archiveJune 2023

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday condemned the killing of a butcher, Usman Buda, over alleged blasphemous comments by religious extremists in Sokoto State with a call on the government to ensure the protection of all citizens’ rights, regardless of their religious affiliations. The President of CAN, Daniel...

  The former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has hit out at Nigerian oil marketers for projecting that petrol will be sold at N700 per litre in some parts of the country. “Oil marketers projecting N700 per litre; that’s their way, always threatening and blackmailing the country for their greed,”...

  On Saturday, 24 June, Rite Foods' Bigi carbonated soft drink brand fed about 1,000 underprivileged kids in Makoko, a riverside community in the suburb of Lagos, as part of the CSR project "Share A Smile Slum Food Outreach," which included Chisom, a former contestant on Nigerian Idol, as a...

Investdata Consulting, will on Saturday hold its quarterly master class which seeks to open the eyes of investors to opportunities that the recent transition to a new democratic government in the Nigerian equity market for the rest of this year and even afterwards. Expected to take investors and traders through...

One of Africa's fastest-growing companies, Sterling Bank, has recently signed an agreement with the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish a comprehensive database of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. This will help in scaling intervention programs and providing tailored solutions that truly...

  President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, urged Nigerians to have faith in God, saying the country will experience peace, stability and prosperity. Speaking to reporters in Lagos, after observing Eid-el-Kabir supplications at Dodan Barracks prayer ground, the President stressed the need for unity and cooperation, appealing to Nigerians to eschew ethnic...

Oil marketers in the country say the pump price for petrol could rise above N700 per litter. According to Mike Osatuyi, National Controller Operations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, the projection is expected to come into force in July. He insisted that the prices could rise above N700 in...

Former Kaduna State Senator and a socio-political commentator, Shehu Sani, has mocked former President Muhammadu Buhari after he reportedly pleaded not to be probed by his successor. Sani said Buhari was allergic to being probed and blamed after he did the same to his predecessor. The former Kaduna Central Senator...

The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth, and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa has said the report by the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission of the 2023 general election in Nigeria was a welcome development. YIAGA also noted that the issues highlighted in the EU’s report were not new to the international...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said on Wednesday that it remained undaunted in its prosecution of a former Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. The ICPC, which is prosecuting Ojerinde for alleged N5 billion fraud, alleged in a statement on Wednesday...