The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, at the head of a high-level delegation, arrived in Bamako on Monday afternoon, official sources told PANA. The two-day visit is a follow-up on the Conference of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Mali held in […]

***Say sector to do better By Kingsley Adgboye with Agency report The year 2020, although filled with mixed feelings and many hurdles, was a year packed with lessons. The year emerged with unforeseen turn of events that have initiated unprecedented trends in the Nigerian market, and the world at large, with severe impacts on supply […]

***As generation average 4,050MW By Obas Esiedesa Contrary to expectations, there are indications that Nigeria’s electricity sector has recorded huge set back since the private sector take-over seven years ago. Data obtained by Vanguard Energy last weekend shows that volume of stranded power has risen by about 263 percent to 3,742 megawatt (MW) as at […]

By Yinka Odumakin IT was the very day protesters violated Capitol Hill in America over allegation of rigged polls that the JNI in Nigeria pronounced death sentence over the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Hassan Kukah, who has a double jeopardy of being a prominent indigene of Southern Kaduna, a community that has been at […]

…Enyimba Economic city ‘ll employ 600,000 youths By Clifford Ndujihe Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu wants all hands on deck to create jobs for Nigeria’s youths. With Nigeria’s population projected to double in 2030, he said the recent #EndSARS protests would be a child’s play without employment opportunities for the youths. This is the […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure A couple, Mr and Mrs Gbenga Ibikunle who were abducted along Uso – Owo highway in Ondo state have narrated how their abductors collected N2m cash along the highway before releasing them. Recall that the couple who travelled to the wife’s home town in Ebonyi state with their three children were […]

 Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Monday, inaugurated 774,000 Federal Government Extended Special Public Works Programme in Osogbo.

THE Traditional Ruler of Owa Kingdom, Ika North East Local Government Area,  Delta State, HRM Dr Emmanuel Efeizomor II, has conferred the highest honorary Traditional Award in Owa land, the Owa Grand Master Award, OGM on an illustrious son of the Kingdom, Chief Dickson Nwachukwu Osanu.

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic is spreading fast, causing mild symptoms in some victims and severe illnesses and death in others. Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State government on Monday said it has opened an Oxygen Therapy Center to avoid a situation of scarcity of the life-saving consumable. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, who made this known in Abeokuta, said that the Oxygen Therapy Center which sits within the Infectious Disease Hospital, Iberekodo, […]

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump on Monday condemned last week’s violent breach of Capitol Hill by supporters of her husband, President Donald Trump.

*Urges FG not to give up on Eco currency By Babajide Komolafe MONEY MARKET Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) said that unification of exchange rates is necessary to maximise the economic benefits of increased remittances inflow into the economy. While commending the recent policy measures introduced by the Central Bank of […]

·Moves against illicit financial outflow Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ECONOMY Nigeria may have lost about $178billion (about N5.4 billion) to tax evasion by multi-nationals in ten years. Consequently, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resolve to moved against illicit financial outflow from the country and enforce tax compliance among multi-nationals operating […]

The Police Command in Zamfara has banned unauthorised use of siren, revolving light, tinted glasses, unregistered, covered, and spy plate numbers. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu. “The command wishes to warn that unauthorised and Illegal use of […]

The second part of this article focused on the twisting of the plain truth Bishop Kukah spoke to the authorities CITIZENS have nowhere to  turn to. After he assumed power, a delegation of the Catholic Bishops Conference had audience with President Buhari. In the course of our discussion, the President shared with us his frustration […]