INSECURITY: The turbaning of a notorious leader of bandits in Zamfara State, Ado Aleru as Sarkin Fulani (Chief of Fulanis) by the Emir of Yandoto Daji Emirate, Aliyu Garba Marafa on Saturday has resulted to the suspension of the Emir. The Zamfara State Government carried this suspension following the viral ...

BROKEN WORLD: “Our world today is marred by war; overwhelmed by emergencies; blighted by racism, discrimination, poverty, and inequalities; and threatened by climate disaster”, we need another Mandela, Guterres have said. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has hailed late Nelson Mandela, the first black President of Post-Apartheid South Africa and ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Sunday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replicate the successes it recorded in Ekiti State and Osun governorship polls in the 2023 general elections. CDD, through its Election Analysis Centre (EAC) also commended INEC and other election stakeholders for ...

Amidst the unbending economic situation in Nigeria, oil marketers are now set to dispense Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol at the rate of N170 - N190 per litre in filling stations within the country following the recent hike of the commodity. This outcome which has reflected on the ...

The demise of 66-year-old Kemi Nelson, an ally of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has triggered reactions from President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement issued by Buhari shortly after her death. Kemi, who passed away on Sunday was described as a “consistent and faithful ...

MARITIME: The very first commercial port to be located anywhere in the South East has now been handed over to the concessioner, which will now “enable him move into the port and put it to active use”, according to a statement government agency in charge. This was disclosed by the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised the Nigerian people of his regime`s resolve to support the Nigerian military to “wipe out terrorists off the face of the earth”. The president have made this latest assurance to the nation less than one year to the end of his administration. Clariform reports ...

Reacting to a recent disturbing statement by CBN`s MPC member, the Debt Management Office (DMO), says Nigeria does not face the risk of experiencing “debt distress” due to its 15.9 billion dollars Eurobonds. The DMO said this in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday. The statement was in ...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has promised that two special mission aircraft in the Deep Blue Project fleet will be deployed to fight oil theft. Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director General of NIMASA, who made this known in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, added that the move ...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has described as ‘false’, the news going round in some media outlets (Clariform not included), that Nigeria failed the World Bank Disclosure Rule. According to a statement by the DMO on Thursday to clarify the situation, there has been no publication by the World Bank ...

Ivana Trump, who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday. She was 73. Trumps reaction: “I am very saddened to inform all ...

Nigeria`s separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing to cancel her “planned activities involving travels within Biafran Territories”. By Biafran territories, the group was referring to mostly the southeast region of Nigeria, where IPOB currently fights to liberate as ...

Dr Okorondu Nwachukwu who emerged the winner of Imo North Senatorial primary of the Labour Labour Party (LP) has  petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) over alleged moves to replace him. Following the primary election conducted by the Labour Party on June, 9, 2022, Dr Okorondu Nwachukwu emerged winner ...

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has banned the use of spy number plates by vehicle owners nationwide. This he said was to forestall the continuous disregard for traffic rules. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The ...

The US President, Joe Biden arrived Israel on Wednesday for his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. Clariform reports that Biden will hold talks with Israeli, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian officials during the four-day trip. The president was received at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli officials including ...

Dr Benson Bana, Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria on Tuesday, said that the adoption of Kiswahili as Africa’s official language by the African Union (AU) will help unite, strengthen the continent and bridge diversities. Bana made this known n Abuja at the pre-event news briefing ahead of the inaugural World ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned against the use a cosmetic product, YW Cosmetics Glycolic Acid containing 70 per cent content. The warning is contained in a public alert with No. 032/2022, signed by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, on ...

The menace of child marriage & pregnancy in Uganda Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are costing Uganda’s social economic progress and not conducive to the country’s wealth creation and prosperity, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Uganda Country Representative Mary Otieno said. As the world commemorated World Population Day on ...

The United States Dollar (USD) has for the first time achieve parity with the Euro, the European Union currency. This means that for first time since 20 years of the life of the Euro, it is now worth exactly the same value as the USD. On Tuesday, the euro fail ...

The controversies surrounding the abduction of about 300 Chibok Girls, who are now Chibok mothers with the Boko Haram terrorist was never really satisfactorily explained to Nigerians. There are two sides to every coin and politics is not exempted. In fact, in politics there could be many sides of a ...

Experts have weighed into the impending legal battle between the billionaire owner of Tesla, Elon Musk and the micro blogging platform, Twitter over Musk`s decision to axe his offer to take over the tech company. According to legal opinion from experts, which Clariform has learnt, Twitter Inc  has a strong ...

In announcing his running mate the APC flagbearer, Senator Bola Tinubu said, ‘The spirit of 1993 is upon us’, which was in reference to the 1993 presidential election where MKO Abiola ran on a joint muslim-muslim ticket. This was a claim Tinubu made while rationalizing his choice of the former ...

A maritime lawyer, Dr Emeka Akabogu, has advised judges to better appreciate the Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, which conferred jurisdiction on the Federal High Court to determine admiralty claims. Akabogu, Senior Partner, Akabogu and Associates, said this in a recent interview to a local media in Abuja, which Clarform has learnt. ...

The successful attack on the Kuje correctional center last week that lead to the escape of many terrorists of the Boko Haram group and other criminal inmates of the facility may have come and gone, but the dust it raised is yet to settle. A source who works at the ...

On the Sunday, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, announced his choice of running mate to the Nigerian voters. After so much controversies and debates about muslim-muslim ticket, the former two-term governor and strong man of Lagos state settle for it, and in ...

Tough legal battle is brewing between the Twitter board and Elon Musk following his announcement to walk away from his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, and leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. Musk lawyer`s letter to Twitter: The Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter’s board ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has finally chosen a running mate for the February 2023 presidential election. The former two-term governor of Anambra State on Friday named Datti Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Clariform ...

A total of 18 youth corps members have been sanctioned with compulsory repeat of the one year national service in Ekiti. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mrs Mary Chikezie, said this on Thursday, at the passing-out ceremony of the 2021 Batch B Stream 1 of youth corps members at ...

Following the unfortunate jailbreak incident at the Kuje correctional center, Abuja by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), the federal government has now released some list of the escapees. Clariform reminds our readers that the ISWAP terrorists on Tuesday night successfully broke out at least 64 members of ...

China’s military says it recently held joint combat readiness exercises, patrols, and combat drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan as a senior US senator visited the self-ruled island. The eastern theater command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in a statement on Friday said the drills were held ...