By Dele Sobowale “We’ve lost 50% of production to insecurity, farmers lament” – News Report. July 22, 2021. There is no alternative, TINA, was the regular acronym of those promoting the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, during the Babangida regime. It was the way technocrats’ (as the promoters were then called) were telling Nigerians that given […]

By Dapo Akinrefon The Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Aiyedire Local Government area of Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, on Monday, expressed satisfaction with the growing number of insurgents surrendering to the Military while commending the efforts of the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya and his team in the fight against […]

By Cynthia Alo Some economists and oil and gas experts have backed the Federal Executive Council’s  (FEC) approval of  the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stake by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemical Refinery. They made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

Gallant troop’s of Operation Hadin Kai in Sunday foiled an attempt by scores of Boko Haram terrorists to invade Damboa Town with the ensuring gunfight resulting in several of the terrorists fleeing with gunshot wounds.

By Wole Mosadomi Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, has been kidnapped by unknown Gunmen. He was kidnapped in his hometown, Baban Tunga in Tafa Local Government Area of the state around 1 am today (Monday). ALSO READ: Overloading: One dead, 15 injured in Ondo boat mishap  Secretary to Niger State government, […]

Market rebounds to gain N137.4bn By Peter Egwuatu Positive sentiments returned to the equities market on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX last week as the gradual release of corporate earnings bolstered buying interests in dividend-paying stocks.   Consequently, the All-Share Index advanced by 0.7 per cent Week-on-Week, W-o-W, to close at 38,811.11 points. As a result, […]

As gov urges Muslims to pray for peace, unity By Adeola Badru – Ibadan The government of Oyo State, Monday, announced Tuesday, August 10, 2021 as a public holiday, to commemorate and celebrate the new Islamic calendar year, 1st Muharram (Hijrah) 1443 AH. This was contained in a circular letter  from the Office of the […]

•Funds go to FG borrowings •We are engaging stakeholders for solution —PenCom By Rosemary Iwunze Federal Government’s dream of ramping up pension assets for investments into infrastructure development seems floundering as most recent report shows a stagnation in funds allocation to the sector. Meanwhile the bulk of the over N12trillion assets are going into Federal […]

There is now panic in Kwara state as no fewer than Twenty nine passengers, in transit were kidnapped by gun men at the weekend at two different occasions.

By Babajide Komolafe Contrary to the apprehensions over the fate of Naira at the backdrop of the ban of Bureau de Changes, BDCs, from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange sales window, the local currency firmed up from its initial losses to gaining N7.0 in the parallel market last week. Analysts are projecting further […]

By Musa Na Annabi – Sokoto As Sultan declares August 10th as the first day of Muharram the new month of the Islamic Calendar, Sokoto State Government has declared Tuesday 10th August as  public holiday to commemorate the Islamic new year 1443. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal declared the holiday  after due consultation with the Sultanate council […]

Pays tributes to the late business mogul Nigeria has lost one of the greatest contributors to her economic growth and a dedicated philantropist with the passage of Captain Idahosa Okunbo. Businessman, Dr Olatunde Ayeni, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of late Business icon, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo who passed on Saturday night […]

In the face of imminent Covid-19 third wave, a Kano based youth group, African Focus For Youth Development, AFFYD has sensitized youths in Kano State against myths and disbelieves surrounding the highly contagious disease.

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and current Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has decried the use of her name for advertisement of events she knows nothing about.

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr.Austin Alegeh (SAN), has called for equity in the country’s justice system. Alegeh stated this in his keynote address at the annual Feast of Barracuda(FOB), organised by the Zanas Deck of the National Association of Seadogs(Pyrates Confraternity) in Lagos at the weekend with the theme ‘‘Justice Delayed […]