Objective Nigerian Stories…
The evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa owing to ongoing xenophobic attacks suffered an interruption on Tuesday following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace. The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent violence against foreigners in the southern African country. […]
Harvard – Ismail Ajjawi, 17, a Palestinian from Lebanon, said he was denied entry after a customs agent took issue with posts written by others A Palestinian student from Lebanon who was set to begin his freshman year at Harvard was denied entry to the United States after immigration officials objected to his friends’ social […]
Donald Trump has confirmed he is considering an attempt to buy Greenland for strategic reasons, though he said the idea is “not No1 on the burner”. The US president’s interest, reported earlier this week, was greeted internationally with widespread hilarity but with indignation in Greenland and Denmark. The government of the semi-autonomous Danish territory insisted it was not for […]
Sowore – Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has described the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja granting permission to the Department of State Services to further detain activist and convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days as bad news for ‘genuine’ democracy. The legal practitioner, in a statement on Thursday, revealed that that […]
Sowore – Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Sunday described the arrest of activist, Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Security, DSS, as a travesty
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his previous administration lifted five million Nigerians out of extreme poverty, TheCable reports. Nigeria has been ranked by the World Poverty Clock as the nation with the poorest people in the world. Poverty remains at 33.1% in the country. President Buhari spoke at the opening of the Global Youth […]
Ministerial Nominees And Their States Forwarded To Senate By Buhari Ikechukwu Ogar – Abia Mohammed Musa Bello – Adamawa Godswill Akpabio – Akwa Ibom Dr Chris Ngige – Anambra Sharon Ikpeazu – Anambra . Adamu Adamu – Bauchi Maryam Katagum – Bauchi Timipre Sylva – Bayelsa George Akume – Benue Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno […]
A$AP Rocky – American rapper, A$AP Rocky has been held in Swedish police custody for weeks and now President Donald Trump has just revealed that he has been negotiating with the country to secure the New York rapper’s release. US President Donald Trump has vowed to “personally vouch” for rapper ASAP Rocky’s bail after he was detained in […]
Ruga – Abia state government says it has introduced a policy directing relevant agencies to scrutinize and ascertain the purpose behind the sale of lands more than five hectares in the state. Mr. Uche Ihediwa, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, said the policy made it mandatory for applications for Certificate-of-Occupancy for […]
Pa Fasoranti – The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on Friday night led a government delegation to the residence of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure. The delegation was on a condolence visit to the elder statesman whose daughter was killed by gunmen at Ore junction […]