Preventing truancy and reducing the number of out-of-school children topped the agenda at a meeting of Traditional Rulers held on May 15 at the Palace of the Eburu of Ibaland, Osun State. The meeting was convened under the Ooni Ojaja Program for Traditional Rulers’ Intervention on Truancy Prevention, School Enrolment, and Engagement. In his welcome […]

By Dele Sobowale ”Capital is a coward: it flees from wherever there is turbulence.”  Time managementFor almost ten years, the idea has been disturbing my mind that perhaps the time has come in Nigeria when governments at all levels must consider security as an economic variable. Right now, Nigerians, in and out of government remain […]

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has commended the member representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Kabiru Amadu, for “delivering dividends of democracy to his constituents.”

By Etop Ekanem Lagos— Indomie Fan Club (IFC), Nigeria’s largest children-focused platform, recently marked its 20th anniversary with a colourful and energetic celebration themed A Journey of Love: Friendship Through the Years Built on Love. Held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, the event spotlighted two decades of impacting children through education, entertainment and values-driven […]

By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Dangote Petroleum Refinery has taken delivery of 146,000 metric tonnes of crude oil from the international market, with the vessel, Hercules, still discharging the cargo.  According to checks by Vanguard, another vessel, Sienna, is scheduled to arrive with 125,000 metric tonnes of crude oil for refining. In a related development, three […]

“Since I started this contribution, I attend to my needs on time and have receive no excuses about my money disappearing”

•Vows to back reforms to simplify trade regulations By Yinka Kolawole The Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said that more than  75 percent of goods offloaded in the Benin Republic ports are bound for Nigeria, blaming inefficiencies and high costs at Nigerian ports. Abbas stated this when he received a delegation from the Presidential […]

•Major companies record 51.9% rise in revenue to N1.6trn  •Profit rises 180% to N218.35bn    •Traceable to macroeconomic stability – CPPE  •Backward integration a factor – NACCIMA  •Nigerian Breweries attributes it to financial restructuring By Yinka Kolawole  At the backdrop of perceived daunting macroeconomic challenges, major operators in the manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy may have […]

ANOTHER round of crisis is brewing in Federal Universities and inter University centers following the rejection of the sharing formula of the N50 billion Earned Allowances by the Joint Action Committee, JAC of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU.

By Peter Egwuatu  Analysts have warned stock market investors to trade cautiously as sentiments would depend on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s monetary policy decision this week. Meanwhile, trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX,  extended its positive momentum last   week, marking the fourth consecutive week of gains as investors reacted to the April inflation […]

Hundreds of Itsekiri youths embarked on a  peace walk across Warri urging the Independent National  Electoral Commission, INEC,   to redress the alleged errors  in its  ward redelineation exercise which robbed Itsekiri of wards.

By Comrade Bamidele Atoyebi It is axiomatic that when the fountain is muddied, you can’t get clean water downstream just like the fish starts rotting from the head. However, what is happening in the political firmament of Nigeria is a reverse logic to those aphorisms. Like it is argued that individual capacity determines the success […]

The Founder and President of MAAUN Group of Universities, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, generously donated a 60-seater bus to Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Kano State. Prof. Gwarzo announced the donation when he led some management staff of MAAUN on a courtesy visit to the College Provost, Dr. Kabir Ahmad Gwarzo, on Thursday. Prof. […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday arrested two high-profile suspected kidnap kingpins during a covert operation at Hajj camps in Abuja and Sokoto…

AHEAD of the 2027 general election, founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, yesterday, declared that at the moment, no candidate had better chances of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the presidential election.