A South African independent online newspaper, IOL, has knocked Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, over his incessant foreign trips for medical treatments since he assumed office in 2015. In a report written by its multimedia journalist, Chad Williams, titled “Why African leaders like Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari go overseas for medical treatment?” the paper faulted the fact that President…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Monday hold an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. The emergency NEC meeting was conveyed to discussed the payment of 18 days as salary for October to lecturers in federal universities. The Federal Government on Thursday paid university lecturers half salary for October while remaining an…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 100 children under the age of five die of malnutrition in Nigeria every hour. Nemat Hajeebhoy, UNICEF’s chief nutrition officer, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting organised by the National Council on Nutrition (NCN). Hajeebhoy said if urgent action is not taken, another 15 million children are…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday sacked 3 National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party for next year’s general elections. The candidates affected are those for Obio-Akpor federal constituency and the Port Harcourt federal constituencies 1 and 2. The Peoples Democratic Party in the state had dragged the Labour Party to…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have discovered billions of Naira in cash stashed in various houses of some serving governors. Multiple sources on Friday identified the governors as Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, in exclusive interviews with SaharaReporters. governors, multiple…
A French parliament session was thrown into turmoil after a far-right legislator was accused of yelling “back to Africa” to a Black colleague who asked a question on migrant arrivals. Parliament member Carlos Martens Bilongo of the leftist France Unbowed party was questioning the government over a maritime rescue boat that is carrying hundreds of…
Delta Government on Friday accused Deputy President of the Senate and Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege of sponsoring local government pensioners protests against Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the state government.He said that despite the efforts of the state government in assisting the local governments to defray their outstanding pension…
MyCredit Investments Limited, (“FairMoney” or “the Company”) today announced the redemption of N3.7 Billion in aggregate principal amount of its 18% Series II Private Notes (the “Notes”) that fell due on November 03, 2022, to various reputable institutional & HNI investors.The private note is the second tranche under the company’s N10 Billion Private Note Programme…
Commercial drivers in Lagos State under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria have since Monday embarked on a warning strike and boycott of transport services across the state over extortion by the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management. The President of the association, Abiodun Akintade, discussed issues surrounding the strike with…
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has hinted that he may contest for the office of the president in 2024 and stage a comeback to the White House. Trump disclosed this where a crowd gathered in Iowa on Thursday while speaking at the first of four rallies in five days in his campaigns for…