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Prominent African business and healthcare sector leader Dr Awele Elumelu welcomed her appointment as a Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa. “Childhood immunisation is a critical intervention and I am honoured to play a role in this important programme, targeting almost 10 million African children, who are not fully immunised,” said Dr Elumelu during the […]

And so, Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State and two-term civilian President wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari praising him on his anti-corruption and security policies and scoring him low on his economic and foreign affairs policies and advising him, based on his health issues, not to run for a second term. The unmistakable […]

The management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) would like to bring to the attention of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), other government establishments, the organised private sector and the general public of potential cyber-attacks likely to be experienced this year as well as the precautionary measures to be taken. The Agency’s Computer […]

A lot of half-truths, misinformation, and outright falsehood have attended the announcement of a new Director-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), in the person of Mr Ahmed Rufai Abubakar . Some of such unfounded stories include that Abubakar had retired from the services of NIA as an Assistant Director, because he failed promotion examinations […]

The African Union (AU) on Monday inaugurated the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in the framework of the ongoing 30th AU summit in Ethiopia’s Capital Addis Ababa. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who is the current chair of the 55-member African bloc, and Moussa Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission, unveiled the plaque on […]

Mr Haruna Okatahi, Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Caucus, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to channel his suggestions to President Muhammadu Buhari privately instead of making it public. Okatahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) , on Wednesday in Abuja, said Obasanjo as an elder statesman, should […]

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, ON WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN. 2018 We have read the press statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the State of the Nation. For the record, Chief Obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. We appreciate what he said concerning […]

The Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr. Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need for global organisations and multinational institutions to support the much-needed growth in the African continent; adding that ultimately, such growth will affect the world positively. Elumelu, who pointed this out on the side-lines of […]

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday said that his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari was not connected with the critical statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Buhari’s presidency. Mr Tunde Rahman of Tinubu’s Media Office said the visit by Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun State, […]

Ex President Obasanjo has asked incumbent President Buhari to jettison his second term bid since has become part of the of what is wrong with Nigeria Chief Obasanjo`s repudiation was contained in a statement titled “The Way Out: A Clarion Call For Nigeria Movement.” The lengthy statement reads: “I am constrained to issue this special […]

Justice Ajoke of the Abuja High Court in Wuse 2, has ordered for the immediate release of Timothy Elombah, editor of Elombah.com who was arrested in the wee hours of January 1st, on the orders of the Inspector General of Police. Delivering her judgment, Tuesday, Justice Ajoke ruled that Timothy Elombah should be released immediately, […]

Human Rights Activist, and famous lawyer Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Kpotum Idris for high-handedness and Abuse of office in ordering the illegal arrest and detention of online journalists, Daniel Elombah and Tim Elombah.  Keyamo who made the request in a letter […]