archiveFebruary 2020

Former Nigerian Vice-President,  Atiku Abubakar, has faulted claims by the President, Muhammadu Buhari,  that more Muslims were killed by Boko Haram. Atiku made his position known in a tweet on Wednesday. While replying to a report on Buhari’s claim, Atiku tackled Buhari for being concerned with the religion of the...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the coronavirus outbreak is not yet a pandemic, but a global public health emergency Coronavirus has claimed 425 lives, with more than 20,000 reported cases in China and 158 cases outside that country. WHO, which stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in...

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria is working to meet United States requirements to get off the list of countries affected by the immigration ban. He said this on Tuesday at a joint news conference in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The expanded...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria is working to meet United States requirements to get off the list of countries affected by the immigration ban. He said this on Tuesday at a joint news conference in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The expanded ban on...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has insisted that the ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle popularly called Okada and Keke Napep in some roads in the state would not be reversed. He explained that due to security and safety reasons,it will not be reversed. The Governor spoke on Tuesday...

  The immediate past majority leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) House of Representatives candidate during the 2019 general elections, Honourable Yinka Mafe, is dead. He was aged 46 years. The late Hon. Yinka Mafe was said to have celebrated his birthday in...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following federal government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2022. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN) led by its National President, Gabriel Ogunsanya, in...

  warns MDAs to submit audited accounts or risk punitive measures from N’Assembly   The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of Two hundred and thirty-eight billion, One hundred and forty-nine million, Three hundred and Twenty-five thousand, Eight hundred and thirty-two Naira Seventy kobo (N238,149,325,832.70) for the Nigeria Customs Service...

The Nigerian equities market sustained negative mood on Tuesday with the market indicators declining further by 0.35 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) decreased by 101.13 points or 0.35 per cent to close at 28,432.27 against 28,533.40 recorded on Monday. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost N52 billion to close...

The United States has stated that the $308 million Abacha loot which will soon be repatriated to Nigeria must be placed in an account and if the money is stolen from that account, Nigeria would be made to replace it. The Spokesperson for the US State Department, Morgan Ortagus, said...