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Muhammadu Buhari The Naira continues to take a bashing against major currencies. there seems to be no let up. In saner climes, the Governor of the Central Bank would have voluntarily thrown in...
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Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
Sally Q. Yates President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday after she defiantly refused to defend his immigration executive order, accusing the Democratic holdover of trying to obstruct his agenda...
Travel ban: UK petition to stop Trump state visit hits 1 million
A petition to stop Donald Trump from making a UK state visit hit more than 1 million signatures Monday. For weeks, British lawyer Graham Guest's petition to prevent US President Donald Trump from...
Making America Safer? Na!
Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has signed Executive Orders barring refugees from certain countries from entering the United States of America. Given America's bullish diplomatic disposition it is not out of place...
A Nation gone paranoid
Muhammadu Buhari A President writes the National Legislature intimating it of his intention to commence a 10 day leave during which time he would undergo a routine medical check, and that during...
Nigerian Literary Icon, Buchi Emecheta Passes on
Buchi Emecheta One of Africa’s most celebrated and cerebral writers, Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta has passed on. She passed on in her sleep on Wednesday in London. She was aged 72 years. Born...
6 shot while mourning gunshot victim
Shooting Practice A 12-year-old girl was among six people shot on Wednesday night during a vigil in Chicago for a gunshot victim, local media said. The Chicago Tribune reported that the shooting...
Herdsmen attacking Nigerians are from Senegal, Mali – Northern governors
The Northern Governor’s Forum, NGF, says it has resolved to work with relevant stakeholders to secure Nigeria’s borders and register Fulani immigrants entering into the country to rear cattle. The Chairman of the...
Still on Magu, Babachir Lawal
On 24th January 2017, Primium Times, an internet newspaper, carried a bold headline declaring that President Muhammadu Buhari had cleared the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, of all charges in...
Telecoms subscribers now 154.5m – NCC
Active users of telecommunications services in the country increased to 154,529,780 in December 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The telecommunications industry regulator made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data...
