“Amnesty should be modified in such a manner that those deserving of it are assisted by society while capital punishment must be meted out to the convicted assassins, kidnappers, armed robbers, killer herdsmen, Boko Haram members, bandits and hoodlums” The Coalition for A Better Nigeria in its 2012 goodwill message has task the Buhari’s administration to redouble its effort ...

  *The deployment reflects growing concerns in Washington that Iran might retaliate against the United States. BY NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Japan’s Defense Ministry reported the U.S. supersonic bombers flown from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam conducted a joint exercise with South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula later in the day. The U.S. Pacific Air Forces ...

  Champions Liverpool, on 33 points from 16 matches, drew 0-0 with Newcastle United on Wednesday and travel to Southampton on Monday. The points difference between City and Liverpool is seven points but City has two games in hand. Manchester City will trade tackles with Chelsea on Sunday despite the surging coronavirus pandemic according to a NAN report. The match ...

  The Japanese government is also mulling a “pledge” signed by athletes promising to limit their activities to the stadium and Olympic Village. The Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have announced that the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games next summer must go on as planned but admitted that there will be a need to do a ...

  The FOI requests, read in part: “Nigerians have the right to know what the government is doing in their name. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari and 36 state governors urging them to “disclose details of proposed ‘security votes’ spending in your 2021 appropriation bills to ensure the security ...

  The vaccine would be made available to some of the poorest regions of the world, according to the British health secretary. NAN Report The Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the authorities in the UK on Wednesday. AstraZeneca, in a statement, said that the first doses are being released so that vaccinations may begin early in the ...

  “As I speak to you, our country produces by itself, half of our current needs and will be completely self-sufficient within 18 months” – President Talon  Benin President Patrice Talon said the country’s dependence on irregular supplies by customers which include Nigeria will soon be over as his administration is poised to achieve energy autonomy in the next 18 ...

  Godstime Akugbo died in police custody for alleged possession of Indian Hemp! A representative of the family of late Godstime Akugbo allegedly killed by the police has called for the release of the corpse of the deceased and compensation of N50million from the police authorities. Michael Akugbo, the elder brother of the deceased, pleaded with the Rivers Judicial Commission ...

  What is, however, clear is that a show of shame and the possible bloody scuffle was averted which would have given the Nigerian music industry a bad image in Ghana and elsewhere. As two of Nigeria’s biggest music artists Davido and Burna Boy reportedly clashed in a nightclub in Ghana, Nigerians are asking what must have gone wrong to ...

  “When you announced that it was time to move on, a lot of us were foot-dragging, wanting to make consultations but in the end, decided to move with you,” The deputy governor of Ebonyi state, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe has tasked governor, Mr David Umahi to ensure that he contests for the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 to fulfil ...