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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, took the unusual step Friday of intervening in the Nigeria Labour Congress protest by visiting the NLC leaders right in their Labour House in Abuja, to appeal for an end to the strike. Tinubu, accompanied by some officials of the APC and Governor Rauf Aregbesola, […]

Mr. Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency(NIMASA), has been  sentenced to five year jail time for  a N1.5bn contract scam. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, convicted and sentenced Mr Omatseye after finding him guilty on 24 out of 27 counts charge. The Economic and Financial […]

Gunmen suspected to be members of a criminal gang have killed Mr.Denen Igbana, Senior Special Assistant on Security to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Our checks show that the assailant stormed his house around 2AM on Friday and shot him. One Terwase Agwaza also known as Ghana and former leader of the notorious criminal gang […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday said the removal of subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government took courage but was necessary and inevitable. He said a situation where bogus suppliers were paid huge sums for supplying nothing while long lines of queues remained was unsustainable. Tinubu believes the […]

This thing called democracy, particularly the Nigerian brand, never ceases to throw up new and intriguing lessons about the relationship between government and the people, and the larger, complex socio-political environment. I had gone to Lagos on an assignment in the last two days of the year 2011, when around midnight I received a phone […]

The Nigerian military has disclosed that another girl of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State abducted by the Boko Haram two years ago has been rescued. This is coming barely 24 hours after Amina Ali Nkeke was rescued by the combined military and Civilian JTF operations. Army spokesperson, Usman Sani, a colonel, confirmed the rescue in […]

The Federal Government on Thursday said the embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) was still being held in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, because he poses great threat to national security. Federal Government’s lawyer, T.D. Kabiru made the explanation while arguing against the release of the former NSA […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied forcing Robert Azibaola who is said to be former President Good luck Jonathan’s cousin to incriminate him. Mojisola Olatoregun-Ishola of a Federal High Court in Lagos was asked by the anti-graft agency to dismiss a suit filed against Azibaola, who’s detention was for the purpose of investigating an […]Read More

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund in a statement on Thursday in Bayelsa State applauded the Government for the domestication of the National Child’s Right Law this month.  Stating that about 60 per cent of children, representing six in 10 children, suffer one or more types of violence before they reach the age of 18 […]

United Bank for Africa PLC, the leading pan Africa banking group, with operations in 19 African countries and presence in the London, Paris and New York, is pleased to announce the following executive management appointments, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria:    Ayo Liadi;    Oliver Alawuba;    Ibrahim Puri;    Uche Ike and […]Read More

The courageous Nigerian Hashimu Suleiman, the man who trekked from Lagos to Abuja in celebration of President Muhammad  Buhari’s victory in 2015 presidential election has  described his action as a big mistake. Suleiman said he regretted trekking for Buhari who has now made life unbearable for the masses. The man expressed his dissatisfaction with the […]

A former Lagos State commissioner of police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has called for the removal of immunity enjoyed by state governors. According to him, such will go a long way in reducing corruption in Nigeria. He told that while President Muhammadu Buhari was doing much to fight corruption, it would reduce “if governors are stripped […]