Soldiers of the Guards Brigade, Nigerian army have started to comb the nook and crannies of Abuja forests in search of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers taking refuge there. The operation followed the recent ambush of soldiers by terrorists in Bwari Area Council last week Sunday. Clariform gathered that so far the operation has yielded positive results with ...

Nigeria got her second gold medal at the ongoing 2022 Common Wealth Games on Sunday courtesy of Rafiatu Lawal in the weightlifting event. Lawal set three Commonwealth Games records in the women’s 59kg final, lifting 90kg in snatch, 116kg in clean and jerk, and 206kg in total. Jessica Brown of ...

The heavy Russian air strike that hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv early on Sunday has  killed the owner of one of the country’s largest grain producing and exporting company and his wife. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner of agriculture company, Nibulon, and his wife, were killed in their home, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram. Nibulon is headquartered in Mykolaiv, a strategically important city that borders the mostly Russia occupied Kherson region. The company specialises in the production and export of wheat, barley and corn, and it has its own fleet and shipyard President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described Vadatursky’s death as “a great loss for all of Ukraine”, saying the billionaire businessman had been in the process of building a modern grain market involving a network ...

The PDP Vice Presidential candidate and incumbent governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has lashed out at the popular Labour Party Presidential candidate for next year's election Mr. Peter Obi. Governor Okowa while speaking in BBC Pidgin on Monday, said former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi experience is small ...

The former Senator representing Rivers South East senatorial district, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe (SMA) has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP), days after he dumped the All Progress Congress. SMA insists he is still in the race to the Brick House Port Harcourt even though he has not been officially ...

THE immediate past Minister of Education for State, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and a group, Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International have filed a suit before a federal High court in Abuja, seeking the disqualification of the APC Presidential Candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In place Bola Tinubu, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba wants the ...

PDP CRISIS: Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has at long last responded to the developments after the People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election. Shortly after arriving home from a trip abroad, he gave a speech on Friday at the Port Harcourt International Airport in the state capital ...

TAXATION: All telecommunications services, including calls, SMS, and data services, will now be subject to an additional 5% excise duty, according to arrangements finalized by the federal government. This was announced by Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance and national planning, at a stakeholders' event held by the Nigerian Communications ...

INSECURITY: According to Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Wednesday shooting at the Craneburg Construction yard in Owo was intended to damage some of their equipment rather than hurt or kill anyone. Akeredolu, who accompanied Adetunji Adeleye, Commander of the Amotekun Corps, and the state's top security officials to the ...

SPORTS: Lewis Hamilton has acknowledged that Sebastian Vettel's choice to leave Formula One at the conclusion of this season has caused him to consider his status as one of the sport's veteran drivers. Prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, Vettel made his plans known. If he participates in every race ...

INSECUIRTY: The Nigerian Army has announced the redeployment of several prominent officers as well as the appointment of more to various positions as insecurity is quickly driving Nigeria to its knees. Clariform reports that Major-General Farouk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), gave his assent for the appointments to ...

INSECURITY: The security situation in the country has no doubt reached an alarming situation and have left those whose duty it is to provide security to lives and properties within the country in confusion and in a situation of helplessness. These are the disclosures from President Muhammadu Buhari`s National Security ...

FCT ATTACKS: The Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA) to President Buhari, Babagana Monguno, has rebutted the denial by the Nigerian Army about the attack on the presidential guards responsible for protecting the FCT and the Aso Rock Villa where President Buhari resides and operates from. The said attack around the ...

OPINION: Recently, there have been increased conversations on the need for Nigeria to have an “off-ramp” out of its problems. In other words, a way to divert the Nigerian train heading toward a catastrophic end and return Nigeria to a relative sense of normalcy and restored hope. Peter Obi is ...

Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the federal Government to without delay or conditions release the detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. The call was made on the background of the worsening security situation in Abuja particularly with a threat by terrorist group ...

AVIATION: Nigerian government has announced the long awaited national carrier is set to commence operation at last, but without a single aircraft owned by the national carrier - Nigerian Air. Instead, the federal government has concluded plans for the leasing of three planes for the commencement of the business of ...

The disgraced former Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed has be granted bail by a Federal High court sitting in Maitama, Abuja. Idris Ahmed was admitted to bail to the tune of five billion naira and two sureties in like sum. The three other accused persons were equally granted ...

According to Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust will face sanctions from the Federal government for their documentaries on terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. The minister made this known on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference. In his words: "Let me ...

Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, has been handed a death sentence by the Kano State High Court on Thursday for the kidnapping and murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old schoolgirl. Tanko also got a five-year prison term by Justice Usman Na'abba, the ...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has claimed that he was the one that informed President Muhammadu Buhari of the terrorists' threat to kidnap him. The militants who kidnapped some railway passengers in March made a threat to kidnap Buhari and El-Rufai in a video that circulated widely on the internet ...

The ancient town of Owo in Ondo State has once again come under attack by unidentified gunmen. According to information obtained by Clariform correspondent in Owo, a construction company, Craneburg Construction Company was the target of the attack, which happened near Folahami Junction on Wednesday. Upon spotting those present within ...

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has expressed regret for sharing images of himself in a US classroom at Harvard School of Government during the roughly six-month closure of public universities in Nigeria. Notable Quote: Writing on twitter, the Speaker said: "Yesterday, I posted a picture of ...

The President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday confirmed to Newsmen that the association has indicated interest to co-host the African Cup of Nations with Benin Republic come 2025. Amaju Pinnick while speaking at the side-lines of an event at the Sheraton Hotel Lagos to mark the 50th ...

The NLC on Wednesday received some assurances from the House of Representative as the Nigerian workers continued their 2 days nationwide solidarity protest in support of ASUU. The apex labour body led by her president Comrade Ayuba Wabba led other affiliate unions in Abuja in solidarity with the university lecturers ...

With the laudable decision by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to Charge Ms Adekunbi Ogunde, a partner in the law firm of Wole Olanipekun SAN, Chairman of the Body of Benchers, before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee LPDC, for professional misconduct arising from an email she sent to SAIPEM Contracting ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the chances of further extension of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Chief Ken Okeagu, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States, said this at a news briefing in Abakaliki on Wednesday. Okeagu, who was on ...

Mr Wole Olanipekun, SAN, the Chairman, Body of Benchers (BOB), whose chambers is enmeshed in allegations of professional misconduct and corruption of judges has advised lawyers not to see the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) as a forum for settling scores with imaginary enemies. Olanipekun made the call on Wednesday ...

The IMF’s 2021 economic assessment of Africa’s largest economy (Nigeria) recommends exchange rate reforms and strengthened efforts to increase government revenues. What is the economic outlook for Nigeria in 2021 and beyond? Nigeria’s recovery is expected to be weak and gradual under current policies. Real GDP growth in 2021 is ...

There are no fewer than 119 princes from Oyo town who have expressed interest in taking the throne of Alaafin of Oyo. With the death of the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, the throne has been left vacant. Oba Adeyemi, who assumed the throne in ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across Africa and beyond. He lived up to his legend of being a human Orisa. He is, perhaps, ...