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  Nigeria on Thursday ordered all account holders with banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions to register their details, drawing criticism from the public.   The Federal government gave the order in a statement tweeted on its verified handle, @NigeriaGov late Thursday.   Before now, bank account holders have various forms of identification, including […]

The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has resigned following strong disagreements with the Federal Government on the Visitation Panel sent to the university; saying indices presage the panel was raised to exonerate the Vice-Chancellor and implicate the Pro-Chancellor.   Babalakin’s letter of resignation to Education Minister, Adamu Adamu dated September […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of a new anti-corruption agency which will be saddled with proper coordination of all recovered looted assets, Channels TV reported Wednesday.   Channels cited Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who told State House correspondents after the FEC meeting in Abuja that assets recovered have been in […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to rescind the hikes in electricity tariff and the fuel pump price, or prepare for a nationwide labor unrest.   NLC gave the warning at its Central Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.   In a communiqué read by Ayuba […]

  The United Kingdom has threatened to impose travel sanctions against persons who sponsor violence in the governorship elections in Edo this weekend and on October 10 in Ondo.   It said this as it revealed plans to deploy observers to monitor the elections. These were declared on Tuesday by the UK High Commissioner to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an infrastructure company to be led by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the governor announced on Tuesday.   The company, to be known as Infrastructure Company, Infra-Corp,will address the country’s infrastructure deficit as a way driving growth of the economy. governor Godwin Emefiele, disclosed at the 13th […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has lent his support to the view by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, that Nigeria is now more divided than ever before under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.   Soyinka said this in a statement issued from his Autonomous Residence of Ijegba, Idi-Aba Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday.   Writing […]

 … Edo people determined to end godfatherism   The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that the former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot extend his political empire to Edo State as Edo people […]

The United States government announced Monday that it has imposed additional visa restrictions on Nigerian politicians who undermined the democratic process or organized election-related violence during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa gubernatorial elections. The US State Department in a statement published on its website also admonished all stakeholders, including the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

The five socio-cultural groups that held a two-day meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja last week have berated the Presidency for its condemnation of the meeting and the vicious attacks unleashed on Obasanjo for criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari of running the country aground and making Nigeria a basket case and a failed state. […]

The United States government said on Monday it had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians who have been found to have undermined the democratic process in four states – Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, and Ondo.   A statement issued by Morgan Ortagus, spokesman for the Department of State, said the action on Monday, September 14, 2020, was […]

It was a bleak Monday for man air passengers across Nigeria who were booked to fly Arik Air as they were stranded following a strike by aviation unions, grounding operations of Arik Air.   Secretary-General of National Union of Air Transport Employees Ocheme Aba explained that the workers were protesting the ill-treatment of their members […]