To boost Nigeria’ economic growth, the Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transports in Oyo State, Professor Daud Sangodoyin, has advocated the use of data synchronisation for economic and national development.

*Forecasts 2.5 growth in 2021 *Rues resurfacing of fuel subsidies *Applauds recent CBN’s forex measures By Emma Ujah,  Abuja Bureau Chief Despite some positive developments in the Nigeria’s economy in recent months the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the economy has sunk deeper than was the case before the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement […]

By Adekunle Adekoya Penultimate Thursday, June 10 to be precise, President Muhammadu Buhari granted an interview which was broadcast on Arise TV. Since then, various aspects of the President’s conversation with the Arise TV/ThisDay interview team have been the subject of debates and comments both in the traditional and new/social media. The President fielded questions […]

By Owei Lakemfa IT was Monday, November 5, 2018. I was engaged in my favourite past time whenever I visit China; climbing the Great Wall. Below it, the country sprawled and you could have a bird’s eye view.    As I write, I have the feeling that as the compass Communist Party of China, CPC […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday charged the military and security agencies not to give breathing space to terrorists and criminals in various parts of the country.

A 27-year-old man, Biola Taiwo, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, Osun for alleged shop-breaking and stealing

…Overjoyed wife delivered of baby boy hours after husband’s release …Gov Lalong excited over release of Zongo By Marie-ThereseNanlong THEIR joy was spontaneous and knew no bound! They danced, sang and praised God in many ways all because of the miracle man of the moment-Reverend Polycarp Zongo. Zongo, a fiery pastor with the Church of […]

Boko Haram jihadist group has confirmed the death of its chief Abubakar Shekau, who sources say died during infighting with a rival Islamic State-allied faction, according to a video message from its presumed new commander.

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and seized the boat used in smuggling the rice. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed this to newsman in Ibaka on Thursday when he handed over the bags of rice […]

…As APC zones guber ticket to Enugu East Sen. District The people of Enugu East Senatorial District of Enugu State comprising leaders of political, religious and traditional institutions, on Thursday, converged on the popular Michael Okpara Square, #Enugu, for a Mega Rally, requesting #Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi to uphold the long established rotational template with regards […]

THREE suspects held by Nasarawa State Police Command on allegation of kidnapping have accused the command of demanding N35 million to secure their release.

An alarm has been raised over alleged strings of misinformation and propaganda over purported defection of over 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State to a group known as Third Force at a declaration to take place in Ilorin, the state capital. Making this known in a press statement, a group […]

Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday forwarded the names of 18 nominees for appointment as commissioners to the state house of assembly for screening and confirmation

A bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps currently before the House of Representatives is to be passed soon, House Majority Leader, Alhaji Alhassan Doguwa, has said. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Peace Corps, Mrs Millicent Umoru-Osakwuaoguwa, said that Doguwa gave the assurance during the reconstitution of the […]

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday ordered investigations into the mayhem that broke out on Wednesday, between cell phone sellers and suspected hoodlums at Iwo Road in Ibadan