archiveJanuary 21, 2019

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said that the commission was not under pressure to do what was wrong. A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, had on Sunday, expressed doubt about INEC’s integrity to conduct free, fair and credible elections. Obasanjo had also attacked President Muhammadu...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the strike would continue until the Federal Government of Nigerian made the payment of N50 billion as demanded by the union. Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU President, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Sunday. According to him, “We want them to pay...

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has listed 30 "corrupt" persons working with President Muhammadu Buhari. The list which was released on Sunday, by Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communications noted that while most are members of the party, others, he said,  ran...

Considering the grim socio-political and economic developments in recent times, experts are of the view that the country has reached a point where sincere policy review is needed to put it on the path of prosperity.But warning that if not urgently addressed, the country may face a bleak outcome, from...

Pan-Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments on the handling of issues concerning the forthcoming general elections, the Buhari’s administration. The body stated that the political manoeuvrings towards the 2019 presidential election were indications that vindicated Obasanjo’s statement. In a statement issued in Abakaliki,...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it was planning to increase the number of items on its foreign exchange restricted items to 50 from 42. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who stated this at the weekend during an inspection of the Dangote Refinery at the Lekki Free...