Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed an executive order setting up a council to facilitate transition to a new president who will emerge after a Feb. 25 election. Buhari, 80, who is constitutionally barred from contesting the election, is…
By Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale (For Shabina Feisal) Take this tawdry dunya by the edge, like the frail wings of a moth, with the tips of your fingers. Take life as a staged melodrama full of cameos, seasons of plots and…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report making the rounds in some section of some online media that Gov. Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi…
Dangote Group yesterday held its Special Day at the on-going 13th Gateway International Trade fair in Abeokuta with a pledge to ensure Nigeria attains self-sufficiency in all the economic sectors where it operates. This is even as the Ogun state…
A 27-year-old man, Ismalia Aliyu, who allegedly stabbed a complainant, has appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Aliyu is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and causing breach of peace. He appeared before Magistrate, Mr. L.J.K.…
Two brothers of Femi Otedola, have acquired more shares in Geregu Power Plc. Two separate letters signed by the secretary of Geregu Power plc, Akinleye Olagbende, and titled: “Notification of share dealing by an Insider” were sent to the Nigerian…
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has frown at the situation where operators of filling stations refused to use Point of Sale (POS) machines. The authority in a press statement on Thursday, stated: “It has come to the…
A tanker has exploded along the Ogun State stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, causing traffic diversion. Reporters reports that the crash occurred at about 07:30 am on Friday between Fidiwo bridge and Foursquare. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the National Universities Commissions’ directive to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities be closed to allow students to vote in the upcoming general elections. The NUC issued the directive…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed hoarding for the present scarcity of new naira notes being faced by Nigerians. CBN director, Consumer Protection, Mrs. Rashidat Mongunu, disclosed this yesterday in Offa, Kwara State, during monitoring exercise visits to…
