Victor Ogunyinka Following the report that BUA has purchased a million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for Nigerians, the Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, has disowned the statement, stating that no individual or company can purchase vaccines directly from any legitimate and recognised manufacturer. In an explicit statement clearing the air on the COVID-19 purchase, the […]

…Calls for urgent policy adjustment By Emma Ujah & Babajide Komolafe The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has called on the federal government to reform the nation’s economy and cut dependence on oil. The IMF, in a statement on the outcome of its 2020 Article IV Staff Consultation to Nigeria, stated: “Nigeria’s economy has been hit […]

By Adesina Wahab Olowu of Kuta in Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, yesterday, hailed the appointment of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Buratai, and other service chiefs as envoys, by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it would afford them the opportunity to galvanize global support for Nigeria’s peace keeping initiatives and efforts in African […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 643 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 140,391. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The country continues to report a trend of steadily declining active cases, for the second day after the […]

By Onozure Dania DIRECTOR-General of the Tinubu Support Organisation, Mr. Aminu Suleman, has said that the entire North and its people were behind the presidential aspirations of All Progressives Congress, APC, National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Suleman said that all the governors and the political leaders in the North have resolved to work hard to […]

…Ibarapaland now safe for farmers, villagers —Oyo Amotekun By Dayo Johnson & Adeola Badru THE Ondo State Security Agency Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, yesterday, disclosed that it had arrested 15 suspected gold miners, for mining gold illegally from different locations in Owo council area of the state. This came as the Amotekun Commander in Oyo […]

…Case adjourned to Feb 22 By Ibrahim Hassan Police witnesses at the resumed hearing of the case on the Kaduna sex party, yesterday told a Kaduna court during cross examination that there was no sex party on December 27, 2020 at Asher restaurant and lounge, Kaduna. The Kaduna State Government had since demolished the one-storey […]

By Demola Akinyemi The protracted leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, yesterday witnessed another orgy of violence  at the venue of the Kwara North stakeholders meeting of the party  in  Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of the state. In the latest violence, hoodlums were said to have attacked members […]

Nigeria’s leading Information and Communication Technology solutions and service provider, CWG Plc, has recorded a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N487 million in its 2020 result. This represents an increase of 570 per cent when compared to N72.7 million posted in the previous year in 2019. This is according to the company’s recent financial statement […]

By Onozure Dania A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, fixed April 13 for the hearing of final forfeiture of $5,781,173; $55 million and N2.4 billion, allegedly acquired by former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Justice Chuka Obiozor adjourned till April 13 after counsel to the parties appeared before the court over the matter. […]

By Peter Duru, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Davies Iheamnachor & Ibrahim HassanWuyo Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Middle Belt Forum, MBF, and Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, yesterday rose in support of Nobel laureate , Professor Wole Soyinka, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast on the herders’ crisis to avert another civil war in the […]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has endorsed the Nigeria Young Farmers Network and called for partnership and collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the sector to drive the vision of the NYFN Raise a Million Young Farmers in each State, mechanization agenda and other laudable programmes of the organization in […]

…We’re helpless, Police, FRSC, LASTMA lament COMMUTERS were trapped for hours in the perennial gridlock along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, yesterday, as the Policemen, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, could not control the chaotic traffic situation on the axis. From Jakande bus-stop, inward Apapa to […]

By Udo Ibuot FORMER governor of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, has advised the National Assembly to ensure that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was adequately empowered to solely declare winners of elections and not the courts. Osunbor in a memo he sent to both legislative chambers of the constitution review committees, advocated that […]

By Prince Osuagwu Ekiti State says it is preparing its youths towards acquiring skills that will make them employable in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Towards this end, the State Government has launched Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Education in public schools. Twelve schools from a mix of urban and underserved communities have been carefully […]