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There is palpable fear among the staff of the  Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA),following a disclosure by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the sacking of no fewer than 1,500 staff of the two establishments. NCAA and NAMA staff resumed with […]

Pan African banking Group, UBA has emerged the best institution in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in West Africa. Its CSR arm; UBA Foundation won the best CSR/Sustainability, West Africa Award at the 10thSERAs (Social Enterprise Report Awards) ceremony which held at the Muson Centre in Lagos Nigeria on Friday November 11, 2016. UBA Foundation, beat other nominees […]Read More

As the curtain closed on the highly rated administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, following the inauguration of new Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, one major concern was what the change of baton portended for Edo state. Will the new team build on Oshiomhole’s much-acclaimed achievements or return to the […]

Former Assistant Registrar of West African Examination Council, WAEC, Elder Alex Ajayi has opened up that he issued President Muhammadu Buhari’ and other two head of states’ certificates in the 60s. Eighty-six-year-old Alex Ajayi is the first graduate from Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. He was also the campaign director to the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo […]

Senator Ahmed  Makarfi-led faction of  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged  Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo state to reinstate the  deposed paramount ruler of Uromi,  Anselm Edenojie. The faction made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, in Abuja on Sunday. Adeyeye condemned the deposition alleging that the monarch was […]Read More

80 years old Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Sunday responded to those he decribes as literalists and ‘nattering nit-wits of Internet’ who have dared him rip to shreds his US Green Card, following the election of Donald Trump as President. His words: I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the […]Read More

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm over possibility of  preventing Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen from becoming the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), saying his appointment as Acting CJN was “either a grand plot to deprive him of his well-deserved appointment as CJN because he is from the South-South region or […]

The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali, on Saturday said Federal Government would establish Air Force station in Gusau, Zamfara, to assist in tracking down criminals in the state and its environs. The minister stated this in Gusau while launching the Integrated Medical Outreach for the military and civilians at the One Base Ammunition Depot […]

The northern political establishment working for the consolidation of the Presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari is set for a major alliance with the South East political class in a shift aimed at tackling the collapse of the North/South West alliance that brought him to power. As a direct response to this development, a rally in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, November 11, 2016 arraigned Air Vice Marshall Tony Omenyi (rtd) alongside his company, Huzee Nigerian Company, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 3-count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N136.325.000.00 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja called on African leaders to form a strong united front to defeat terrorism and violent extremism, which is inhibiting development in Africa. Receiving Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto at the State House, President Buhari expressed concern that the continent is still grappling with acts and effects of terrorism […]

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said on Friday that it lost N2.2bn in revenue to unpaid bills and electricity wastage by consumers. The Managing Director of 4Power, owners of PHED, Mr. Matthew Edevbie, said that 90 per cent of meters in homes were by-passed which was partly responsible for the revenue loss. He said, […]