archiveApril 17, 2023

Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) saw its net profit for the first three months of the year dropped by 63.1 per cent as a result of escalating costs. The company’s unaudited financial report released on Monday showed that it incurred N2.4 billion in foreign exchange loss, about five times the...

      condemns attempts denying people right to vote in last elections calls for deliberate efforts to overcome ethnic, religious prejudices speaks at NIPSS Good Governance Lecture series In the contest for power, leadership elites must not toy with prejudices that alienate or divide any section of the country,...

In its unwavering drive to support the growth and development of marketing and media industries, and inspire the next generation of marketing and media professionals in Nigeria, GDM Group, in partnership with Eko Innovation Centre has flagged off MarkHack 2.0, with the theme ‘Unlocking The Power Of The Creative Economy’....

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the closing date for the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration by one week. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the board spokesman, Mr Fabian Benjamin, after its management meeting. Benjamin said that...

  NBS puts electricity customers’ number to 10.94m in Q3 2022   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the number of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) customers in Nigeria increased from 10.81 million in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022 to 10.94 million in  third quarter (Q3) of 2022. According...

Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has debunked a viral post attributed to him making comments on certain aspects of the just concluded 2023 general elections. The post which is being circulated on WhatsApp claimed Soyinka acknowledged to be a fan of the three presidential candidates namely, Peter Obi of the...

  A filed a petition with the Federal Capital Territory Police Command seeking redress for an injustice I suffered. The petition, dated March 23, 2021, detailed a case of unlawful confiscation of my properties and a criminal breach of trust. The suspect had deceptively confiscated my Honda Accord car, a...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the ongoing fight, which erupted in the Sudanese capital between the military and powerful para-military, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is unwelcome. Speaking during a visit to him by the Transitional President of Chad, Gen. Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Buhari described...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola said the Nigerian constitution allows the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as well as Nigerian citizens to have a dual citizenship. Fashola stated this in an interview on Channels TV on Sunday. According to the minister, having dual citizenship would not prevent...

The National Executive Council and the National Coordinating Council of the Oodua People’s Congress has announced the replacement of its Osun State coordinator, Adedeji Aladesawe, with another chieftain of the group, Adeyemi Aboderin. Aladesawe had been the OPC coordinator in Osun State until recently when he was asked to step...