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Toyin Nwosu, the wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspaper, Steve Nwosu, has been abducted in Lagos. She was abducted at their home in the Okota area of Amuwo Odofin in Lagos State at about 2:30am on Monday. Her abduction is coming just few days after Donu Kogbara of the Vanguard Newspaper […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday said that it was urging the President Mohammadu Buhari-led APC administration to pay urgent attention to the management of the nation’s economy. The party said its worry stems from the fact that the economy has remained on rapid fall since the last four months apparently due to the […]

As the long holidays wind up, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand is set to support schools and educational Institutions with their educational requirements to enhance preparations for a new school year. The Bank’s support for educational development of the child and the institution is an offshoot of the Bank’s focus […]

There seems to be a crack in the wall of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the spokesman of the party in the South-East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has clashed with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State over appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. Okechukwu on Sunday hit at the governor accusing him of refusing to wholeheartedly […]

The Federal Government has appointed General TY Danjuma as the supervisor for every presidential interventions and inItiatives aimed to rehabilitate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the nation. Vice President, ‎Prof. Yemi Osinbajo announced the appointment on Saturday at the Northern Reawakening Forum ‎organised to rebuild the 19 northern states affected by Boko. Haram’s activities. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with his Majesty, King Salman, the people of Saudi Arabia and the worldwide Islamic community over the tragic loss of lives in Friday’s crane collapse at the Grand Mosque of Mecca. As details of the deaths and injuries sustained in the unfortunate incident unfold, Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Kaduna reaffirmed his administration’s total commitment to the rule of law and warned that proven acts of human rights violation by the Armed Forces will be punished under his leadership.  Addressing officers, troops and newly commissioned cadets at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), President Buhari reminded them that the rule […]

It is difficult not to reflect on the Buhari administration’s symbolic gestures in the absence of much-awaited substantive actions. Last Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Shehu Garba, announced less than N30 million in his personal account with Union Bank Plc, company shares, 270 […]

 …Mandates Off-takers to Guarantee legitimacy of Vessels  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Thursday announced the lifting of the embargo earlier placed on some 113 Vessels banning them from engaging in Crude Oil/Gas loading activities in any of the Terminals within Nigerian Territorial waters. The NNPC in a release explained that the lifting of […]

The inspiration for this reflection is the arrest and detention of two Nigerian bloggers – Seun Oloketuyi and Chris Nwandu – who respectively run the blogs Naijahottestgist and CKN. According to reports Oloketuyi wrote in his blog that Nnamdi Okonkwo, the CEO of Fidelity Bank, had an extramarital affair with a married woman working in […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday, gave an assurance that his administration will fast track the development of the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ), an emerging hub for foreign and local investors in the state. The Governor who made the pledge while inspecting the LFTZ at Ibeju Lekki area of the state, said […]

Manufacturers of Cement in Nigeria are set to take the competition tussle a notch higher, following the reported slash in the price of the essential commodity implemented by the nation’s largest producer Dangote Group. Dangote Cement, which is also Africa’s largest producer of the building material, is said to have cut prices in its home […]