archiveMarch 2023

The United Kingdom has hit out at a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Femi Fani-Kayode, over controversial comments made during the electoral season. In an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Sunday, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, faulted the APC presidential campaign council’s director...

Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel and his successor, Ibikunle Amosun have reacted to the passing of a former Chief of Defence Staff and former Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya. The two former governors regretted that the rank of Nigeria’s Elder Statesmen and significant personalities got further...

The Federal Government has confirmed that 2023 National Population and Housing Census is to commence on May 3. Dr Garba Abari, a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be speaking tomorrow at the King’s College London where he has been invited to deliver a public lecture following the school's annual Africa Week 2023 events. The King's College London which was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829,...

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has conferred the award of “Best Contributing Employer in Human Resources Development” for the 2022 Service Year on the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). According to a press statement by BASHIR A. NUHU Director, Communication & Public Affairs, NDIC, the award was presented to the...

  Unity Bank Plc has facilitated financial literacy training in thirty-one schools across Nigeria as part of the lender’s activities marking Global Money Week, 2023. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs. Tomi Somefun took part in the programme by facilitating training on financial literacy at Kabayi...

    Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process, particularly his expected swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu also warned the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and of the Labour Party LP's flagbearer, Peter Obi,...

  Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Mr Hadi Sirika, has hinted that the controversial national carrier, Nigeria Air, will commence operation before the swearing-in of a new administration on 29 May. The minister disclosed this at the ongoing National Aviation Stakeholders Forum 2023 in Abuja on Thursday. “Operation of local and international...

  The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has decried the violence unleashed by supporters of the Progressives Congress (APC) during the March 18 election. Rhodes-Vivour noted that the actions of leaders of the ruling party could lead to genocide like what happened in Rwanda...

  insists Tinubu’s appointee controlled INEC’s ICT unit on election day Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of installing a third-party device he said was used to intercept and switch results of...