archiveJune 2019

  Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday declared that the quest for the creation of state police by some governors, groups and individuals in the country was not intended to undermine the existing Federal Police, the Nigeria Police Force. Fayemi, who is also the Governor...

  Some capital market operators on Tuesday commended the newly inaugurated board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but charged them on the appointment of a substantive director-general for the commission. They made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos while reacting...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has said his request and that of his party to inspect the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission was not rejected by the Presidential Election Tribunal. The former Vice President in a statement...

  The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan struck out a fundamental human rights suit  challenging the refusal of the University of Ibadan (UI) International School Ibadan (ISI)  to  allow female Muslim students wear hijabs on their school uniform. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit was...

  Some financial analysts on Tuesday in Abuja lauded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its policy to recapitalise the country’s banking sector. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, while unveiling his economic agenda for the next five years, noted that the drop in value of the naira to...

  The kidnappers operating around Ikire and other communities in Ibadan-Ife expressway have been arrested. The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Mr Leye Oyebade, disclosed this at the ongoing Southwest Security Summit in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Zone 11 comprises Oyo, Osun and Ondo...

  *VP woos potential investors in power, agriculture, other sectors *Received at the UN, meets Pence Wednesday in White House The potential, effort and impact being made by Nigerians in technology can enable the country roll out indigenous technology solutions that can transform the global space according to Vice President...

  Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has attacked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over some of the issues he (Osinbajo) raised during his visit to the United States of America. Speaking in New York yesterday, Osinbajo had claimed: “As at 2010, Nigeria had about 112.7million people living in extreme poverty. Nothing in...

  About 60 presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections have faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the controversy surrounding the use of a server, describing it as unnecessary. They also criticised the report of European Union Election Observer Mission which alleged a...

The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris on Monday in Kano allayed the fear that servicing the Country’s debt at the rate of 70 percent of the total national income will not destabilized the economy. Ahmed who spoke when he paid a traditional homage on the Emir of...