archiveOctober 22, 2021

  The Federal Government has blamed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili. The government further accused Kanu of being responsible...

Ahead of the commencement of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland next week, the GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari has advocated for the consideration of what he calls “energy justice” in the implementation of energy transition. Discussions on countries transiting to less...

​ The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday knocked the Attorney General of the ​​Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, over the claim that the leader of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Igboho) has ties with major sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. The group in...

    The indices of the nation’s bourse rallied by 0.14 per cent on Friday following bargain hunting in attractive dividend paying stocks. Accordingly, the All-Share Index rose by 59.15 points or 0.14 per cent to close at 41,763.26 from 41,704.11 recorded on Thursday. Also, the market capitalisation which opened...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said train services would resume on the Abuja-Kaduna route on Saturday. The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) had announced suspension of its operation on the route following explosive attack on some portions of the tracks on Wednesday. The NRC in a statement on Thursday...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it is proposing the introduction of Road Infrastructure Tax in Nigeria. The new tax is to help fix the roads across the country and ensure that the informal sector is brought into the tax net with contribution to building a modern...

Former National chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has asked the party to stop making any moves towards the conduct of its National Convention scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2021 or any other date, pending the hearing and final determination of his appeal to the effect....

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho now being detained in Cotonou Republic of Benin has spoken on some reports from home. Speaking through his lawyer, Chief Yomi Alliyu, who said Igboho has not endorsed any defecting politician or retired soldier and is not planning to join the ruling All Progressives Congress....

  The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said a major financier of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, is a member of the National Assembly. The AGF who failed to name the lawmaker, said a report by a security committee...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk and extremely damaging malware called Flubot. Malware is a generic word used to describe a virus or software, designed specially to “disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system.” A statement signed...