Lasaco Assurance Plc, under the new leadership of Chief Teju Philips, has scaled the first hurdle of the recapitalisation exercise for insurance and reinsurance companies announced by the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, to strengthen the financial bases of underwriters.

By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has signed into law, the 2021 appropriation bill passed into law by the Borno State House of Assembly. The budget was however jerked from N208b proposed by Zulum, to N248 billion for which the assembly explained, was to cater for industrial projects by the […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo In a bid to reduce the burden of retirees in Osun, the State Government has released the sum of N200million to offset pensions owed to the retired workers. This was disclosed by the state Head of Service, Dr Festus Oyebade during the Year 2021 annual Inter-Religious prayer held at the car […]

The younger brother to Alhaji Umar Faruq, Emir of Daura, Abdullahi Umar is dead. He died in a fatal auto crash along Katsina/Daura Road. As at the time of filling this report, details surrounding the accident were sketchy but Governor Aminu Masari was in Daura on Monday to condole with the Emir over the loss. […]

Tyson Fury said on Monday he can knock out fellow British world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua inside two rounds due to his recent form. WBC belt holder Fury said following Joshua’s past two bouts — a unanimous points decision over Andy Ruiz Junior in December 2019 and a ninth-round stoppage of Kubrat Pulev last month […]

A leaked phone call between Donald Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger in which the US president appeals for the official to help overturn the state’s election result has triggered demands for a criminal investigation. The call, which was first published by The Washington Post on Sunday, finds Mr Trump – who has […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure No fewer than 120 suspected criminals have been arrested by the Ondo state security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps in the last one month. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the commander of the security outfit, Chief Adetunji Adeleye said that “since we started Operation Clean-Up about a month ago, we’ve arrested […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The teenage girl, Barakat Melojuekun who accused Ogun State commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun of sexual harassment has thanked well-meaning Nigerians for showing support but wants the case dropped. This follows a call by her dad who also said the case has been withdrawn and pleaded for it to be dropped […]

US President Donald Trump spent more than an hour on the phone to election officials in Georgia, as he continues to try to overturn the result in the state, BBC reports. He made a number of accusations of fraud for which he did not provide evidence. We’ve fact-checked some of his claims. Claim 1: ‘So […]

By Joseph Erunke THE federal government has said about 8,000 women across the 44 local government councils are to benefit from its Cash Grant for Rural  Women Project in Kano State. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar  Farouq, according to a statement from the ministry,disclosed this during the flag-off ceremony […]

Urge President to give citizens New Year gift by relieving security heads of positions Task  him to appoints security chiefs that represent federal character By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Northern elders have expressed disappointment in the New Year message of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the inability of the president to yield to the desire of […]

…Buhari pays tribute President Muhammadu Buhari mourns journalist, poet, author and sports administrator, Otunba Eddie Aderinokun, who passed on January 3, 2021, aged 80. The President salutes the more than 60 years of vibrant journalism  practice by Aderinokun, which saw him rise to editorship of the then reputable Daily Express Newspaper, and his contribution to […]

Premier real estate network marketing firm, Property World Africa Network, PWAN Group, took staff welfare to a new height, giving out 14 cars and other gifts to its staff and partners at an event marking the firm’s annual thanksgiving for the outgoing year.

Decides their bail request Tuesday By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court at Wuse zone 2, on Monday, remanded the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoleye Sowore at the Kuje Correctional Center. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the last general election and publisher of […]

By BENJMAIN NJOKU The Federal Government has been urged to reform the security architecture of the country in order to accommodate the restoration of nightlife in the major cities, which will enable the entertainment industry to thrive. This is in addition to relaxing the conditions attached to assessing government funding, for creative and entertainment sector […]