Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of blocking his bid to acquire an oil field.He revealed this in an interview with the Financial Times, highlighting a contentious decision made by the previous administration.Elumelu alleged that he had been looking to purchase the oilfield since 2017 and raised $2.5bn for it, but Buhari and his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, blocked the deal.He stated that he was advised Niger...

As the deadline given by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to the military junta in Niger Republic expired, an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to go to war with the Nigerian neighbouring country.The popular cleric, who is the leader of the Tijjaniya sect in Nigeria, also urged the National Assembly not to approve the request made by the President for any form of war with Niger Republic.Ac...

The Federal Government has stated that it has not yet been able to match the contributions made by the late Taiwo Akinkunmi to the nation.The Nigerian flag's designer was Akinkunmi.Prior to the nation's independence in 1960, he created the flag while studying abroad.Akinkunmi, an Ogun State native, passed away a few days ago in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.A delegation from the Federal Government visited the deceased person's family in Ibadan on Monday under the...