archiveJanuary 2020

    By  Austin Ayaosi Since the advent of electronic commerce (otherwise referred to as e-commerce) in Nigeria in 2012, one can safely say that there has been a steady growth trajectory in that sector overtime. Nigeria's experience For a sector largely driven by innovation within the financial system and...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned the Federal Government’s declaration of Amotekun, a South-West security outfit, as illegal. Soyinka, a professor of comparative literature, spoke at a press briefing in Lagos Wednesday. He said a serious government who cares for its citizens would not object to such initiative. “The...

  The Lagos State Government (LASG) says it will come up with a programme aimed at empowering widows of the members of the Armed Force who laid  down their lives to defend and protect  their fatherland . Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu,  said this on Wednesday  during the parade...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the ongoing registration exercise for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 243 centres across the country. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday told the Federal Government that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code named Amotetun, set up by the six Southwest States to combat crimes in the region, has come to stay. NANS said that the “tactical moves by the FG to shut...

  says mother collapsed after receiving news A 30 – year-old man: Mr Olayinka Bernard Adeleye, whose photograph was published as that of the Nigerian – Dauda Onoruoiza who died alongside other 176 passengers in the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 800 crash in Tehran last week said he is...

  Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has responded to the comments attributed to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring ‘Operation Amotekun’ as an illegal outfit. Amotekun, launched  last week Thursday in Ibadan, is a security outfit set up by the six South-West governments to tackle kidnapping...

  The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Wednesday insisted that the South West zone has a right to protect itself against internal and external attacks. Iba Adams issued the declaration in reaction to the statement credited to Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and...

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the decision by the Federal Government of Nigerian (FGN) to declare Amotekun, the security outfit set up by South-West governors, an illegal organisation. On Tuesday, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had said that the...

  An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Sunday Stephen, in Kirikiri Correctional Service for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr P.E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Stephen ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public...