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President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja expressed concern on the growing complaints and agitations by workers in states over unpaid salaries and allowances, in spite of interventions by the Federal Government Receiving a group of governors led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdul’Aziz Abubakar Yari, at the State House, President Buhari said […]

Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, at the weekend was recognised for its extraordinary support of the real sector as it won best bank in the category, ahead of its peers. The award, the organisers noted is in recognition of UBA’s leadership role as in expanding access to funds for the support […]

The recent exposé by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu on a number of procedural violations at one of the firms under his ministry’s supervision, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation; a major driver of our decrepit national economy which has been responsible both for our common wealth and our subsisting mass […]

Nigeria says it is embarrassed with the reported cases of delay in issuance of visa to its citizens and vows will no longer tolerate the situation. The Interior Minister, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has subsequently met stakeholders to take a firm position on the issue. The minister stated on Monday in Abuja at a meeting […]

What is it about South African President Jacob Zuma and statues? Two statues in one month-  generating controversy from the streets of Pretoria to the streets of Owerri in Nigeria. In the first week of October, a 30-feet monument was unveiled in honour of President Zuma in the North West region of his country. South […]

The atmosphere within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has become very tense as aggrieved members of the party abandoned the party’s Governorship campaign flag-off in Onitsha to hold a parallel rally in Awka, the state capital.  The group walked out of the flag-off in rejection of Chief Oseloka Obaze as the PDP […]

The recent closures of Intels belonging to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar was a deliberate attempt by agencies of government to intimidate and truncate his perceived ambition to contest the 2019 Presidential elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Comrade Timi Frank has revealed.  Frank who is also the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party APC […]

The residence of Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in Asokoro, Abuja was on Sunday engulfed in fire. It was gathered that the fire was put out by security personnel and some first responders who were on the ground at the time of the incident. It was also gathered that the […]

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th of October 2017 in Lagos. The Forum hosted more than 1,300 participants from 54 African countries. The most diverse and inclusive gathering of African entrepreneurs on the continent, the Forum continued its strong tradition […]

The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to recent media reports suggesting that the State House Medical Centre had received N11.01billion as appropriation for the period 2015-2017. According to the Permanent Secretary, State House, Jalal A. Arabi, contrary to the above claims, out of the total Capital Appropriation of N2,941,062,044.00 and Recurrent Appropriation of […]Read More

Accused kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, has accused seven senior police officers and others on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team of extortion and sexual assault. Evans alleged that the investigators forcibly obtained his cash in local and foreign currency, phones, wrist watches, jewellery, television, cars and trucks. He claimed claimed that […]

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Saturday killed at least  six people and burnt several houses in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident which happened in the night in Taagbe village, near Kent Academy in Bassa LGA reportedly lasted for many hours. The attack followed reported threats of attacks in a […]