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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned Yoruba groups including the Afenifere over comments credited to the latter over the recent killings in Ile-Ife, Osun state. A clash between the Hausa community and the indigenes of Ile-Ife on March 8, 2017 led to the death of some Nigerians, most of them reportedly from the […]

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has lamented the rate at which corruption is being celebrated within the Nigeria system and called for a collective war against it to revamp the nation’s economy. He made the call on Monday, March 27, 2017 while speaking as the guest speaker at a 2-day National Anti-Corruption Stakeholders’ Summit organized by the […]

I once wrote about Nigeria’s “children of anger”, but the country seems to have progressed from anger to clinical depression, resulting in a rise not merely in social aggressiveness, but a determination by certain individuals to escape from it all. The percentage of Nigerians seeking escape through suicide nonetheless remains small relative to the size […]

President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with former Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his 65th birthday. President Buhari joins all members of the APC, political and business associates of the Asiwaju of Lagos, his friends and family, in celebrating another milestone in the life of the […]

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said he would resign if the repair of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja runway was not completed in six weeks as planned. Sirika made the statement on Monday alongside the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who accused some people of spreading misinformation about the repair, stating […]

In line with its pledge to provide members of the public with periodic updates on its recovery efforts for crude swap under deliveries, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is pleased to confirm that it has now reached a final settlement with AITEO Group. The NNPC in a recent release by its Group General Manager, […]

With gratitude to the Lord for a brilliant and courageous life well spent, the Obumselu family of Ezelle, Oba, Anambra State, announces the death of their son, Prof. Benedict Ebelechukwu Obumselu which took place on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Lagos. He was aged 86. Obumselu, born on September 22, 1930, was a formidable academic […]

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Compliance Task Force, has revealed that the 223 vehicles, 13 of which belong to a senator in Kano State were impounded. Other items, including foodstuff worth N269.5m in Kano and Jigawa states within eight months, the Task Force said. The Task Force Zonal Commander, Mr. Bala Dole, made this known in […]

… MRS never expropriated NNPC products. …NNPC has over 3 Million liters of MRS products Our attention has been drawn to the recent publications both in the print, electronic and social media alleging that products throughput by NNPC in our terminal was expropriated. While we ordinarily would not comment on issues like this, it is […]

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan-African financial services group, operating in 19 African countries, has released its audited 2016 full year results, showing significant growth in gross earnings and profits, an attestation to its resilience, enhanced productivity and geographic diversification, evident in the impressive contribution from its African subsidiaries. The Group recorded an […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new Forex rates and would no longer trade the naira at N375 per dollar for invisibles, such as school fees, medical bills and travel allowances. The apex bank made the announcement on Monday saying, Nigerians can now get the dollar at N360 across all commercial banks within […]

An aide to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has again denied any involvement of Saraki with the Paris Club Refund. A statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu stressed that Saraki had no business with the refund as alleged. Reacting to a recent publication allegedly […]