News From Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said it will prosecute telemarketers who illegally access the telephone numbers of telecom subscribers for commercial activities and gains. It noted that the claim that the telemarketers obtain telecom consumers’ phone numbers from the commission ...

Money is king in a failed capitalist system where lies are told for profit and power. Omoluabi is a perfect socialist system where làákà’yè (knowledge, wisdom & understanding) is first (King), Ìwà Omolúàbí – (integrity) – 2nd, Akínkanjú or Akin ...

The former Russian president has dismissed the idea of Moscow eventually reconciling with the West as illusionary. Washington and its allies in Europe and elsewhere continue to support Kiev despite it acting increasingly like the Nazis during World War II, ...

I congratulate Nigeria for the adoption of a Nigerian language, Yoruba, as a testing language for the Department of Motor Vehicles in the United States. Similarly, since 2014, Selfridges and Harrods have been employing Yoruba-speaking staff, and the UK Metropolitan ...

Burkina Faso’s presidential office reported that talks have been held between interim President Ibrahim Traore and a delegation led by Russia’s deputy defense minister to investigate possible military cooperation between the two countries. A Russian delegation held talks with Interim ...

The Cameroonian president, Paul Biya has reportedly made critical changes to the country’s ministry of defense. Key security posts were reshuffled, including that of the delegate to the presidency in charge of defense, Air Force staff, navy and the police. ...

The situation in Gabon and across West Africa represents a ‘big issue’ for the bloc’s defense ministers, Josep Borrell has said. European Union defense ministers will discuss the situation in the Central African state of Gabon, the bloc’s foreign-policy chief ...

Central African bloc ECCAS says it “firmly” condemns the military takeover in Libreville and is considering how to respond. Officers from the Gabonese Armed Forces have appointed the chief of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, as the Central ...

Ali Bongo has called on his supporters and “friends around the world to make some noise” over the military coup. Gabonese President Ali Bongo has been placed under house arrest and is surrounded by his family and doctors, military officers behind ...