?Tobi Soniyi
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Africa: U.S. - Aids Has Killed 32m People Worldwide
-America pumped $85 billion to eradicate disease The United States Department of State on Saturday said AIDS had killed over 32 million people across the world in its 40 years of existence. U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, in a statement he issued on the 40th Anniversary of the First Reported Cases of AIDS, said America remained committed to eradicating the disease Blinken said, "Forty… → Read More
Nigeria: Food Scarcity Looms as Nation's Reserves Decline
A surge in attacks on Nigerian farmers is having a knock-on effect on the country's food reserves, Bloomberg has reported. → Read More
Nigeria: Buhari's Supporters Considering Jonathan for 2023 Presidential Run
In a major political development fuelled by power intrigues and permutations, Buhari supporters are considering backing former President Goodluck Jonathan for 2023 presidential run. → Read More
Nigeria: NBA to Lead Gender Reform in Judicial Sector
The General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joyce Oduah has pledged to ensure a sexual harassment and gender policy is put in place in the NBA as a step to begin concrete reform in Nigeria's judicial sector, entrench dignity for and end discrimination against women in the legal profession. → Read More
Nigeria: Adeleke is Qualified to Be Governor, Says Appeal Court
The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal Saturday affirmed the qualification and eligibility of Osun State's governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, to seek election as governor. → Read More
Nigeria: Massive, Pervasive Corruption At All Levels of Govt
Despite repeated avowals of his commitment to a fight against corruption, the United States Department of State has said there is a climate of impunity in the President Muhammadu Buhari government that allows officials to engage in corrupt practices with a sense of exemption from punishment. The State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, in its Country Reports on Human… → Read More
Nigeria: 'Corruption, Major Impediment to Nigeria's Development'
Justice Tanko Muhammad of the Supreme Court has identified corruption as one of the major impediments to Nigeria's development. → Read More
Nigeria: Obasanjo's CNM Fuses With ADC
The group founded by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Coalition for Nigerian Movement (CNM), has fused with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). → Read More
Nigeria: Okonjo's Book Reveals How Jonathan Conceded 2015 Election
A new book written by a former Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed insider details that will impact Nigeria's political economy for a very long time. → Read More
Nigeria: Govt Confirms Ceasefire Talks With Boko Haram
The federal government has disclosed that it is in talks with the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, on a possible ceasefire, with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities. → Read More
Nigeria: Okah Rejects Ruling of South Africa's Highest Court
Henry Okah has rejected the dismissal of his appeals by the South African highest court, Constitutional Court of South Africa, and has vowed to seek redress at the International Criminal Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands. → Read More
Nigeria: AGF Dares Senate, Asks Ojukwu to Assume Office As NHRC Boss Without Confirmation
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has asked Tony Ojukwu to assume office as the acting Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in contravention of the civil service rules and the Act that established the commission. → Read More
Nigeria: A New Dawn for the People's Democratic Party?
The election of Uche Secondus as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party brings with it new opportunities and challenges. His ability to meander through the political landmines ahead will determine how the party fares in the 2019 general election. → Read More
Nigeria: Osinbajo - Govt Alone Cannot Fund Universities
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin, and the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof.Rahmon Bello, have said that government alone cannot fund education. → Read More
Nigeria: Soyinka - It Is Sickening to Canvass for Buhari's Second Term Now
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has described as sickening for anyone to canvass for a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari midway into his first term, saying he did not want to be part of such a discussion. → Read More
Nigeria: U.S. Approves Super Tucano Attack Planes for Nigeria
After years of foot-dragging, the US State Department has finally approved a $593 million sale to Nigeria of A-29 Super Tucano attack planes with associated parts, training, facilities and weapons. → Read More
Nigeria: Mismanaging the President's Ill Health
The hits and misses that have characterised the handling of President Muhammadu Buhari's health in the last couple of weeks is indicative that those saddled with the responsibility of managing his image are clueless as to the actual state of the president's condition. → Read More
Nigeria: Aisha Buhari Breaks Silence, Says Her Husband's Health Is Not That Bad
The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday broke her silence on her husband's health, saying that it is not as bad as it has been perceived. → Read More
Nigeria: Jonathan - the Whole Truth About 2015 Poll Yet to Be Told
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said saturday that the true story of the 2015 presidential election was yet to be told. He said he will come out with his own account of what transpired in the election, which he had lost to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari and became the first sitting president in Nigeria to lose an election. → Read More
Nigeria: Sanusi Under Fire
After stirring the hornet's nest on the negative impact of Islamic conservatism in the north, the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, is now under the fire from the northern establishment. → Read More