Reversing the downward trend in Foreign Investment inflow
By Babajide Komolafe From 2017 to 2019, Nigeria enjoyed a strong romance with foreign investors. During this period foreign investors injected $53 billion into the nation’s economy. Driven by a series of foreign exchange market reforms introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) between 2016 and 2017, including the introduction of the Investors and […]
Inter-tribal conflicts: Leaders must unite against criminality, divisive forces — Senate
…Says NASS’ll consult with other tiers of govt to address tension in Nigeria …Insists joint c’ttee working on PIB’ll conclude work before end of March By Henru Umoru THE Senate has called on leaders across the country to come together against criminality, following activities of bandits and kidnappers, and resist the antics of divisive elements […]
Labour, CSOs kick as FG plans fresh fuel price hike
…Petrol price rising by 8.2% as Bonny Light hits $59.46 per barrel …Be ready to bear pains of high petrol cost, FG tells Nigerians …Nigerians can’t take another hike – Labour By Victor Young, Luminous Jannamike & Obas Esiedesa Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has admonished Nigerians to be ready to bear […]
Farmers/herders clash: Anyone who bears arms unlawfully must be arrested —Presidency
By Onozure Dania Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said, yesterday, that the position of the president on the farmers and herders clash, and the recent killings in the country, is that anybody bearing arms unlawfully must be arrested and prosecuted. Adesina said this, while responding to a question […]
I’m aiming for the Grammys — Au-Pro
A Nigerian music sensation, Ebu Augustine, popularly known as Au-Pro by fans in the industry, has said that he is putting up his best at being enlisted as one of top Nigerian winners of the Grammy Awards. Augustine, an indigene of Akwa-Ibom State in Nigeria, said, every success can easily be achieved by good planning, […]
Let the world hear our stories
Great stories make great content on television, big screen, or even mobile terminals. Those who say content is king love good stories, the sort that spikes the adrenalin, make it impossible to put down a book or hook you permanently on the screen, large or small, and sometimes become very redeeming in challenging you to […]
ACF sad over death of Mai Kanuribe of Lagos, condoles Zulum
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has expressed sadness over news of the death of three members of the entourage of Governor Zulum of Borno State. The Governor was said to be on his way back to Maiduguri from Mafa, his home town when the tyre of a car on his convoy got […]
FG hands over 310 Kano state indigenes repatriated from Saudi Arabia
By Victoria Ojeme The Federal government has handed over 310 Kano State Indigenes repatriated from Saudi Arabia. About 319 Nigerians were reportedly stranded and were evacuated from the country. Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, the Director, Consular and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who received the returnees, noted that their quarantine period has elapsed. The Media, […]
Expectations from our constituents giving us pressure — Reps
House of Representatives yesterday said that its members were facing undue pressure from their constituents over-high expectations.
Service Chiefs: Yoruba elders back Ohanaeze, urge Nigerians to speak up for Igbo in interests
The South West elders, operating under the umbrella of Conference of Concerned Yoruba Elders (CCYE), expressed reservation over the alleged continuous sidelining of their Igbo neighbours from the security management team, saying they were losing sleep over the development given that it had happened for the second time, having experienced the first in 2015 when no military officer of South-East extraction made it in the security team composed by the president.
Nigeria’s ballooning security challenges
I have a feeling that President Muhammadu Buhari likes to enjoy some spiteful private jokes at the expense of Nigerians. Buhari withdrew into a world of his own as soon as he won the 2015 election. He’s lived in that bubble of self-painted reality far removed from average, normal Nigerians ever since. He is pursuing […]
