Call Oshiomhole to order, Governors’ Mandate tells Buhari

Call Oshiomhole to order, Governors’ Mandate tells Buhari

By Abayomi Adeshida – Abuja The political tension building up around the National Chairman of the ruling All Peoples Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole just increased by another political pressure group in Abuja. The Governors’ Mandate Network (GMN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call  Oshiomhole to order so as to douse the political tension […]
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Everton boss Ancelotti hit with FA charge over ref rage

Everton boss Ancelotti hit with FA charge over ref rage

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti was charged with misconduct by the English Football Association on Monday following his red card in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United. Ancelotti was sent off for his angry protests to referee Chris Kavanagh following the final whistle at Goodison Park. The Italian was frustrated after Everton had what they thought […]

DSS: CSO condemns alleged harassment of Ogundipe, Mojeed

DSS: CSO condemns alleged harassment of Ogundipe, Mojeed

Flays misuse of security institutions against journalists By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, called Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education, CHRICED, Monday, condemned the alleged harassment of a reporter with Premium Times, Samuel Ogundipe, and the Editor-in-Chief, Premium Times, Muskilu Mojeed. This was contained in statement signed by the […]

Banks face nightmare as customers move to Fintechs

Banks face nightmare as customers move to Fintechs

Despite the inherent risks, banks appear to be losing more customers to financial technology companies, Fintechs, as the later diversify into areas hitherto considered exclusive to the former.

Family raises alarm over son’s unlawful detention

Family raises alarm over son’s unlawful detention

This is certainly not the best of time for the Ajayi’s family , following the detention of its 32-year-old son, Richard Osakue Ajay,  at the Correctional centre ,,Nasarawa State, over a murder charge he reportedly has no hand in.

I’m yet to understand essence of N-Power—Minister

I’m yet to understand essence of N-Power—Minister

Five months after taking office, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Monday, said she was yet to understand the essence of N-Power programme.

We’ll reverse decline interest of young Nigerian in Science – FG

We’ll reverse decline interest of young Nigerian in Science – FG

The Federal government has vowed to address the declining interest of young Nigerians in science studies. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, stated this noted that the  Ministry has discovered a decreased interest by Nigerian Youths to study Science and Science related courses.

I’m still studying files to know real essence of N-Power, says minister

I’m still studying files to know real essence of N-Power, says minister

Says action reason for delay of payment to beneficiaries By Joseph Erunke Five months after President Muhammadu Buhari created the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and appointed her minister in charge of the ministry, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, yesterday, said she was still studying files to understand the essence of the federal […]

Senegal confirms first coronavirus case

Senegal confirms first coronavirus case

Senegal on Monday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a French citizen who visited France last month before returning to the West African country and being quarantined in the capital Dakar. “The results of the tests carried out by the Pasteur Institute in Dakar came back positive,” Senegal’s Health Minister Diouf Sarr told journalists. […]

Saudi Arabia announces first case of coronavirus, linked to Iran

Saudi Arabia announces first case of coronavirus, linked to Iran

Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after one its citizens who had returned from COVID-19 hotspot Iran tested positive. The health ministry said the man, tested after entering the country through Bahrain, had been “isolated in a hospital”. Saudi Arabia is the last Arab state in the Gulf to report a […]

Italy coronavirus death toll jumps to 52

Italy coronavirus death toll jumps to 52

Italy reported Monday a jump in the death toll from the coronavirus to 52, with more than 2,000 people infected, most in the country’s northern Lombardy region. The civil protection agency said 18 people had died since Sunday — including three in Emilia Romagna — all of whom were either elderly or had serious pre-existing […]

Joshua to fight Pulev to defend heavyweight world titles

Joshua to fight Pulev to defend heavyweight world titles

Anthony Joshua said he felt “honoured” to be topping the bill in the first professional boxing event at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after it was announced he would defend his world heavyweight titles at the north London football ground against Kubrat Pulev on June 20. Joshua, 30, regained the WBA, IBF and WBO titles with […]

NCEF charges Gowon, Obasanjo, Danjuma to save Nigeria from Islamism

NCEF charges Gowon, Obasanjo, Danjuma to save Nigeria from Islamism

By Sam Eyoboka THE National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has again made a passionate appeal to the three most outstanding retired military generals, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, General Olusegun Obasanjo, and Gen. Theophilus Danjumu as well as indigenous traditional rulers in the country to gather themselves and save the country from the grip of Islamism, Boko […]