By Dapo Akinrefon A former Communications Minister, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olarenwaju (retd) has faulted the Lagos State government for allegedly truncating process of appointing the 9th Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU. In a statement by Olarenwaju, who is a Trustee of a group, Trustee Ọmọ Eko Pataki, the former Minister faulted the state government […]

By Chief Edward Ekpoko Ogiame Ikenwoli, the 20th Olu of Warri, ascended the pristine throne on 12th December 2015 in a fanfare. His ascension was one of the most peaceful and celebrated in the annals of the Warri Monarchy since about 1480. The Warri (Itsekiri) Monarchy and the Itsekiri people is like a symphony orchestra. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Air Force Base, Maiduguri, Borno State, in the company of prominent government officials.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, has on Wednesday called for peace in Africa to alleviate the plight of Cameronian refugee children living in the Ogoja area of Cross River State. The Head of the UNHCR Sub Office Ogoja, Mr. Tesfaya Bekele, made this clarion call at the funfair treat to observe the […]

Nigerian ace comedian and social commentator, Francis Agoda famously known as I Go Dye has charged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to release the 4.2 million pounds Ibori loot recently returned by United Kingdom to Delta State for developmental projects in a new letter. I Go Dye, […]

A Yoruba Freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho, has given a fresh eviction notice to Fulani bandits in the South-West geo-political zone, vowing to smoke them out of the forests very soon.

By Ikechukwu Amaechi I had no personal relationship with Abba Kyari, a lawyer trained at Cambridge University in England, who amassed more power than any of his predecessors as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. So, after his death last year, I reached out to a close friend of his to make sense of […]

By Peter Egwuatu Kuda, a Berlin-based international venture capital firm with over 1.5 billion euros in assets under management, and Target Global’s have   revealed   plans   to fund start-ups   in Nigeria. This was revealed when Kuda brought together founders of several Nigerian start-ups and local technology investors at an exclusive interactive session held in Lagos. READ ALSOTwitter […]

The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Winnie Lai- Solarin, has said there are Nigeria has 415 grazing reserves in 21 states, 141 gazetted.

…receives support from representatives of PWDs By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA-AS vulnerable persons in Nigeria continue to agitate for inclusion in governance and other social interventions made for citizens, an Abuja-based research institute, the Africa Polling Institute, API, disclosed initiative and moves to gather accurate data of Persons Living With Disabilities, PWDs, across Nigeria. The disclosure […]

By Cynthia Alo The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF),  has  trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The training was conducted exclusively on  TEFConnect,   the Foundation’s proprietary digital platform  that provides capacity-building support, advisory and market linkages to over one million Africans. READ ALSOReps probe Police over […]

The police in Jigawa on Thursday confirmed that some angry residents beat  a 40-year-old suspected robber, Hassan Sale, to death in the state. Spokesman of the command, ASP Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse. Adam said that the incident occurred at the Chandan village in Birninkudu Local Government Area (LGA), when the […]

For the second consecutive year, Zenith Bank Plc has been named as the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom. The award, which was published in the June 2021 edition of The Ethical Boardroom magazine, is in recognition of the bank’s adherence to global best practices and institutionalization of corporate governance, […]

By Peter Egwuatu Nigeria’s currency weakened to a four-year low in the parallel market despite the efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to make banks sell more dollars to customers failed to bridge the widening gap between the official and street rates. According to a Bloomberg’s report, citing abokifx.com, a website that collates foreign […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The Federal Government has accused governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party of calling for the reversal of ban on Twitter because it has deprived them the opportunity to spread fake news and hate. Mallam Garba Shehu who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]