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Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday gave out the money needed to repatriate to Nigeria, the corpse of Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya from Canada. Olaiya died in Canada on Thursday morning. She was 42. It was gathered that Tinubu stepped into the matter after Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State refused to […]

A High court in London has awarded former Delta state governor, James Ibori, a nominal £1( about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by British  Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb agreed that Ibori, who spent years in UK jail for money laundering,  was unlawfully held for one day, 18 hours […]

An application filed by a factional leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Ali-Modu Sheriff, asking the court not to hear a motion by his challenger, Ahmed Makarfi has been thrown out by the Supreme Court. Sheriff had asked the court to refuse hearing on the application filed by Mr. Makarfi, challenging the 17th February judgement […]

…Launches new affordable pasta to substitute rice consumption in Nigeria Shareholders at the weekend in Lagos applauded the Dangote Flour Mills return to profitability after posting a profit before tax of N11.82bn for its financial year ended December 31, 2016. The Chairman of Dangote Flour Mills, Asue Ighodalo, while addressing shareholders at the 11th Annual […]

A House of Representatives member representing Obubra/Etung federal constituency, Cross River State, was held hostage for several hours, weekend,  at the outskirts of Ababene community in Obubra Local Government Area of the state  when he  led a delegation of the state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade,  on a  peace mission to the area.  He was held […]Read More

Indications show that the Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings, a top military source has revealed.  The source said that some suspects may have been arrested on the issue, though the information is kept as top secret so as not to add […]

Customers flying British Airways (BA) through its Abuja-London route would pay a slashed fare of $277 between 15th May 2017 and 30th June, 2017 for one way trip. The announcement was made by  British Airways Regional Commercial Manager, West Africa, Mr. Kola Olayinka, in a statement on Sunday.  The statement was made available to journalists […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered Ethiopian Airlines to stop with immediate effect the collection of charges known as ‘Refundable Deportation Fee’ from Nigerians. NCAA described the collection as illegal. According to a statement by the General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, the unauthorised charges range from $75 to $150 per passenger. […]

I love Nigeria, I sincerely do because I possibly have no choice, I could love America, England, Poland, or even neighboring Ghana, become a Nigerian-Arabian or Israeli born Nigerian it makes no difference because we are Nigerians, we are who we are…very special in our own way. So, I love Nigeria, the land where everything, […]

International Rating Agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) assigned  its ‘B’ long term and ‘B’ short term global scale counterparty credit ratings to the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). These ratings on the pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, are at par with S&P ratings on the Nigerian Sovereign. More so, […]Read More

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has accepted to lead a national discussion towards effective alternative narrative against violent extremism championed by Boko Haram terrorists and similar groups in the country. The forum, according to its promoters, is being championed by Club de Madrid (CdM), in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser to the […]

Ag President holds interactive session with a large cross section of public, civil servants this week The Buhari administration will drive the new executive orders signed last week vigorously in its determination to significantly transform the business environment and how government business is done in the country. The Spokesperson of the Ag. President, Mr. Laolu […]