archiveApril 13, 2023

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom and the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) have said that the 2023 national census should be suspended until Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are returned to their ancestral lands. The national population and housing census is scheduled to hold from May 3 to 7. Ortom and the...

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has denied receiving any letter of apology from the British government over his detention by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London. Obi made the rebuttal through the Head, Media and Communications of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade. A statement...

The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on Non-profit Organizations (NPOs) in the Northeast to join hands with it in fighting financing of terrorism and money laundering in the region. Daniel Isei, Director SCUML gave the charge on Wednesday,...

  Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa on Thursday accused the Nigerian government of scuttling the election of Peter Obi at the February 25 presidential poll. Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) rejected the result and is now in court to challenge the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu of the...

Osinbajo-led committee approves N250b in 2023 budget to expand National Social Register with additional 3m households N9b support to 1.6m farmers create 4.5m jobs in rural roads construction finance 100,000 homes for low-income earners, others   Almost 2 million vulnerable Nigerians across the country have been impacted by projects implemented...

Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji  Lai Mohammed, has said that some international media organisations and Think tanks have admitted that they were misinformed about the chances of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, winning the 2023 Presidential polls. Mohammed disclosed this in London when he concluded his engagements and meetings...

Former Lagos State deputy governor, Sinatu Ojikutu, has announced that she was in the process of renouncing her Nigerian citizenship and relocating from the country following Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election. She stated while address a press conference at home in Lagos on Wednesday, April 12. The...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued new guidelines to commercial banks on the operations of dormant accounts which have received no deposit or withdrawal for upwards of one year. The new guideline is contained in the bank’s circular to commercial banks issued on Wednesday. According to the...

The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigerians should pray for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, over his whereabouts. One of Atiku’s spokespersons, Daniel Bwala, said Tinubu’s old photographs were posted as new ones. Bwala said the posting of Tinubu’s old photograph suggests...

The Lagos State Government has released a statement accusing promoters of the movie ‘Gangs of Lagos’ of making a mockery of the heritage of Lagos. The statement posted on the state government’s official website reads: “Lagos State Government has expressed displeasure with the promoters of the “Gangs of Lagos” film/series...