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Ogbemudia Was A Patriot, Friend – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late governor of the old Bendel state, Brig-Gen. (rtd.), Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia as a patriot and a friend who devoted his life to the service...
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Dangote, Alakija, Others for LASU Honorary Award
The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija a Nigerian businesswoman and Chief Adebutu Kessington are amongst eminent Nigerians...
View ArticleContributing To Return Of Peace In Niger Delta Our Greatest Achievement In...
The coordinator of the Niger Delta amnesty programme and special adviser to the President, Brig. Gen Paul Boroh (rtd) has described the last twelve months as the most successful year of the amnesty...
View ArticleFurore as Reps Adopt Committee’s Report on Centenary City
The House of Representatives was yesterday engulfed in a rowdy session as the report the investigative report on alleged irregularities on the Centenary City project committee on Federal Capital...
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FOREX: CBN offers, receives bids for $100m
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has offered and received bids for $100 million from authorized dealers in the interbank market to meet the requests of genuine customers. The CBN spokesman,...
View ArticleCourt Jails Oil Marketer 10yrs For Fuel Subsidy Fraud
Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja yesterday convicted and sentenced an oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril to ten years imprisonment over a N964 million fuel subsidy fraud. Justice...
View ArticleIle – Ife: Arewa Youth Group Appeals For Peace
Worried by ethnic crisis that recently engufed Ile – Ife in Osun state, the Arewa Youth Forum, (AYF) yesterday called on all citizens to eschew peace and understanding. Rising from it meeting in...
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Naira Firms As CBN Clears More BDC For Dollar Sales
The value of the naira firmed at the parallel market as the Central Bank of Nigeria sold more dollars to banks as well as bureau de change operators. Having sold $150 million to authorized foreign...
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Transcorp Hotels Plc Posts N4.5bn Profits
…Announces dividend of 40k per share Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced a profit after tax of N4b at its 3rd Annual General Meeting which took place at Transcorp Hilton Abuja. At the meeting, the...
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Trump Travel Ban: US Judge Blocks New Executive Order
A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin after midnight on Thursday. US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable...
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Mercy Johnson Accepts SSA Job On Entertainment, Art And Culture
Following the appointment of star actress, Mercy Johnson as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Entertainment, Art and Culture to Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello, she took to social media to thank him for...
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Common Defend Snoop Dogg Fake Gun Video
Common insists Snoop Dogg pulling a fake gun on a clown Trump is the kind of thing hip-hop artists have done for years, and rightfully so … he says. The politically active rapper was leaving his gym in...
View ArticleCorruption Has Neither Kinsmen Nor Friends
I share this week with my readers text of a press conference by the Islamic Forum of Nigeria on Corruption. Enjoy: Being Text of a Press Conference on the Alleged Fraud Committed by the SGF in the...
View ArticleBindow Has Demystified Governance In Adamawa – Commissioner
The Adamawa State commissioner for Information, Ahmed Sajoh, has said that Governor Jibrilla Bindow deserves the award Governor of the Year 2016 conferred on him by the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, saying he...
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Technical Report On Minimum Wage Ready Next Week – Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said that the Technical Committee on Minimum Wage and Palliatives will submit its report to the Presidency soon. Ngige said this while briefing...
View ArticleBenue Govt Declares 7-day Fasting, Prayer Over Herdsmen Attacks
The Benue State Executive Council has approved the declaration of seven-day prayer and fasting for God to intervene in the attacks on Benue communities by Fulani herdsmen. The prayer and fasting period...
View Article. . . Protesters Storm NASS Over Killings
Protesters under the aegis of the Vanguard Against Tiv Massacre (VATM), yesterday, stormed the National Assembly to protest the recent killings by herdsmen in Buruku local government area and other...
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Herdsmen Kill Ex-Edo LG Boss, Kidnap 15 Travellers In Edo
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of yesterday swooped on travelers along the busy Benin-Auchi-Okene Highway and kidnapped 15 persons and killed immediate past chairman of...
View ArticleCourt Gives Police, DSS, 12 Days To Justify Clampdown On Peace Corps
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the National Security Adviser (NSA), and the Director General of Department of State...
View Article2017 Budget March Deadline Not Sacrosanct, Reps Tell PMB
The House of Representatives, yesterday, stated that the March 30 date proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari as deadline to pass the 2017 appropriation bill into an Act is not sacrosanct. Chairman of...
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