The National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Dr.Iyochia  Ayu, has told Nigerians that the number of foreign loans Nigeria attracted under the Buhari administration and the economic predicaments in the country, have made Nigeria a beggar in the comity of nations and turned the country into the poverty capital of the world.

It was indeed a room full of women leaders from all over Africa on Thursday, November 18, at the 2021 edition of Africa Women Impact Summit and Awards as Mrs. Chizoba Anyika, the Secretary of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA, Nigeria and the National Publicity Secretary of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria joined other dignitaries to receive Impact Personality of the year award of excellence.

The widespread opposition to the planned N5,000 transport grant in lieu of fuel subsidy removal intensified over the weekend with business leaders advocating investment in critical infrastructure like transport, health and education  as a better way of reducing the expected inflationary impact of the policy on the masses.

Land and Air Components troops of Joint Task Force, North East (NE), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Sunday night annihilated several Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an encounter at Forward Operating Base, Gajiram Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State.

PRESIDENT of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, yesterday, warned the Federal Government against further aggravating the suffering of Nigerians through the proposed subsidy removal that will lead to hike in the price of petroleum.

Infectious disease experts yesterday disagreed with the banning of flights from Southern African countries, stating that such a move would be counter-productive for Nigeria, especially  as there is not much information on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

The Jos Prison, yesterday evening came under attack as gunmen, who pretended to be on a visit to the facility engaged the officials in a shootout at the gate,  to gain access into the facility.

The Ovie of Umiaghwa-Abraka Kingdom, Delta State,  HRH Air Vice Marshal Lucky  Ararile (retd),  has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has failed  to secure lives and property in the country, urging the National Assembly to legislate into existence the rights of Nigerians to bear arms for self defence.

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday hit back at Sheikh Gumi, describing as total madness and mischievious for anybody to compare it with bandits.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of attempting to pitch him against the people of the state, saying he never referred to Benue people as drunkards as alleged by the opposition party.

ARMED men suspected to be pirates, in the early hours of yesterday,  launched multiple attacks on some oil workers in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.

The deficit spending of the Federal Government, FG,   rose by 51 per cent, year-on-year,  YoY, to N5.1 trillion in seven months to July 2021, driven by rising non-discretionary spending on security and COVID-19 mitigation measures.   

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The World Bank has commended the Government of Kogi State under the leadership of Governor, Yahaya Bello, on its 2020 audited financial statement, describing the financial report as a standard for transparency and accountability in the public sector. The Bank made the commendation in a letter sent to the Accountant General of […]

Young Muslim Forum, a religious group, has called on the Federal and State Governments to enact stiffer laws that would tackle incessant rape cases across the country. Sheikh Azeez Habeeb, President of the forum, made the call during a special prayer for national unity in Uzi-Ekiti, Ekiti, on Sunday. Habeeb said that the high rate […]

Fear has enveloped female students of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, over the rape of a student of the institution.