By Henry Ojelu & Debora Oladeji A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, on Tuesday admitted before the court that investigators did not trace any direct financial benefit to the ex-AMCON boss in connection with the controversial receivership and takeover of […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osogbo capital of Osun State on Tuesday thronged the major roads to celebrate the emergence of Mr. Kunle Adegoke, SAN and Ibrahim Taofeek (ITK) as candidates of the party for the Senate and House of Representatives respectively. The duo clinched the senatorial and House […]

…urge FG to cancel fresh PMS import licences Members of the Jetties and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria (JETFON) have disassociated themselves from any proposed suit to be filed by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) against the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. In a communique made available to Journalists through the […]

Racheal Majekodunmi, founder of SickleVive Care and Empowerment Foundation, believes that silence is the real problem.

By Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Association Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON in Osun State has donated 30 patrol vehicles to security agencies to bolster security operations across the State. Among the security agencies that benefitted from the pick up patrol vehicles are the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Federal Road […]

By Ayo Onikoyi There are not many people in the movie industry whose careers continue to evolve with the kind of deliberate growth and renewed visibility currently surrounding Beverly Osu. Since teaming up with First Of My Kind, a management and talent development company steadily expanding its influence across Africa and beyond, the actress has […]

…as support swells in Etsako East By Joseph Erunke Accounting and taxation scholar, Dr. Timothy Oboh, has described Hon. Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Imafidor as a tested and visionary leader whose political consistency, academic pedigree and grassroots appeal have continued to attract overwhelming support across Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. In a statement […]

Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday declared that Nigeria ‘will not fall’ despite mounting political, economic and security pressures, as the country’s political, military and traditional elite gathered in Abuja for the public presentation of his autobiography, ‘My Life of Duty and Allegiance.’

By Dennis Agbo Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has outlined a sweeping plan to strengthen primary healthcare and basic infrastructure across Enugu State. Speaking in a stakeholders engagement at Awgu local government area of the state, Governor Mbah said his administration has approved the recruitment of 2,250 health workers—1,350 already onboard—to address staffing gaps in rural […]

By Michael Nwadike Citing improved foreign exchange liquidity, stronger fiscal revenues, and rising external reserves, global ratings agency S&P Global Ratings recently upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to ‘B’ from ‘B-’. It acknowledged that improvement in Nigeria’s credit profile reflected gains from three years of structural reforms, particularly the FX liberalisation programmes […]