archiveJune 25, 2021

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the current sufferings visited on Nigerians will make them to chase the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government out of power in 2023. The governor made the assertion during the inauguration of Pabod Breweries By-Pass Road and Oginigba – Ordinance link...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his party, All Progressives Congress wants to leave behind a “legacy of transparency and fairness” as they are crucial to the survival of the party after he leaves office. Buhari said this  while meeting with the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in the...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government was not the sponsor of the bills purportedly meant to stifle the press. The minister stated this on Friday in Lagos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) He said the bills concerning the...

Investors on the Nigerian bourse recorded a loss of N155 billion on Friday as the market capitalisation declined by N155 billion or 0.78 per cent to close at N19.626 trillion from N19.781 trillion posted on Thursday. The NGX All-Share Index also lost 296.09 points or 0.78 per cent to close...

L – R shows Aliyu Ahmed, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Mr. Temi Popoola, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited during a courtesy visit to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget...

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has debunked reports that he was quizzed or invited for questioning by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) over his remarks against the military. Speaking to Channels Television after presiding over a Jummat service at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna State on...

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of Borno State High Court has closed the defence of Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama-Boko Haram’ following her refusal to speak in response to questions and issues raised by the court under the guise that she is severely ill. She had informed the court through...

  Coronation Insurance Plc has posted a profit after tax of N648.24 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.This is contained in the company’s unaudited financial statement released by the Nigerian Exchange Ltd on Friday in Lagos. The profit after tax represented a growth of 79.44 per cent...

tasks President on fixing Nigerian hospitals The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the real reason he rescheduled his medical trip to London at the last-minute. The party’s position is amidst increasing international disapproval to the escalated human right violations, constitutional breaches, clampdown...

Maintaining the position that the funding for gas and fossil fuel projects in Nigeria and other developing countries be sustained during the global transition to net-zero emissions, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said Nigeria will continue its frontline advocacy for a just transition. He also asserted that Nigeria will...