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To boost Nigeria’s tourism sector, the country must first of all be at peace, Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has stated. In his goodwill message to the 2019 Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode, the business tycoon said: “Our tourism ...

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) have lampooned Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Walil Jubril over his stance on the suspended Federal Government’s Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) settlement policy. Jubril had told journalists ...

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to extend the anti-corruption fight to states and local government areas to ensure that its impact is felt at all levels of the polity. They argued that the effect of the fight against corruption ...

Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Anthony Okwuosha, has refuted rumours that the commission would sack workers and slash employees’ salaries. He also said there was no directive from Deputy Governor of the ...

The Good Governance and Leadership Project in Nigeria (GGLPN) has alleged that the Nigerian Police was embarking on media trial in the Taraba Intelligence Response Team (IRT) killings with the motive of influencing the outcome. In compliance with President Muhammadu ...

President Muhammadu Buhari promised that his administration would invest more in infrastructure, expressing happiness over the positive results of previous spending. Buhari, who was speaking during the commissioning of the reconstructed Shinkafi-Yandaki-Gafiya-Abdallawa-Dankaba road in Katsina State, noted that “infrastructure is ...

Criminals awaiting execution may have received a lifeline following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a new law. The approval came three months after the dissolution of the Eighth National Assembly, which passed the bill. The new legislation, known as Nigerian ...

Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson will today swear in the newly elected chairmen of the state’s eight councils. The chairmen emerged from last Saturday’s poll conducted by the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC). His Special Adviser on Public ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has promised that his government will not marginalise any zone in the state. Speaking in Ogbomoso during his Sallah visit to Oyo North senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, ...

Considering the inability of the present government to arrest threatening national challenges, South-South Emerging Leaders’ Forum (SELF) has described as unfortunate the booting of former President Goodluck Jonathan out of Aso Villa in 2015. Chairman of the forum, Dr. Preye ...