THERE was chaos in several parts of Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, as bus drivers, mostly those driving mini-buses, withdrew their services from the roads over alleged extortion by personnel of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency, EDSTMA, and Public Works Volunteers, PUWOV.

Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) on Monday, said politicians should be required to publicly disclose their sources of income to foster accountability and develop public trust. Director CDD, Idayat Hassan, said this at the launch of the Democracy Watch Reports, a series of reports that examined the state of democracy in Nigeria since […]

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has expressed worry that more than 80% of the world’s vaccines have gone to G20 countries while low-income countries, most of them in Africa, have received just 0.6% of all vaccine Speaking at the Building Bridges Summit for sustainable finance in Geneva on Monday, Mohammed said the world had not […]

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the request of some notable Igbo leaders to release leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

By Gabriel OlawaleAs the race to 2023 gathers momentum, the convener of Edo Volunteers for Tinubu 2023, Ms. Adetutu Owolabi has pledged to acquire the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest form for the former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu when the window is declared open by the party. According her: “As […]

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to the emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, Omicron. Guterres, in a statement on Monday said, people of Africa should not be blamed for the immorally low level of vaccinations available in the continent. He […]

The Nigerian government has reassured the Republic of South Africa that it will continue to strengthen bilateral ties between both countries for the mutual benefit of both country’s citizens and economies. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said this on Monday at the closing of the Ministerial Meeting of the 10th Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National […]

The South-East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA), has criticised and rejected the recent “astronomical and indiscriminate” increment in the import duty on cargoes charged by Nigerian Customs. SEAMATA is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in the South-East Geo-political Zone and traders of South-East extraction doing business across the states in the […]

By Kingsley Adegboye The Chief Executive Officer of Dutum Construction Company Limited, Temitope Runsewe, wants the federal government to deliberate about policies that will drive the nation’s construction sub-sector of the economy grow and result in GDP growth. Runsewe who spoke on the sidelines of the just concluded West Africa Property Investment WAPI, summit in […]

A functional transportation sector is instrumental to the realization of the goals of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement AfCFTA, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said in Abuja yesterday.