archiveApril 12, 2023

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the just-concluded general election, Omoyole Sowore has said reports about Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, getting detained by UK Immigration is “fishy”. A famous Mass Communication scholar, and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Paul University Awka, who is also...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has floated four Federal Government of Nigeria Bonds worth N360 billion for subscription at N1,000 per unit. DMO disclosed this on Wednesday in a circular posted on its website. The agency explained that it has four FGN Bonds with at least a 12 per cent...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners at all railway stations in the country at a cost of N495 million. The FEC also gave approval for the maintenance of the pavement of the Third Mainland Bridge in the sum of N6.278 billion naira...

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday at its plenary confirmed the nomination of Justice Subulade Yerima as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. Yerima has been in acting capacity as the Chief Judge of the state since Jan. 16, when Justice Muntar Abimbola, her predecessor, retired. The...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the call for his arrest and prosecution for admonishing Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over inciting the public to violence is unjustifiable. The minister stated this on Wednesday in London while reacting to the call by Elder Statesman and...

An appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. Through the case, APM was seeking to disqualify Obi from the presidential election held on February...

The Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, has announced the final date to remove free verified Twitter accounts. Musk disclosed this via his Twitter account, @Elonmusk, on Tuesday. He tweeted, “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20.” Before he took over as the CEO, verified Twitter users...

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Jere and Maiduguri Local Government areas of Borno State. The suspects: Olatunji Sherif, Bright Felix, Jude Linus Magaji, Jonah Jondi, Ojobaro Abdullahi, Jerry Zizighi, Micah Joseph, Mari...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that based on the clean bill from the investigation conducted into the alleged drug case against its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, now President-elect, he was qualified to contest the election. The ruling party, in processes filed to defend the outcome of the...

Nigerian-New Zealand mixed martial arts fighter, Israel Adesanya has disclosed that he loves Nigerians but then the country is corrupt. He said even though he loved Nigerians, the red flags in the country are too many. Adesanya claimed that Nigerian leaders are desperate and only out to loot public funds...