archiveOctober 22, 2023

  The Atiku Media Team has challenged President Bola Tinubu and his team to stop chasing shadows, spare Nigeria’s image further damage by coming clean on the myriad of controversies surrounding his “life of forgeries.” A team of Atiku’s aides gave this challenge at a Press Conference, in Abuja, on...

  Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to review his plan for the payment of N500 million in fines imposed on not less than 4,000 convicts by various courts. Falana made this known in a statement on...

Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) Prof Wahab Egbewole (SAN) has revealed that the institution has received a sum of N954.7 million from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). He said the fund is for the year 2023 and it is to cover eleven specific areas. Egbewole said...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.42 per cent to close the week at 66,915.41 and N36.764 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Banking, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div. Yield, NGX MERI Value and...

  Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) has called on security agencies to fish out and prosecute herders who allegedly attacked farmers in Iwere-Ile, Oyo State and some communities in Ogun State recently. Igboho in a statement on Sunday said farmers in Yoruba land, and in any...

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has escaped assassination attempt by gunmen dressed in military uniform along Lokoja-Abuja road. The attack was said to have taken place at 4pm today, October 22, close to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement a few hours ago by the Kogi State Commissioner...

  Prominent Nigerians have confirmed their participation in the Realnews 11th Anniversary Lecture. They include Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ahmed Kuru, Managing Director, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Kayode Adebayo, Director of Proceeds of Crime Department, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission...

  allegations untrue, INEC said in a statement   Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reconfiguring the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to favour a political party’s candidate in the state. BVAS is the machine used to accredit voters...

  Unilever Nigeria Plc has stopped production and sales of its home care brands in Nigeria. The company disclosed this in its unaudited interim financial statements released on Friday, October 20, for the nine months that ended September 30, 2023, The decision followed the company’s announcement on March 17, 2023,...

Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), says that the only successful industry in Nigeria today is politics. The legal luminary spoke at the 11th convocation ceremony of Afe Babalola University on Saturday and bemoaned the way politics is increasingly taking precedence over education. The founder...