archiveDecember 2, 2018

  Mr Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Shippers Council, on Sunday said the country was losing $9.1billion yearly on freight revenue that could have accrued to its treasury. He said the amount was being lost to foreign ships. Bello, who spoke on the feasibility of the proposed National Carrier, told...

Governors of Ondo and Ekiti States, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN and Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Dr. Munirat Ogunlayi of the World Bank, the Chief Executive Officer, JOF Nigeria Limited, Mr. Segun Olugboyegun, the Alani of Idoani, Oba (Dr)Major -General (rtd) Olufemi Olutoye JP, OFR and Yeyeluwa of Idoani, Prof. Omotayo Olutoye,...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)  All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 2.54 per cent  to close the week at 30,874.17 and N11.271 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of the NSE ASeM, NSE Insurance and NSE Consumer Goods Indices that finished higher by...

Human rights groups and a lawyer have condemned the arrest and detention of Deji Adeyanju, a political activist, and two others, by the police. Mr Adeyanju, the convener of Concerned Nigerians, was arrested on Wednesday morning at a protest tagged ‘Police Are Not Politicians, Save Our Democracy’ at the Police...

It was a rainbow coalition of various social, political and cultural groups as Olujimi Agbaje, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State governorship candidate for the 2019 election kicked off his campaign. The crowd came from different localities in the state including Ajegunle, Mushin, Ikorodu, Agege, Badagry, Ikeja and several...

The controversy generated by the allegations of graft against the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Pinnacle Communications deepened on Saturday. A civil rights organisation, Competent Governance for Accountability and Civic Trust, has therefore demanded the release of information on the issue under the Freedom of Information (FOI)...

  Awori traditional rulers endorse APC candidate There is a concise policy document to revive tourism of Badagry division if elected, the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. The APC candidate said the potential of the division to drive economic growth through tourism...

    The presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has assured Nigerians of development in the power sector if she wins the 2019 election. She added that uninterrupted power supply would be witnessed in the country. Ezekwesili in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said...

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it was set to destroy Tramadol consignment valued at N198 billion which it impounded recently. Director-General of the agency, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known on Sunday in a speech at an event to commemorate her one year in...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 239 senior Police Officers. This included two Commissioners of Police who were elevated to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and ten Assistant Commissioners of Police promoted to Deputy Commissioners of Police. Twelve Superintendents of Police were promoted...