Back in the days, there were famous band groups originating from High Schools in the country. School bands such as Ofege, Funkees, Survivals, Sweet Breeze, Blo, Cloud 7 and many other that include solo artists were all products of school band.

AS July comes to an end, Nigeria is getting set to repeat a recent unpleasant history. When in 2015 President Buhari failed to appoint ministers until October, he was warned on these pages about the economic consequences. A recession followed in 2016.

THE Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has called for elimination of fuel and foreign exchange subsidies in order to address structural defects in the economy.

Benue State tribal leaders, weekend described as reprehensible the directive by the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, Alhaji Saleh Alhassan, that herdsmen should defend themselves in any part of the county,  warning that it was an open declaration of war on Nigerians.

Young forwards Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen are targeting success in future Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria.

ABUJA—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, expressed shock at the alleged confession by  National Security Adviser, NSA, Gen. Babagana Mongunu (retd),  that he was not aware of the whereabouts of the disbursement of the $1 billion drawn from Excess Crude Account, ECA, by the Presidency in 2017 for security purposes.

THE Anglican Bishop of Amichi Diocese, Anambra State, Rt. Rev. Ephraim Ikeakor, has said Nigeria’s problems are the politicians while stressing the need to revisit the 2014 National Conference before talking about a fresh one.

The Presidency has berated those calling for a Sovereign National Conference, SNC, as a solution to the lingering insecurity ravaging the nation.

ANALYSTS are divided in their predictions for the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting holding today and tomorrow even as the Debt Management Office (DMO) flags off its bond issuance programme for the third quarter (Q3’19) with a N145 bond auction this week. 

FELLOW countrymen and women, people of my country, I have not come to criticize the wise decision of  President Muhammadu Buhari, to appoint only those he personally knows, as ministers.

The 2019 AFCON which ended on Friday, July 19, is the 32nd edition since the competition started in 1957, incidentally in the same Egypt, recorded many firsts.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, and former governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, have warned against ethnic profiling of criminals, saying it may lead to a complete state of anarchy in the country.

Ex international, Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that plans to sack Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr won’t put an end to the problems affecting Nigerian football.

AHEAD of its 2019 Annual General Meeting, AGM, Red Star Express Plc has urged its shareholders to update their records with the Registrar to ensure accuracy before dividends are declared.

FINANCIAL analysts have predicted a bullish run this week for the equities market amidst positive sentiment on the release of first half 2019, H1’19, companies’ results on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.