Atiku pleads with Aisha to name the two people who have hijacked her husband's government

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari's wife to name the two powerful people in her husband's administration that have taken over the running of the government.

 

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Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria endorses Buhari for president in 2019

FULANI herdsmen's body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as its preferred candidate in next year's general elections.

 

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Military high command confirm that 13 soldiers and one policemen were killed in latest Boko Haram attack

NIGERIAN defence chiefs have confirmed that 13 soldiers and one policeman were killed in Yobe State yesterday when Boko Haram attacked a military formation at Kukareta village in Yobe State.

 

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Heritage Bank offers to fund the purchase of medical equipment in bid to end medical tourism

HERITAGE Bank has launched an ambitious scheme in partnership with Africanmed and the Chinese community in Nigeria aimed at developing the country’s health sector and reducing the rate of medical tourism by Nigerians.

 

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Kano destroys 30 trailer loads of beer as part of crackdown on Christmas drinking

KANO State's religious police the Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer as part of a crackdown on the consumption of alcohol under its opposition to liquor consumption.

 

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Buhari responds to his wife's allegations saying they prove that he is a democrat who gives people a free hand

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the allegations made by his wife Aisha that members of a cabal operating behind the scenes have taken over the running of his government by saying they prove how democratic and open his administration is.

 

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Boko Haram behead Governor Gaidam of Yobe State's security aide after he challenged them at roadblock

BOKO Haram have beheaded one of Yobe State's Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s security aides on the outskirts of the state capital Damaturu after shooting him when he challenged them at an illegal roadblock they mounted.

 

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MTN and CBN reach agreement over the company's illegal remittances on preference shares

TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant MTN Communications and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have resolved the ongoing dispute between them under an agreement whereby the company will now only atone for  the illegal remittances on preference shares issued in 2008.

 

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Buhari steps up security in Zamfara after local people take to the streets to protest killings

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigeria's security forces to step up their presence in Zamfara State in response to the recent spate of killings there and the subsequent protests over government inactivity to curb the menace.

 

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Otedola to divest his majority shareholding within Forte Oil for $68.6m as he exits downstream sector

BILLIONAIRE businessman Chief Femi Otedola has announced plans to sell his 75% majority equity stake in Forte Oil in a deal estimated to be worth about N25bn ($68.5m) as part of a divestment programme involving the sale of non-core businesses.

 

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