archiveJanuary 12, 2022

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has described as fake news report that he is supporting a candidate for the 2023 election. Soyinka, in a statement, titled: “Season of Fakery Galore,” on Wednesday, said he had not even thought 2023, much less inserted candidates into coveted positions. He said he had...

President Muhammadu Buhari has lifted the ban imposed on the operations of Twitter in Nigeria, effective from 12am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi. The...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI) has urged the government at all levels to ensure creation of an enabling tax environment where tax system is fair, equitable, and efficient to make tax payment easy. This is even as the chamber expected GDP growth to range between 2.5 per cent...

  says security, improved revenue generation to top legislative agenda in 2022 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that Nigerians will remember the Ninth Assembly under his leadership for its outstanding legislative achievements after the end of its lifespan in June 2023. Lawan made this known on Wednesday...

  An analysis by Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma (NAN)   The Nigerian stock market opened trading in 2021 with great expectations, having been adjudged the best globally in 2020 with a return of 50.03 per cent. Operators and analysts had predicted a positive outing for the stock market in 2021, based on...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has stated that there would not be any clash if Vice President Yemi Osinbajo decides to run for president against Tinubu. The ruling party stated this yesterday in Lagos State while declaring its support for the party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu, to...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Super Eagles to keep its focus on winning in the ongoing 33rd edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cameroon. The President, who congratulated the Coach Augustine Eguavoen-led team over the victory won in its opener against the Egyptian national team,...

  Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has said that Abadam and Guzamala local government areas in Borno State were still under the control of the Boko Haram terrorists. According to Vanguard, Zulum made the revelation when Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, led other senators including military...

  A suit seeking to stop the Nigerian Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari was, on Wednesday, stalled. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2021, could not proceed before Justice Donatus Okorowo due to the absence of the counsel...

A presidential aspirant and former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, on Wednesday, said he forgot to inform President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to run for President in the 2023 general elections. “I forgot to inform President @Mbuhari that I am running for...