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The rating carried out by the Fortune Magazine, an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States was released recently and focused mainly on the businesses run by the men and how they have used it to impact their society positively. The time-tested magazine, which first edition was published in February 1930, […]

In line with its tradition of taking hard and difficult decisions with far-reaching implications on the Nigerian system, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari recently granted financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria. This license was contained in a release by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to the effect that from June 1st, 2019, […]

The federal government has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP as deeply offensive and patently divisive, saying such indiscreet comments are far below the status of an elder statesman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information  and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has withdrawn 25 Certificates-of-Return issued to some candidates that won during the 2019 General Elections, following court orders.The Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr Festus Okoye, said this at a `Forum on Media Coverage of 2019 General Elections’ held in Enugu on Monday. Okoye […]

The two main contenders for the position of president of the 9th Senate, Senators Ahmad Lawan and Ali Ndume, at the weekend met again with Senators-elect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja as part of their efforts to woo the lawmakers. This came after the PDP restated that its leadership is yet to […]

Documents detailing the distribution of political appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari from the 36 states of the federation, show appointees from Adamawa, Kano, Ogun and Oyo States dominated the list of presidential aides approved by the President to work with his administration since he took office on May 29, 2015. The list obtained ahead […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate slowed to 2.01 per cent (year-on- year) in the first quarter of 2019 (Q1, 2019), compared to the 2.38 per cent growth posted in the fourth quarter of 2018 (Q4, 2018), according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS attributed the performance to the general elections, […]

Presidential aide Lauretta Onochie Monday said the demand for a public apology by the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar shows he is “depressed.” “This is in no way responding to the depressed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whose aides are constantly cooking up disgrace for him, for the sake of their […]

The nation’s 36 governors have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) against dabbling into a matter that is beyond its mandate. In a letter signed by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, the state chief executives expressed “dismay and […]

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has rejected the new guidelines for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists covering the National Assembly, slamming them as primitive, undemocratic and blatantly anti-press and anti-people. The guidelines issued by authorities of the National Assembly (NASS) are due to become effective from June 11 2019. Most contentious of […]

If you are wondering why the Nigerian army is back on the front pages; if you are wondering why the government is jittery and making baseless accusations of sabotage and destabilization by domestic political opponents who they see as dangerous threats; and you are anxious about a political crisis in the making, then look no […]

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has threatened to file a N2 billion suit against the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, for damaging his character and reputation through the spread of “lies” on twitter. In the alternative, […]