archiveJanuary 2022

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has called on Nigerians to keep faith with the party, saying that PDP will produce the next president of the country, come 2023. Ayu gave the assurance at the gala night hosted by the Rivers State Governor,...

The Federal Government, on Monday, filed fresh terrorism charges against the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the government increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu....

Nigeria reported no fewer than 3,604 deaths and 111,062 cases of cholera in 2021, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in its situation report for the 52nd epidemiological and last report for 2021. The centre also explained that...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, said that Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 15.63 per cent in December 2021, a 0.2 per cent increase from 15.40 recorded in November. Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Simon Harry, gave the figure on Monday in Abuja at a news conference to...

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...