VP highlights impact of Sustainability Plan in saving jobs, sustaining livelihood, improving healthcare sector Calls for global action in access to vaccines for African countries in Chatham House event Nigeria’s priorities in a post-COVID-19 world include restoring economic growth in the immediate term, building resilience in the health sector, and repositioning the economy on a […]

Nicknamed the “Emperor” by some peers, Congo’s veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday won another five-year term that will see him steering his country for over four decades. A former paratrooper who swapped his combat uniform for fine tailored suits, Sassou Nguesso is one of the world’s longest-serving rulers. His counterparts in Ivory Coast […]

Lawyers and judiciary workers in Imo suspended court sitting yesterday to protest against the kidnap of a lawyer Barr. Chima Awurum. Awurum was kidnapped by gunmen last Friday in Mbano/Etiti, Imo. Secretary of the Imo branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chinedu Agu, said in a memorandum yesterday that there must be strict compliance […]

By Evelyn Usman THE Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, disclosed that policemen have been deployed to carry out 24 hours surveillance on schools and farms, to avert kidnappings and banditry in Lagos State. The Police boss, however, lamented that some of the terrains, especially those of the farms, were not accessible […]

…Restructuring is not secession—Akeredolu By Dayo Johnson THE Pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said, yesterday, that the creation of the South-West security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, is a forerunner to state police. A delegation of the group led by its General-Secretary, Basorun Sehinde Arogbofa, said this during a visit to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, in […]

…As Yoruba group dares Akeredolu, plans 1m march in Akure …Yoruba in Diaspora hold dialogue on restructuring By Dapo Akinrefon, with agency report GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State said yesterday that those calling for secession were doing so out of frustration. Fayemi spoke a day after his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, dissociated his […]

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN), has given the Department of State Services, DSS, a 48 hour ultimatum to either release the 26 Bureau de Change, BDC, operators in its custody or take them to court. In a letter to the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Magaji, in Abuja, Tarfa insisted that if DSS […]

Apai Godday Lucky, popularly known as Black70, in this interview shares his experience venturing in into business and how far he has come. He is currently the CEO of Abeg Multilinks World Limited – a global franchise with hybrid companies such as AbegMusic, AbegAutos, and AbegHousing. Who is Apai Godday Lucky? Apai Godday Lucky is […]

…Mubi’s population much higher than Bayelsa’s 8 LGAs Senator Dahiru …Who conducted the census, how justifiable is Mubi’s population? Senator Dickson fires back By Henry Umoru THERE was drama in the Senate yesterday, following altercation between Senators Aishatu Dahiru, APC, Adamawa Central and Seriake Dickson, PDP, Bayelsa West, over comments on Bayelsa’s small population. Trouble […]

Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Magazine’s Best Banks Awards 2021, retaining the award for the second successive year. The bank was among other banks from 35 countries in Africa recognised as the prestigious US magazine, Global Finance announced its 28th Annual Best Bank Awards Winners […]