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The Group Chief Executive Officer of the South Africa-owned MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa, has been fired. His sack was announced on Monday and he would now be replaced by non-executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko for a maximum of six months before a substantive head is appointed. Dabengwa, who has been chief executive of MTN since 2011, is […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the tribunal judgement sacking the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku as a ridiculous political judgement that can never stand before men of good conscience and God. Fayose, who maintained that there was a conspiracy by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government and a section of […]

The Taraba State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Saturday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajia Aisha Alhassan, as the duly  elected governor of Taraba State. The tribunal  sacked Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared winner of the April election. President […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja  directed the Federal Ministries of Works and Lands, Housing and Urban Development to urgently prepare and present for approval and implementation, a plan of action for the speedy revitalisation and expansion of the nation’s vocational training centres. Buhari gave the directive after being told at a meeting with the […]

Minister-to-be have been told by President Muhammadu Buhari to observe the rule of law and shun impunity in their conduct of government activities. Buhari issued the reminder on Friday at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja at the beginning of the two-day presidential retreat for the 36 ministers-to-be. Speaking at the retreat […]

A plethora of headwinds have hit the nation’s economy, with ominous signs about growth prospects just as analysts warn against further delay in addressing issues assailing economic activities in the country. The President stated the obvious when he admitted on the sidelines of the recent India-Africa summit in New Delhi that the economy was in […]

Professor Wole Soyinka was quoted saying his latest book is the “nastiest” that he has written so far. InterInventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie- A Personal Odyssey in The Republic of Liars (Ibadan: Bookcraft, 2015, 136pp) is quite close to being just that. But who knows if an even nastier book may follow […]

…APC, DSS Abusing Power, Dasuki Says The Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) has, once again,  stormed the Abuja, Nigeria home of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. According to Dasuki’s aides, who hinted newsman about the raid, DSS officials stormed the home on Thursday morning taking over the entire residence. According to some of […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki’s legal team, led by Joseph Daudu (SAN), on Thursday withdrew from representing their client at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) after the tribunal refused to suspend the case to allow the Supreme Court conclude the appeal before it. Saraki had gone to the Supreme Court to appeal the judgement of […]

We find it indeed funny and childishly theatrical that Universal Reporters 247 has began to toe the unpopular pathway of speculative journalism that Sahara Reporters is well known for. It is indeed a show of shame for a media to feed the unsuspecting public that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is set to borrow N10 billion from […]

Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) from interfering in the operations of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc pending the final determination of a suit against the agency by Stanbic IBTC Holdings. In a ruling on the motion for interlocutory injunction filed by Stanbic […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday named 65 committees to oversee various ministries, departments and agencies of government.He also named the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the committees as reproduced below:  1.Committee on Rules & Business Babajide Omoworare Ali Ndume 2.Senate Services Committee Ibrahim Gobir  Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi 3.Committee on Ethics & Privileges Samuel Anyanwu […]