archiveSeptember 4, 2020

 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo says come Sept. 19 Edo people will bury dictatorship politically. Gov. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the party said this on Friday during the ward-to-ward campaign rally at Ward eight, Ward 10, and Uselu market in Egor Local Government Area of Edo. He noted...

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Edo governorship election has promised to revive the Ewu Flour Mill in the state if elected. Ize-Iyamu gave the assurance during his ward-to-ward campaign in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state on Friday. He said revamping...

President Muhmmadu Buhari, on Friday, gave out one of his daughters, Hanan, out in marriage to Mohammed Turad Sha’aban, in a private ceremony at the Aso Villa, Abuja. The ceremony, which was reportedly strictly on invitation, was conducted in the court yard of the Villa, away from the eye of...

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Umar Abba Mohammed, has renewed calls for the establishment of Special Courts to try corruption cases. He made the call in Abuja on Friday while receiving members of the Monitoring Committee of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA),...

...says govt will continually engage people at the grassroots In his bid to take the dividends of democracy to the door steps of the people at the grassroots, the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has given account of his administration’s developmental projects in Oyo zone in the last...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Federal Government to revert to the N121 old price at which petrol was sold during the lockdown to control COVID -19. The NLC said it rejected the new upward reviewed pricing band for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol....

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos zonal office, has arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters, around the Alagbado axis of Lagos State. The suspects are Olowosoke Temidire; Oladoyin Tolulope; Adeyemi Toyese Jubril; Agbeluyi Olusola; Olayinka Azeez; Abdullahi Olalekan; Gbenga Ade; Nwokeso Innocent; Obodoukwu Godstime; Mba Emmanuel; Oluwadare Ibisiola, Damilola...

 The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has called on the Federal Government to give priority to poverty alleviation and improving the lives of  Nigerians. Kaigama, who gave the charge in Abuja, at the Maiden General Assembly of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, said that all the...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday moved 419.66 million shares worth N3.79 billion in bullish trading. This was against a turnover of 232.42 million shares valued at N1.32 billion traded in 3,377 deals on Thursday, representing an increase of 80.56 per cent. Lasaco Insurance dominated the activity chart, accounting...

The Presidency has described the judgement granted by a United Kingdom (UK) Court in favour of Nigeria in the $10 billion arbitration matter with the Process and Industrious Development Limited (P&ID) as right and just. The Business and Property Court of England and Wales presided over by Ross Cranston, on...