archiveAugust 25, 2018

By Nasiru Ibukun If the prevailing societal values in the country are anything to go by, we can say outright that the importance of leadership is fast being eroded on a daily basis. As Osun State is preparing for another election, it would undoubtedly, require men and women of unbiased...

  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) have rejected the move by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to freeze accounts of tax defaulters. The bodies described the decision as an act of intimidation which will affect...

  ...condemns the ugly incident* The Osun State Governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, has called for peace over the killing of a youth by a Police officer in Iwo area of the state. While condemning the action in a statement issued by his Media Office,...

  By Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola   I read your piece of the above title with interest – and concern.  I feel I owe not just myself but also you and historians and generations unborn the duty of reacting to your attempts at reconstructing the truth on our state, especially the...

  MultiChoice Nigeria said on Friday it filed an appeal against last Monday’s order of the Federal High Court, Abuja stopping it from increasing subscription rates to its cable television services even as the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) insists the order of the high court stopping implementation of the new...

  The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to wear police uniforms with full identification, pending the launch of new FSARS uniform. The force spokesman, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mr Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement in Abuja on...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed that in the past two days, it injected a sum of $543.22 million and CNY 63.21 million into the interbank foreign exchange market. A breakdown of the forex intervention showed that at the Thursday’s trading, the Bank offered $100,000,000 as wholesale...