President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. Agencies affected include the Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, National Emergency Management Agency, and the Nigerian Film Corporation among others. ...
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Buhari Approves Deployment Of Four Ambassadors-Designate
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate deployment of four of the newly appointed Ambassadors-Designate. The president announced the deployment in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr Femi Adesina on Friday in Abuja. Adesina ...
Read More »Roger Federer Beats Tomas Berdych, Qualifies For Miami Open Semi-Finals
Roger Federer continued his stunning start to 2017 by reaching the Miami Open semi-finals with a dramatic win against Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych. The 35-year-old Swiss survived two match points in the deciding tie-break before winning 6-2 3-6 7-6 ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Angry Children Of Suicide-Reuben Abati
I once wrote about Nigeria’s “children of anger”, but the country seems to have progressed from anger to clinical depression, resulting in a rise not merely in social aggressiveness, but a determination by certain individuals to escape from it ...
Read More »Jacob Zuma Sacks Finance Minister
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets, A statement from the president’s office late Thursday, said Mr Gordhan will be replaced by Malusi Gigaba. Earlier this ...
Read More »Dangote, Adenuga, Alakija, Makes Forbes Billionaires List
Forbes, a website renowned for ranking of richest people in the world, has made available the list of richest people in Nigeria in 2017. The Nation reports that in the latest release, nine others made the billionaires club to ...
Read More »Ex-South Korean President, Park Geun-Hye, Arrested Over Corruption Probe
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and taken into custody over a corruption scandal that led to her dismissal. The 65-year-old was driven to a detention centre south of Seoul after a court approved her arrest. ...
Read More »Buhari Nominates NDDC Members For Imo, Ondo, Abia
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of three new nominees for the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate. The nominees are to replace the ones from Imo, Ondo and Abia that were earlier ...
Read More »Man Jailed For Impregnating Daughter In Ondo
A Magistrate Court sitting in Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, Thursday ordered a 56-year-old man identified as Olubayode to be remanded in prison for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter. The convict who was arraigned by the ...
Read More »Buhari To Return To His London Doctors-Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari has not changed his plan to return to his doctors in London, United Kingdom for follow-ups. According to PUNCH, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba ...
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