Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has condoled with Colonel Babanawa on the death of his son, Lieutenant Ibrahim Jaro Suleiman Babanawa, a Nigerian soldier killed when terrorists ambushed troops of the Guards Brigade in Abuja. According to Daily Trust, two soldiers and a Captain were killed by terrorists during the attack which occurred in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday night. The captain and the two soldiers were attached to the 7 Guards Brigade …
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Singer Portable has denied campaigning for APC in the Saturday, July 16, Osun state governorship election. In a video shared online, Portable said he never knew he was going for an APC rally in Osun state. He said he was contracted to come and perform and when he got to Osun state he saw it was an APC rally he was to perform. He also reiterated his position that he doesn’t know the notorious cult group, One Million …
Former federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has said that the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is the best for the job as President of Nigeria. According to Dino, the fact that Atiku has married women from the three major tribes, Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba, makes him a pan-Nigerian and the best person to unify Nigerians. In a video posted on his social media handles on Friday, July 1, Dino also said that in his view, it is not time for …
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that fate of Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele over alleged participation in partisan politics, will be determined by board of the apex bank and not him. Buhari said this in an interview with Bloomberg. According to the President, CBN’s board of directors determines whether a CBN governor’s actions have fallen foul of the laws in place to ensure he can most effectively carry out his duties. He said; “The CBN …
The Ukranian government has reacted angrily to French president’s comments that Russia must not be ‘humiliated’. Since the war began, Emmanuel Macron has kept a line of communication open with the Kremlin and flew to Moscow in February in a failed effort to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. In an interview with regional newspapers in France published Saturday, June 4, Macron said : “We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build …
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that Nigerians should be thankful to God for not crossing the borders to look for food under the President Buhari-led government. Adesina stated this in an article he published on Friday, April 29, titled ‘Akinwunmi Adesina strikes again’. Reacting to the recent visit of Adesina to the President, Adesina wrote; “For those who look at only the downsides of things, under President Buhari, we can be thankful to God that we can feed ourselves, and not crossing …