PHOTOS: Enugu observes total compliance with IPOB’s sit-at-home order
By Chinedu Adonu, Enugu Enugu State was on Monday, August 9, 2021, grounded following the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in solidarity for the release of its leader, Mazi, Nnamdi Kanu from detention. Commercial activities came to a standstill in the state capital as residents deserted its streets and roads […]
N12trn pension assets investment sidelines infrastructure
•Funds go to FG borrowings •We are engaging stakeholders for solution —PenCom By Rosemary Iwunze Federal Government’s dream of ramping up pension assets for investments into infrastructure development seems floundering as most recent report shows a stagnation in funds allocation to the sector. Meanwhile the bulk of the over N12trillion assets are going into Federal […]
Pastor, wife, 27 others kidnapped in Kwara
There is now panic in Kwara state as no fewer than Twenty nine passengers, in transit were kidnapped by gun men at the weekend at two different occasions.
Naira strengthens, sells at N508 in parallel market
By Babajide Komolafe Contrary to the apprehensions over the fate of Naira at the backdrop of the ban of Bureau de Changes, BDCs, from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange sales window, the local currency firmed up from its initial losses to gaining N7.0 in the parallel market last week. Analysts are projecting further […]
Muharram 1443: Sokoto govt declares public holiday
By Musa Na Annabi – Sokoto As Sultan declares August 10th as the first day of Muharram the new month of the Islamic Calendar, Sokoto State Government has declared Tuesday 10th August as public holiday to commemorate the Islamic new year 1443. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal declared the holiday after due consultation with the Sultanate council […]
Tunde Ayeni mourns Captain Hosa Okunbo’s passage
Pays tributes to the late business mogul Nigeria has lost one of the greatest contributors to her economic growth and a dedicated philantropist with the passage of Captain Idahosa Okunbo. Businessman, Dr Olatunde Ayeni, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of late Business icon, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo who passed on Saturday night […]
