Despite filling stations across the nation now selling petrol way above the approved N165 per litre, the federal government claims it has not removed subsidies on the essential commodity. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja. The minister spoke on the sidelines of the … [Read more…]
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will on Wednesday meet with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The BoT’s Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, in a statement yesterday, said the meeting was … [Read more…]
Despite the compounding damage from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has magnified the slowdown in the global economy, the country’s capital market activities remain positive in the first half of 2022 as both local and foreign investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) traded N831.83 billion worth of equities. N485.4bn … [Read more…]
The Chairman Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin has disclosed that the party is set to meet with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, aggrieved party members as well as all the Presidential aspirants for a reconciliatory meeting following the unnecessary furore that emanates as a result of the … [Read more…]
Nigerian award-winning film actress Hilda Dokubo and her colleague, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje have both reacted to the kidnap of their colleagues. On Thursday 28th of July, Nollywood thespians Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were kidnapped in Ozalla town, Enugu while returning from a movie set. It was learnt that the abductors of the film stars … [Read more…]
The killing, on Friday, of a Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, in a beach town in Italy has elicited outrage. A video footage, widely circulated on Italian news websites and social media, showed how an aggressive man beat and strangled Ogorchukwu, a physically challenged, to death. Italian police said they had arrested the murderer. The … [Read more…]
Following the lingering insecurity in the country cum the recent attacks in Abuja, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned South-East politicians to jettison the idea of returning to the region without its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The residents of Abuja have been gripped with fear, following incessant attacks by terrorists last week. Many … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by another four weeks. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the union’s decision in a press statement on Monday. He said the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Union took the decision after extensive deliberations on government’s past failures to abide by its … [Read more…]
THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has committed over N500 million to Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to facilitate research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia, Industry … [Read more…]
Anxiety enveloped some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Sunday, following the reported arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader. A private radio in Abeokuta broke the news on Sunday afternoon which created panic among the residents of the state. The suspect was reportedly arrested on Saturday night by the operatives of the … [Read more…]
Family of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nmamdi Kanu, has flayed the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) over its statement on the recent United Nations (UN) Rights Group’s call for the unconditional release of Kanu, describing their position as meaningless. CNG had, in a press conference, in Abuja at the weekend, … [Read more…]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to withdraw the threat to sanction the BBC and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism in the country, whether through the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) or any other agency of government. Mohammed had, … [Read more…]