Month: July 2019
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Boko Haram insurgents kill aid worker in Borno
Boko Haram on Thursday killed an aid worker and abducted five others. The workers are attached to Action Against Hunger, a humanitarian organisation. In a statement on its website, the organisation said the attack occurred on Thursday, along the road to Damasak in Borno State. The organisation revealed that during the attack on the convoy…
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Bill Gates loses ‘second richest man’ seat to LVMH’s Bernard Arnault
Bill Gates has been unseated as the second richest man in the world, losing the position to Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the latest ranking by Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, Arnault is in second place with Jeff Bezos still retaining first place. Arnault and his…
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JUST IN: Man climbs aircraft at Lagos Airport
Passengers aboard a Port Harcourt-bound flight were thrown into panic on Friday after a yet-to-be-identified man climbed the aircraft while it was about to take off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja. According to a viral video shot by one of the passengers in Lagos, the man illegally gained access to the airside with a…
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I got presidential results from website, says Atiku’s witness
A petitioners’ witness, who claimed to be an ICT expert from Kenya, David Ayu Nyango Njoga has said the results of the last presidential election were stored in a server allegedly operated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Njoga said he only got the report, which he later analysed, from a third party website…
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Boko Haram kills colonel, captain, four soldiers in ambush
Boko Haram fighters struck on Maiduguri-Damaturu Road near Jakana community in Borno State, on Wednesday evening, shooting dead a colonel, a captain, four soldiers and a villager. Our correspondent gathered that the terrorists at about 6.30pm, waylaid some commercial vehicles along the road near a military checkpoint and using them as a cover to open…
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Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari timely, says CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday supported the open letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as timely. CAN said the President should scrutinise the contents of the letter and curb the insecurity in the country which it said informed the letter in the first place. Responding to…
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Nigeria cannot survive under N610bn debt servicing, says Atiku
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s economy cannot survive under the burden of paying whooping sum of N610.2 billion to service debt. He lamented that the amount is more than the combined budgetary allocation to education and youth development for the year 2019. The Presidential candidate of the Peoples…
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NNPC to supply 10 per cent of India’s crude oil
Despite competing demands for its crude oil from other countries, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday restated its commitment to sustaining the supply of 10 per cent of India’s crude oil demand. The Corporation’s Group Managing Director (GMD), Mele Kyari, renewed the commitment when he hosted the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur,…
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PDM chairman’s attempt to withdraw petition against Buhari over exclusion fails
Attempts by Chief Frank Igwebuike, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), to remove the party from the petition filed by its Presidential candidate, Pastor Ameachi Habu, on Thursday, flopped as the Presidential election petition tribunal dismissed the application for lacking in merit. Ruling on the application brought by Morrison Omonu, counsel to Chief…
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Senator condemns Ondo communal clash
By Aderemi Bamgbose Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, has condemned Tuesday’s communal clash in the state which left one person dead and several others severely injured. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Araromi-Obu community in Odigbo Local Government and Ikale community in Okitipupa Local Government on Tuesday engaged in a violent…
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Naira gains marginally against dollar at parallel market
The Naira on Thursday gained marginally to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N358.5 to the dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N462 and N407, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar while the Pound Sterling and the…
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US Honours Nigerian Imam Who Risked His Life To Save Over 200 Christians
Muslim cleric Abubakar Abdullahi who risked his own life to save some Christians in Jos has been honoured with US International Religious Freedom Award. The 83-year-old Imam hid over 200 Christians inside from suspected bandits in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, during June 2018 clashes. He hid the Christian his mosque and…