archiveMay 3, 2021

  Kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State have reduced the ransom on the remaining 17 students in their custody to N100 million but threaten to kill all the students in captivity if N100 million is not paid on Tuesday. Leader of the gang, who identified himself as Sani...

  The police in  Lagos  have arrested 10 suspected traffic robbers terrorising motorists in different parts of the state.The spokesman for the state police command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Hakeem...

BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organization leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in public finance in Nigeria, has called on the government to audit security spending and close loopholes for corruption in the budget process. While speaking on BudgIT’s recent publication, “Demanding Budget Reforms for Resource Optimization”, Mr Gabriel Okeowo,...

  Mr Abdulkadir Shehu, a journalist with Progress FM, a private radio station in Gombe, said he returned the $3,000 dollars he found along the road to its owner, because it would be wrong for him to claim it.Shehu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Monday,...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has explained why the return of the £4.2 million allegedly looted by a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, is being delayed. It would be recalled that at a ceremony on March 9, Malami, who represented the...

TradeFada Nigeria Limited, one of the nation’s prominent players in the Crypto currency Ecosystem has set up a platform that provides easy operational steps for cryptocurrency beginners. Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Seun Dania explained that first, beginners need to buy Bitcoin with fiat and this can be...

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, felicitates with Nigerian journalists as they celebrate this year's World Press Freedom Day. Lawan notes that May 3 is set aside every year to remind governments around the world of their obligation to facilitate and respect press freedom, and also to remind journalists the need...

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has fired back at the Department of State Services (DSS) for saying the critics of President Muhammadu Buhari were planning the disintegration of Nigeria. According to her, nobody seeks to throw Nigeria into anarchy than Buhari “whose actions and inactions daily dig Nigeria...

  The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has urged journalists across the globe to adhere strictly to ethics of the profession as World celebrated Press Freedom Day.The commission gave the advice in a statement marking the 2021 World Press Freedom Day on Monday in Abuja. ” NBC urges journalists to adhere...

 The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock (NGX) recorded a growth of N419 billion in April due to impressive first quarter results declared by some companies. Specifically, the market capitalisation which closed trading in March at N20.428 trillion rose by N419 billion to close at N20.847 trillion in April. Similarly,...