archiveJanuary 12, 2022

A data consulting firm, Beacon, has revealed that no fewer than 8372 people lost their lives to security challenges in Nigeria in 2021. The firm on Wednesday stated that the larger share of these deaths were recorded in the northern part of the country. The report stated: "An analysis of...

The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, arraigned Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, and Ismalob Global Investment Limited before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on eight counts bordering on conspiracy to launder funds...

  A former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala is dead. It was gathered that Alao-Akala, who is from Ogbomoso, died on Wednesday. He was Oyo State Governor between 2007 and 2011. Details of his death are still sketchy. Media aide to the former Governor, Tolu Mustapha has...

  A former Minister of Education, Dr.Oby Ezekwesili, has warned that money will fail Nigerian political leaders declaring to run for presidency in 2023. Apparently reacting to the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who informed the President of his ambition to contest in the...

The World Bank has projected that the Nigerian economy would grow by 2.5 per cent in 2022, up from an estimated 2.4 per cent growth in 2021. The bank, in its January 2022 Global Economic Prospects report published on Tuesday, said Nigeria’s growth is projected to strengthen somewhat to 2.5...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has instructed that teachers and students with high temperatures should not be allowed into schools. In its latest Covid-19 situation report, NDDC said the detection of the Omicron variant which has been found to be more transmissible, has intensified the need to...

says PDP unity must be paramount to all members Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, charged politicians to always seek power for the good of the nation. The governor stated this while receiving the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike and his entourage, who came on a condolence...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its members, affiliate unions, and civil society partners to prepare for the planned January 27 and February 1 nationwide protests against the proposed removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The congress also asked its affiliates nationwide to mobilise their members for...