By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka The national chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu has said that the November 6, 2021, Anambra governorship election would redefine the position of the party in the politics of Nigeria, vowing that ADC would produce the next governor of the state. Addressing reporters in Awka yesterday, Nwosu […]

. Says 16 killed, over 300 houses burnt in Southern Kaduna conflict By Ibrahim Wuyo,Kaduna The Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has alleged that conflicts in Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government area of Kaduna State, have so far led to the killing of 16 persons, mostly women and children, while […]

By Okoh Aihe WHEN the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, wakes up in the future to look at the history books, his name will be written in infamy. Reason being that at a time the country was drunken with violence and looked for good leadership to take momentous decisions, members of the National Assembly which […]

Another eight coronavirus cases have been recorded by Olympics organisers, they said on Wednesday in a daily report. One athlete who is not staying in the Olympic Village is among those who tested positive, they said. The numbers bring the total positive tests among those linked to the Olympics to 75 since July 1. According […]

By Prince Osuagwu Search engine giant, Google has released a whopping $2.1 million to about 22 media innovators who were shortlisted in the second Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge for Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey. Applications for the second GNI Innovation Challenge opened in February and ran until 12 April 2021. Google said […]

A commercial bank, Taj Bank Limited, weekend, commended global leader in financial technologies, Sopra Banking Software, SBS, for enabling its banking activity

By Temisan Amoye Bogije? Where is Bogije? My mind wandered. I was very sure I had neither heard of nor been to Bogije. I had just received a text containing the address of a vocational institute I planned to visit the following day. My destination was Muk-David International, where under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, ex-agitators […]

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Baking, Insurance & other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani has said that the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is a strategic institution which the National Assembly must do all in its powers to ensure it performs optimally.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk salt, bulk soya, petrol and butane gas. The NPA disclosed this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on […]

By Femi Bolaji Relatives of the victims of police brutality and other security agencies in Taraba state have cried out to Governor Darius Ishaku. They want the state government to expedite action on the report of the judicial panel of inquiry set up to consider petitions of the victims. Ferdinand Kakaba, Monday spoke for the […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians” at a busy market in the North-east of the Iraqi capital, just before the Eid-al-Adha holiday. In a statement issued by Deputy Spokesman to UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, the UN chief called the deadly attack in Baghdad’s Al-Sadr City “a reminder to […]

As someone who’s been in the Crypto space for some time now, I know that the industry is still relatively young. And that is why I have always tried to be alert for any opportunities to get early on a project and make some money for myself in the process. It is perhaps this “skill” […]

by Caroline Lucas TEXEM remains a leading innovative consulting firm that seeks to offer an unmatched learning platform to African leaders. TEXEM’sservices help organisations achieve their goals, optimise their impact and thrive. This is what the just successfully concluded TEXEM capacity development programme for Nigerian Senators and Members of the House of Representatives achieved. As […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the gallant pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet, Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, who survived an air crash. Dairo had successfully ejected himself from an aircraft that came under “intense ground fire from bandits” in Zamfara, last week The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja […]

Leaders in the Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria gathered at the recent Petroleum Club’s 2021 Annual Business Dinner, to deliberate on the present state and future of the Nigerian petroleum industry.