archiveDecember 4, 2019

The presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has urged Nigerians not to give in to the hate speech bill as proposed and being legislated upon by the Senate. Speaking at the 2019 Shiloh, an annual event of the church,  Oyedepo accused...

  The Secretary-General to The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Petteri Taalas, has said that the current decade is on record to be the hottest. Taalas who made the remark on Tuesday at the UN climate summit in Madrid, said, “We are nowhere near on track to meet the Paris Agreement...

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State has ordered the recovery of pensions collected by former governors serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly. The court ordering the Federal Government to recover the earlier paid pensions to these former political office holders, also directed the Attorney General...

  A former Senate President, Dr.  Bukola Saraki, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of judicial abuse. The EFCC had in May accused Saraki of “conspiracy, abuse of office, misappropriation of public funds, theft, and money-laundering,” consequently labelling his houses as proceeds of unlawful activities. Justice  Mohammed Liman sitting at the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the 2019 National Security Strategy to tackle security challenges in the country. Commissioning the strategy document at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, Buhari said its main objective is the “achievement of a safer and more secure nation.” He explained that the...

  Stakeholders comprising policy makers, corporate experts, venture capitals, development agencies, private sector operators and others will gather in Lagos on Thursday, 5th December to explore creative and enduring options to infrastructure funding in Nigeria. According to a press statement by the Principal Strategist and the Nigerian Infrastructural Development Awards...

  Senator Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West Senatorial District was sworn-in on Wednesday by the Senate. Adeyemi took the oath of office at exactly 10.36am to replace Senator Dino Melaye who lost the election in a rerun that took place on 16th November, 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...