archive2019

  flags off 65km Moniya-Ijaye-Iseyin road project says road important to Oyo’s economy   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, told his political opponents to wait till 2023 to face him at the polls. The Governor, who was speaking while flagging off the reconstruction of the 65-kilometre Moniya-Ijaye-Iseyin Road, said...

  Former Ghanaian President John Mahama and Dr Mansur Muhtar, Vice President, Country Operations, Islamic Development Bank and former Nigerian Finance Minister among others have arrived in Lagos from Accra Ghana and Jedda, Saudi Arabia, for the 7th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine slated for Tuesday, November 19, at Sheraton...

    Death penalty, other punitive terms very open to amendments The Deputy Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has said the Anti-hate Speech Bill presently before the National Assembly seeks to ensure justice for Nigerians who are victims of hate speech contrary to widespread speculations. In a...

Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), aNon-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has alleged that security agencies aided the massive rigging witnessed in the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship election at the weekend. Senior Fellow of the agency, Prof Ibrahim Jubrin, who made the allegation while presenting report of the and Kogi election...

The Power Generation Companies (GenCos), have threatened to shut down power generation supply if pressing issues in the sector are not addressed. The GenCos spoke through the Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), Dr Joy Ogaji at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Ogaji explained that the...

  Some capital market operators on Monday expressed optimism that the Nigerian bourse would witness mixed performance to be occasioned by profit booking and improved buying interest. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on stock market expectations in the new week. Mr Ambrose Omordion, the...

  Prince Clem Agba, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, has urged statisticians to provide accurate data and respond promptly to all enquirers and surveys. Agba, who was represented by Dr Anne Nzegwu, Director,  Coordination  and Service Improvement Department in the Ministry,  gave the advice at the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with Bayelsa Governor-elect, Mr David Lyon, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor-elect was accompanied on the visit by National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiohmole, Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, Gov....

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Guild of Editors and their members have more to gain with the Federal Government’s plan to sanitise the social media space. The minister gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja when the President...

An NGO, Exam Ethics Marshals International (EEMI), says it has received 1,700 signed online petitions to fast track the passage of the Sexual Harassment Bill before the National Assembly. Mr Ike Onyechere, the Founder of the organisation, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. According to...