A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, had said after the Civil War that Nigeria never took Igbos as enemies. He said it was Ojukwu that made Igbos believe they were not wanted in Nigeria and abandoned them to suffer during the war. In the video recently uploaded on social media, Gowon
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Nigeria is considering purchasing Russian military equipment and is particularly interested in MiG fighters, Yak-130 aircraft, artillery equipment and armored vehicles, Defence Minister Mansur Dan-Ali, told Sputnik on Thursday. Dan-Ali said: “The Russian equipment that could be of our interest are MiG fighters and some artillery equipment. “We are here [at International
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the Instrument of Ratification for a number of agreements covering Anti-Corruption, Tax Admin & Intellectual Property Protection. Buhari, who is working from home, after his return from London, made the disclosure on his Twitter handle. The President stated that it was an important step, in line with the delivery […]
The Court of Appeal on Thursday confirmed the sack of the representative of Rivers East Senatorial District, Senator George Sekibo. The senator, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, had gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the ruling of the Rivers State Elections Petitions Tribunal, which removed him from office. However, […]
A leading economist and the Chief Executive Officer of Economic Associates, Dr. Ayo Teriba, has called for the opening of the Nigerian economy through privatisation which stimulates foreign direct investment(FDI.)“Privatisation is the tool which most countries use to check their liquidity issue and beef up the economy and Nigeria can also do the same by […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to respond to an invitation by the House of Representatives, over the controversial $1.1bn Malabu oil deal. An ad hoc committee investigating the alleged diversion of the funds had invited Jonathan on July 5, after claiming it had evidence in the line of the investigations, which indicated that the […]
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