Governors of the South West region, traditional rulers and opinion leaders in the zone yesterday charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, to do more in providing adequate security in the country. They stated this on the backdrop ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines to disqualify President Buhari over alleged perjury
The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23,2019 election for alleged perjury. The appellants, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, through their counsel, Ukpai Ukairo, had approached the apex ...
Read More »Militants threaten hostilities over plans to re-domicile NNDC as Rivers community tasks Shell on peace
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has threatened resumption of hostilities in the oil-rich region over an alleged plot to transfer supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from Niger Delta Ministry to the Office of the Secretary to ...
Read More »British, Irish envoys shun demonstrators, Nigerians to occupy embassies for one week
Protesters who stormed the British and Irish high commissions yesterday for reversal of the judgment have vowed to occupy the buildings for one week. The decision followed their alleged snubbing by the authorities at the embassies. The about 5000 youths ...
Read More »Vice President Osinbajo meets economic team over $9.6b judgment debt
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met with members of the Economic Management Team (EMT) in Abuja over the $9.6 billion judgment debt awarded against Nigeria by a United Kingdom court in respect of a failed gas deal with an Irish ...
Read More »Experts task entrepreneurs on right business models to boost funding
Experts have charged entrepreneurs to build their business profiles, earn investors’ trust in order to facilitate access to funding in terms of investment capital. They stated this at the annual reception organised by the Most Influential People of African Descent ...
Read More »Aviation minister Sirika okays international status for Asaba airport, Imo to upgrade Sam Mbakwe’s, partners Air Force on security
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, yesterday confirmed an international status for the Asaba, Delta State Airport, saying the state government is living up to standards on the required facilities. Sirika, who spoke with journalists after inspecting facilities at the facility ...
Read More »Yakasai backs clamour for Igbo presidency in 2023, urges persuasion as against threats, intimidation
An elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has expressed support for the clamour for Igbo presidency after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari lapses in 2023. In an interview, he argued that the emergence of a Nigerian President from the South-East geopolitical ...
Read More »Imo raises panels to probe housing projects under Okorocha, ex-gov denies holding govt’s boats, property
The Imo State Government has inaugurated five committees to audit projects for 32 housing estates, resources that accrued to the state’s Housing Corporation and how they were spent during former Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration. Also to be considered by the ...
Read More »Nigeria will experience recession without private sector participation, Rewane warns
Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has said Nigerians were wasting their time if they depended on government to manage the economy and liberate them from poverty. He said any country’s economy solely run and dominated ...
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