The Nigerian military is content, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), and no coup is being planned. Speaking on Friday, Tukur Gusau, the director of defense information at DHQ, expressed disapproval of claims that the Nigerian military had welfare problems. Gusau continued by saying that the widely-circulated study urged the military to meddle with the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed his reaction when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan telephoned him after the 2015 election. Buhari spoke on Friday at a farewell meeting with his media support group, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO) The Nigerian leader called on citizens to walk on the path of duty “if we really want to see the … Read more
Truck drivers on Saturday accused security operatives of regularly harassing and extorting them on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt expressway. The drivers made the accusation at Ofeme Umuahia while protesting the alleged shooting of their members, a driver and his motor boy, by security men at a roadblock. The drivers, who blocked the two lanes of the … Read more
In Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, gunmen who are thought to be herdsmen have once more murdered no less than seven people. According to XANDERTECH, the murder occurred less than 24 hours after 18 other people died in a shootout between bandits and vigilantes in the Wase Council Area of the State. … Read more
Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti was slammed by popular Nigerian singer Peter Okoye of Psquare for claiming that Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi is an opportunist. Seun Kuti had previously stated that dedicated Nigerians, not opportunists like Peter Obi, are the only ones who can save Nigeria. Seun Kuti argued in a recent interview with … Read more
Former West Ham United striker Frank McAvennie has described Chelsea stars Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as ‘terrible players.’ This follows their lacklustre performances for the Blues in the ongoing 2022–23 campaign. Sterling, one of the brightest players at Manchester City until his move last summer, has failed to live up to the expectations of … Read more
Some Nigerians aggrieved with the outcome of the 2023 general elections on Friday besieged the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to protest the outcome of the just-concluded polls. The group, under the aegis of Free Nigeria Movement marched on major roads of Maitama in Abuja, singing solidarity songs with placards that showed … Read more
The zoning of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-East has been rejected by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), which has thrown its support behind Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. According to xanderetch, the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee chose Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL. The Court voided the sack of the businessman and set aside the removal done on January 17, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the action of the President … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Edo State emerged at Friday’s rescheduled party primary, Monday Okpebholo, a senator from the Edo Central Senatorial District. It was last week that Senator Okpebholo, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, and Hon. Anamero Dekeri staked their claims to the APC’s governorship ticket in a contentious exercise, causing rifts among … Read more