archiveSeptember 2019

Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says from the look of things, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant. It said that it will be, however, too early to speculate if Osinbajo’s “ordeal” was caused by any misdemeanor on his part or if it was based on permutations...

Mr Umar Dankane, Executive Director, Business Development and Portfolio Management of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has said that the bank  needed N500 billion recapitilisation fund for optimal performance. Dankane made the disclosure on Wednesday in Calabar at the bank’s Southern Zonal Retreat, with the theme “Motivating the Informal...

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six suspected fraudsters who specialise in defrauding innocent Nigerians by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and Automated Teller Machines (ATM). The suspects include Urulo Henry, an Inspector with the Enugu Command of...

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has extended the commendation of the House of Representatives to the Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, for offering free air services to the Federal Government in the evacuation of Nigerians under xenophobic attacks in South Africa....

Organised labour has alleged that the Federal Government is courting another industrial crisis over delay in the implementation of N30, 000 minimum wage. To avert another fresh strike, the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has urged Nigerians to appeal to the Federal Government to implement the new minimum...

  About 50 policemen in 10 trucks have surrounded the premises of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Adeniyi Jones area of Ikeja, Lagos. A protest demanding the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow protest had been scheduled to take place at the venue...

The Founder, Alabasta Africa, Kenya, Ms Martha Bwore, has given an account of how she survived seven abortions that almost ruined her career. Bwore, now a human rights activist, made the revelation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when she participated in a Non-Governmental (NGO) Foundation for African Cultural...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja presided over Federal Executive Council (FEC) with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some Ministries, Departments and Agencies expected to make presentations at the meeting...

    Policemen and soldiers on Wednesday morning laid siege to the office of an online news platform, SaharaReporters in Lagos state. Detained presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and organizer of the recently thwarted #Revolutionnow campaign, Omoyele Sowore is the publisher of Sahara reporters. It was gathered...

The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Mr. Dotun Oladipo, has challenged journalists to occupy the social media space in the bid to promote peace in the country. Oladipo, who is also the Managing Editor and CEO of Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online,...