN of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Moshood Salvador, has dumped the opposition party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing some party members at his office yesterday in Lagos, Salvador said the former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, frustrated him out of the party. He said no few than 15,000 party […]
Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday rose in his defence following a report quoting sources close to United States President Donald Trump as describing his meeting with Buhari as “lifeless.” But opponents of the President took advantage of the report to castigate him. Trump hosted President Buhari, the first sub-Saharan African leader at the White […]
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Trump Under Attack For Buhari ‘Lifeless Comment’
Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday rose in his defence following a report quoting sources close to United States President Donald Trump as describing his meeting with Buhari as “lifeless.” But opponents of the President took advantage of the report to castigate him. Trump hosted President Buhari, the first sub-Saharan African leader at the White […]
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