…says it cost a fortune to mint Naira notes By Festus Ahon CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said its cashless policy was to cut down the volume of cash in circulation and to place Nigeria on the scoreboard of global best practices, disclosing that the policy has been put to test in five states in […]

…Residents on red alert By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar Barely six days after an accounting staff with the Cross River Newspaper Corporation, Mr Maurice Archibong, and an Associate Professor at the University of Calabar, David Ugwu, were kidnapped by gunmen, a businessman based in the city has also been abducted. A source said the businessman, Desmond […]

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday advised the EFCC to put its house in order to tender evidence in the trial of former Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, advised the EFCC to put its house in order to tender evidence in the trial of for Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido.

After reading Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s homily for ‘Saint’ Michael Nnadi who was canonized by men of violence as Christ was canonized, I titled the book (yes, it is more than a book) “The victory of the dead over the killers”.

By Eric Ugbor ABIA state Police Commissioner, Ene Okon has confirmed the arrest of six robbers by a team of detectives at the Ndiegoro Police Division in Aba. Okon while confirming the report said that Ndiegoro DPO, SP Alphonsus Ayang and his men had done a good work but would now handover to the department […]

Nigeria’s foremost novelist, Chinua Achebe died on March 21, 2013, roughly a year after the release of his last book  There Was a Country:  A Personal History of Biafra.  Chinua Achebe’s historical account in that supposedly last novel has been variously interpreted depending on the background, mindset and interest of each interpreter. Despite the varying connotations given to his intended message, Achebe’s parting gift portrays the dominant conditions that pervade Nigeria’s sociopolitical landscape, especially the quagmire of corruption and insipid leadership which she has been inexorably trapped into since she attained independence.

Two people in Iran tested positive Wednesday for the deadly new coronavirus, the health ministry said, in the Islamic republic’s first cases of the disease. Kianoush Jahanpour, a ministry spokesman, said the cases were detected in the holy city of Qom, south of the Iranian capital. “In the past two days, some suspect cases of […]

ABUJA — THE United States government has given the federal government conditions under which the recent visa policy affecting six countries, including Nigeria, could be reviewed. 

By Juliet Umeh When it comes to cracking smartphones, iPhones are assumed to be superior to Android in terms of privacy and security. However, the story has taken a u-turn, and Android phones have become harder to crack than iPhones. This is according to a forensic detective Rex Kiser who works with the Fort Worth […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has poured encomium on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for its sustained war against graft, economic and financial crimes which he said has earned the government accolades on the international scene.

By Peter Okutu The chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Clement Odah, yesterday called on his supporters to resist any attempt that would make them display acts of violence against his opponents in the forthcoming local government election in the State. Recall that the local government election was scheduled to take […]

INDUSTRIALISTS who invested in the nation’s ports logistic value chain with the establishments of bonded terminals have expressed anger and frustrations about alleged official neglect of the facilities by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, among others.
Speaking on the issue, Executive Chairman of Fano Shipping Agencies Limited, Damian Emeka Obianigwe, expressed reservation about the commitment of the government to the investment agreements.

North’s economic recovery must focus on upscaling digital skills of youths ― Pantami Two million Nigerians living in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe IDP camps alone ― UNHCR By Luminous Jannamike Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, said Nigeria cannot achieve economic progress without the social emancipation of women, especially in the North. He stated this […]

•We are going through agony — IPMAN • Calls on S’East governors to intervene By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — THE long closure of the Enugu depot of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is no doubt hitting hard on oil marketers in the South East who now source their products from far distances with the attendant […]