archiveNovember 2019

An economist, Prof. Sheriffdeen Tella, has urged the Federal Government to pursue policies that would drive manufacturing and construction sectors to sustain the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Tella, Professor of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, stated this in an interview, while reacting to third quarter GDP...

  Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a socialite, Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a. Mompha), should be remanded over alleged N33. billion money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Liman gave the order following Mustapha’s not guilty plea to a 14-count...

  When the news broke over the weekend that Allen Onyema had been indicted in the United States for multi-million dollar fraud, a question that echoed amongst Nigerians was how he moved from relative obscurity to become one of the biggest players in Nigeria’s aviation sector in just about half...

The global ride-hailing firm, Uber, has lost its licence to operate private hire vehicles in London after failing to stop thousands of ‘unlicensed and uninsured’ drivers from picking up passengers Transport for London announced the decision not to renew licence at the end of a two-month probationary extension granted in...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said the investment inflows into Nigeria declined by $460 million from $5.82 billion in the second quarter of this year to $5.36 billion in the third quarter. The NBS said this in its Capital Importation Report which was released on Monday....

Former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Comrade Jonathan Vatsa, has lambasted the 9th Assembly of the Nigerian Senate for the proposed bill seeking death penalty for anyone convicted for hate speech. While addressing selected journalists in Minna, the former Commissioner for Information, Culture and...

Bishop Wale Oke, the Presiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, has called for caution and prayers over the ongoing legal tussle on the last governorship election in Oyo State. He made the call on Sunday in Ibadan during the thanksgiving service to mark the annual press week of...

  *Policy not the issue but implementation, VP submits “One thing that we must bear in mind, which is my challenge to NIPSS; the problem of Nigeria has never been a shortage of ideas, there is no policy that has never been thought of, but the problem has always been...

Alhaji Adamu Loddo, a Jalingo-based 68-year-old man on Saturday urged parents to ensure proper upbringing of children as he celebrated the gift of 30 surviving children and 70 grand children. Loddo, who expressed appreciation to God for the gift, also said the celebration was an opportunity to show the right...

Acting chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), Alhaji Musa Liman Kwande said Northerners will vote for a northerner presidential candidate to take over from Muhammadu Buhari irrespective of the party he belongs. Kwande stated this on Sunday in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, saying that, “I am expressing my opinion as...