•Tells security operatives to be proactive against plans of terrorists By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said his greatest preoccupation was the threat to life by murderous gangs and merciless outlaws without the slightest regard for the sanctity of life. The President charged the security agencies to be more proactive and redouble their efforts […]

As Nigeria joins rest of the world to commemorate 2022 International Women’s Day, IWD, House of Representatives aspirant for Esan North East/Esan South East, of Edo State, Ose Anenih, expressed concern and wants bias against women broken with legislation

The Deputy Inspector General of Police in Charge Force Criminal Investigations Department, DIG Joseph Obiajulu Egbunike is dead.

. By Idowu Bankole with agency report U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the United States would no longer allow for the importation of Russian oil, the latest sanction to punish Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Biden who announced the sanction from the White House said Russian oil would no longer be […]

By Victoria Ojeme & Bernard Ozuanu Three First Ladies, Tuesday, advised Nigerian women to boycott 2023 general elections if the three gender bills rejected by the National Assembly were not reconsidered. The first ladies, including those of Ekiti, Edo and Akwa Ibom states, made this known while addressing protesters at the gate of the National […]

By Henry Umoru, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Victoria Ojeme, Funmi Ajumobi & Ebunoluwa Sessou The House of Representatives may have buckled under pressure from women across the country, rescinding its resolution on three gender bills it earlier threw out during voting on 68 clauses of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The House took the […]

By Babajide Komolafe In spite of the disparaging acts of a few charlatans across the disciplines in the geo-polity, there still abound in the land, men of character and value, the thought of whose principles and actions ignite hope. In this pack is  Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun who turns 88 years old today.  Otunba Balogun is  […]

By Jimitota Onoyume Foremost Ijaw political strategist, High Chief Lucky Akara Gbeneyei has called on Ijaw nation to dump politicians of Ijaw extraction whose only ambition is to be governor 2023, stressing that they had not been able to attract meaningful development to Ijaw areas all their years so far in power. Akara who is […]

By Nkiruka Nnorom Trading in the fixed income and currency (FIC) market has slumped back to declining trend after the December 2021 uptick. The January 2022 report just released by the FMDQ Exchange, Nigeria’s financial markets trading platform, has put transaction volume at N14.13 trillion, 31.21 percent down from N20.54 trillion recorded in December, 2021. […]

By Juliet Umeh LAGOS—Google yesterday announced $1m support for African women, including Nigerian women entrepreneurs to help grow their businesses. The support, according to Google forms part of its effort to mark 2022 International Women’s Day. Head Brand and Reputation, Africa – Google, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, who made the announcement, said: “Research shows that 58 percent of […]

The Nigerian consumers spent $2.29 billion (approximately N826.69billion) in 2019  on beer, a new report by Oxford Economics has shown.

By Onozure Dania LAGOS – THE Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, and Fund for Peace, FFP, have bagged the Webby’s Inaugural Anthem Awards for their humanitarian roles and community engagements in the Niger Delta region. Executive Director of PIND, Tunji Idowu, in a statement, yesterday, said: “We are delighted to receive […]

NIGER Delta Integrity Group, NDIG, has been described as false and unsubstantiated, claims by Rita Lori-Ogbebor that the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC appointed by President Buhari and confirmed by the Senate was nullified based on a court case instituted by her and others against its inauguration.

By Juliet Umeh The Nigeria Internet Registration Association, NiRA, has slashed the cost of hosting websites in Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) the .ng, by forty per cent. This is an incentive to have many Nigerians and corporate organisations patronise the platform, after a deliberate policy by the government to see the domain, […]

By Juliet Umeh The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, yesterday, called on the Federal government to break barriers hindering women from attaining top positions in Nigeria especially in politics. Laing made the remarks when a foundation, CyberSafe Foundation, graduated about 2,400 girls trained in digital skills through the ‘DigiGirls Digital Empowerment’ programme across Nigeria. […]