Zaid, 14 needs N3.3m for urgent heart surgery
By Chioma Obinna The families of Ibrahim Usman are desperately in need of N3.3m to save their son, Zaid Usman, who is to undergo corrective heart surgery at Narayana Health, India. The doctors at the hospital say his surgery would cost over N3.3m. Sadly, his family cannot afford it. According to a medical report from […]
Crude oil refiners task CBN on intervention fund
By Sebastine Obasi To encourage local refining of petroleum products, the Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria (CORAN), the umbrella body of indigenous crude oil refiners has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), to create crude refinery intervention fund like that of Agricultural Credit Fund or the Pharmaceutical Fund domiciled at the CBN. The Association […]
Tension remains high as PDP caucus, BoT, NEC meet
Tension remains high as PDP caucus, BoT, NEC meet
Ex-Minister tackles Tinubu’s campaign team over Oriental Hotel claim
By Gabriel Olawale LAGOS—FORMER Minister of Communication, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd), yesterday, faulted the claim by the Presidential campaign team of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the parcel of land on which Oriental Hotel is located along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, was a dump site describing the claim as blatant lies. The APC Presidential […]
Why next administration must tackle liquidity problem – Teriba, Yusuf
As LASUMBA holds business forum By Adesina Wahab Whoever comes into office next May as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must take steps to tackle the liquidity problem the nation faces now or other associated socio-economic problems like unemployment, crimes etc may finally pull the country under. This was the opinion of […]
Adamu’ll deliver me as President of Nigeria, says Tinubu
By Miftaudeen Raji Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence in the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu as he said the chairman will deliver him (Tinubu) as the president of Nigeria. Tinubu made this statement while fielding questions from journalists during his visit to […]
Truckers petition NSA over unwholesome practices by soldiers at ports
By Godwin Oritse THE Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Association, COMTUA, has petitioned the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, over the engagement of soldiers by individuals in the movement of trucks in and out of the ports in Lagos. In the petition signed by COMUTA’s President, Comrade Yinka Aroyewun, said that the Army […]
You’re exaggerating, envoy faults Abike Dabiri over Northern Cyprus
By Victoria Ojeme & Fortune Eromosele The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, has chided the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, over her warning to Nigerians against travelling to northern Cyprus, saying that her allegations were mere exaggerations and unfounded claims. Bayraktar, in an open letter to the NiDCOM Chairman, said […]
Customs warehouses overflowing with seized goods
.as bags of rice now stored in office surroundings By Godfrey Bivbere The two government warehouses meant for storage of seized contraband items at the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, are now overflowing with seized thousands of bags of imported rice. Other seized items at the government warehouses […]
Amusan seeking to end historic, record-laden year with another global title
Reigning Nigeria, Commonwealth and World 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Ayomide Amusan will be hoping to win the last major global title of the outdoor season and get her hands, once again, on the iconic Diamond Trophy Thursday in Zurich, venue of the 2022 Diamond League final. The Nigerian began her historic run on the track […]
LP’s attack in Enugu: No bullet, bomb can silence peoples’ agenda — Ekwe
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party has condemned what it described as a cowardly attempt to scare the members of the party in Enugu State during its meeting, saying that no cartilage of bullets and cache of bombs can silence a peoples’ agenda and resolve which time have come.
