archiveJuly 2021

  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Eid-el-Kabir is a reminder of what we must do to heal Nigeria. Atiku in a statement he signed on Monday said the season is here with us again to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir and most...

Mr Hammed Abodunrin, Ondo State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has disclosed plans to organise free personal security training for journalists in the state. Abodunrin made the disclosure on Sunday during his familirasation visit to the office of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union Journalist...

  Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with Lagos state leading the table in infections. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), reported 203 additional COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19 related death on Sunday, as the deadly virus continued to rage in Africa in its third wave. The NCDC...

 The Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company have been sued for failing to implement the order capping estimated billing of some of their customers.A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF), filed the suit dated July 12, before an Ikeja High Court. A copy of the suit was...

The Presidency has described as unfortunate and disappointing the way and manner Bishop Matthew Kukah castigated his country, Nigeria, before the United States Congress. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja, advised Kukah to desist from sowing discord and strife among Nigerians. The presidential...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to urgently instruct Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive containing a “sweeping gag order banning journalists and broadcast stations from reporting...

  Member countries of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to increase oil output by an initial 400,000 barrels per day. The decision increases Nigeria’s oil output from about 1.4 million barrels per day to 1.8 million barrels per day by April 2022. OPEC press release shows...

  By Kehinde David Folarin In the light of the tremendous stress laid upon the leadership role in both secular and religious worlds, it is a general principle that we can influence and lead others only so far as we ourselves have gone. The person most likely to be successful...

  says leaders should be concerned about looming hunger, starvation accuses them of exploiting poor masses, embezzling public funds The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama on Sunday identified bad leadership as one of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria. He regretted that people who have been duly elected and...

Dr. ‘Biodun Adedipe, founder and Chief Consultant of B. Adedipe Associates Limited (BAAConsult) has expressed concern over Nigeria's foreign reserves at 5.45 months of import cover and below 11 months required for an economy in crisis. Adedipe raised the alarm while speaking at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN)...