The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi says he is running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Nigerian. Obi said he is not contesting to support the agitation of the sovereign state of Biafra which is popular among some sections of the South East region. … [Read more…]
Over 20 Deposit Money Banks on Monday began the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new cash withdrawal limit policy across the country with bank customers expressing anger over the new rule. The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, had on December 21, 2022, bowed to pressure and revised the bank’s earlier cash withdrawal … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again raised fresh fears that the forthcoming general election faces serious threats of cancellation and postponement if security challenges across parts of the country fails to improve. Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who expressed the concerns, also warned that the cancellation or postponement of elections due to insecurity in … [Read more…]
One of the pillars of the entertainment industry in Nigeria and the Founder of the prestigious AMAA Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is dead. She reportedly gave up the ghost at St. Nicolas Hospital, Lagos after being in a coma since Saturday. While colleagues and close friends, some of whom went to see her at hospital wouldn’t … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said youths constitute the highest number of registered voters, who would vote in the February and March elections with 48 million out of the entire 93.5 million eligible voters. The National Commissioner at INEC in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, stated this during the … [Read more…]
One person was early Monday killed and many others injured as Yoruba Nation agitators clashed with policemen in the Ojota area of Lagos State. A police patrol vehicle was burnt by the protesting agitators who also destroyed some campaign vehicles of the All Progressives Congress (APC) . The situation became very tensed as the agitators … [Read more…]
The founder of DAAR Communications Limited, owners of AIT Radio and Television, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been released by the United Kingdom police. Dokpesi was arrested yesterday at Heathrow Airport in London. Media sources had it that Dokpesi was delayed on Sunday by Immigration after a trip from Frankfurt on a Lufthansa airlines flight that … [Read more…]
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited, Mr Peter Mbah, has declared that inadequate and lack of investments in the downstream of the oil and gas sector as being responsible for incessant petroleum products’ scarcity being experienced across the country. Of recent, there have been recurring bouts of petroleum products … [Read more…]
Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested in the United Kingdom ahead of a scheduled political meeting with Atiku Abubakar, reports said on Sunday night. Mr Dokpesi, the owner of broadcaster AIT, was picked up at London Heathrow Airport as he touched down from a connecting flight via Frankfurt on Sunday evening, according to The Whistler, which … [Read more…]
The Police has so far rescued five out of the kidnapped victims including a retired police officer who were allegedly abducted on Saturday at the Igueben train station, Edo state. Recall that unspecified numbers of passengers who were waiting to board the train at the Igueben station were kidnapped by gunmen at 4pm on Saturday. … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s oil production in the month of December 2022 grew by 4.2 per cent month-on-month to 1.23 million barrels per day but remained significantly short of the 1.8 million barrels per day allocated to the country by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Latest oil production data released by Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, … [Read more…]
The federal government has shortlisted 20 candidates for the position of a new and substantive accountant-general of the federation, AGF, according to an online platform, TheCable. The 20 candidates, according to a circular issued by the government, were drawn from ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs. Recall that Ahmed Idris, the former AGF, was arrested in … [Read more…]