For the first time after the presidential primaries and selection of running mate which resulted in a crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, met, yesterday, to hammer out solutions to the logjam.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Ikorodu West in the Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Abiodun Aro.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Isa Mustapha and other top media practitioners, yesterday, warned against gagging the press, insisting that the media in Nigeria must be given free hand to carry out their profession.

His Highness,  Muhammad Sanusi II, yesterday, expressed his angst at the current situation Nigeria has found herself, insisting that the country is in a deeper hole and a bigger mess now, than it was in 2015.

Lagos State is set to launch its 30 years (2022-2052) development plan even as it assured that the commencement of the fourth mainland bridge project is near. The plan will be formally unveiled at the 2022 Ehingbeti, the State’s flagship economic summit scheduled for October.

Capital Express Assurance Limited recorded a profit after tax of N90.68 million in the financial year ended December 2021, a 33.6 per cent growth from N67.88 million in 2020

The Naira on Thursday gained against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N428.12. The figure represented an increase of 0.25 per cent compared with N429.20 it exchanged for the dollar on Wedneday. The open indicative rate closed at N428. 33 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N444 to […]

The Metaverse market size has been projected to reach $800 billion by 2024 according to a report, the President of Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, Mrs Bisi Adeyemi, has said.

Members of the Organised Private Sector, OPS, have called for a special fund to support industry-bank joint ventures in order to enhance the contribution of the two sectors to the economy.

July 2023 Healing Streams Live Healing services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, saw the faith and expectations of billions of participants across the world rewarded as the power of God came down with amazing blessings and restoration. Billions who stayed glued to their monitors online and offsite viewing centres all over the world beheld and experienced […]

Researchers and industrialists have urged master bakers and others in the bakery and confectionery businesses to experiment and adopt the use of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) and cassava flour to reduce cost of production and prices of the products.  Master bakers in Nigeria had, last week, threatened strike following abnormal rises in the price of […]

Barely 24 hours after the decision of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and its allies, to stabilize crude oil prices, report of the United States Energy Information Administration, USEIA, yesterday, forced a sharp drop in the prices across all grades including Nigeria’s Bonny Light.

By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR As part of effort by the Federal government  to give a lifting hand to the poorest citizens in the country under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP),  3351 persons in 11 LGAs of Cross River have benefited from the 20,000 cash grant for vulnerable groups. Sadiya Umar Farouq ,Minister for  Humanitarian […]

Renowned Geographer, Prof. Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje, is dead. He died on Thursday at the age of 90.

By Emmanuel Okogba Goodness Nwachukwu and Folashade Oluwafemiayo won gold medals in their respective disciplines on Thursday, breaking world records while they were at it. While Oluwafemiayo broke the WorldRecord in women’s Heavyweight Powerlifting event, lifting a series of: 130kg, 150kg & 155kg to score a cumulative 123.4 points, Nwachukwu clinched gold in women’s DiscusF42-44/61-64 […]