Saturday, 12 December 2015

Mugabe ya yi katobara

Shugaban kasar Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe ya sake yin wata kwaba, inda ya karanta wani jawabin da ba shi da alaka da wani taron ya halarta.Shugaba Mugabe ya karanta jawabin...

Jigawa governor restates commitment to pay N18, 000 minimum wage

Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa on Friday restated his commitment to paying workers in the state N18, 000 minimum wage.Mr. Badaru gave the assurance in an interview with...

ISLAMIC MOVEMENT ATTACK: WE DEFENDED COAS – ARMY

The Shiite Sect on the orders of their leader, Ibrahim Alzak-zaky  today afternoon in Zaria attacked the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff while on his way to pay homage...

I Gave N600million To Bode George, Peter Odili, Attahiru Bafarawa, Jim Nwobodo And Others- Former Minister Yuguda

The embattled former Minister of State, Bashir Yuguda, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he gave a total of N600million cash to six chairmen...

Despite Cash Crunch, Senate Illegally Buying N4.7billion Exotic Cars For Saraki, Other Senators

The Nigerian Senate is currently on the verge of illegally buying various brands of exotic vehicles for use by its President, Bukola Saraki, and the 108 other senators,...

Bayelsa: Sylva says INEC erred, demands Southern Ijaw election results

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the December 5 Bayelsa State governorship election, Timipre Sylva, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to...

FG Orders All MDAs To Remit 80% Of Operational Surplus To Treasury

On Friday night, the Federal Government (FG) released a circular calling upon all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to remit 80% of their operational surpluses...

Incorruptibility, A Spiritual Premise For Material Wellbeing By Muhammadu Buhari

I want to begin by appreciating the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation for its impact on the development of ideas through its annual lecture series. The fact that the themes...

NPAN tackles Tribune, Peoples’ Daily, Telegraph over NSA Dasuki compensation payment claim

The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Saturday explained why some of its members were yet to be paid the compensation money released to the body by...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Customs N1.2b Rice Revenue Challenges Senate’s Suspension Order

By AirahuobhorBarely one week after Nigerian Senate ordered Nigeria Customs Service to suspend rice importsthrough the land borders, the Service has announced a total revenue...

Dasuki, Dokpesi, Others Charged With Money Laundering

The Federal Government, yesterday, slammed 43-count charge on former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd); former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda;...

My life is in danger: they may become even more vicious and deadly---Pius Anyim

My life is in danger: they may become even more vicious and deadly---Pius AnyimFormer Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, has raised the...

My life is in danger: they may become even more vicious and deadly---Pius Anyim

My life is in danger: they may become even more vicious and deadly---Pius AnyimFormer Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, has raised the...

FG To Re-Introduce Toll Gates –Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed yesterday, that the Federal Government will reintroduce toll gates where revenue generated can be channelled...

Letter from Africa: Cutting Nigeria's 'big men' down to size

In our series of letter from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at the impact of new economising measures in Nigeria.President Muhammadu...

FG To Deploy 5,000 NSCDC Personnel To North-East

Retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, the Minister of Interior, says five thousand personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), will soon be deployed...

Rector of Maritime Academy of Nigeria is dead

The Rector of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Joshua Okpo, is dead.Mr. Okpo died Tuesday in Abuja, where he had travelled to for an official business of the academy.A...

Nigeria Wouldn’t Have Survived If Ex-President Jonathan Had Won 2015 Presidential Election – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he does not regret supporting President Muhammadu Buhari during the electioneering, adding that Nigeria would not have survived...

Gunmen Invade Ebute-Meta In Lagos, Kill 4, Injure 20

Suspected cultists on Monday invaded the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State, killing four persons and injuring twenty others.Residents said the gunmen who wore masks and operated...

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Court validates Ekweremadu’s election

Enugu division of the Appeal Court has upheld the election of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as valid candidate for Enugu West Senatorial District.A statement from the media office...

KANU HAD RECEIVED HUGE SUMS FOR ASSORTED WEAPONS HE WAS BUYING – FG

The Federal Government, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, why it was not in a hurry to release the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,...

Kogi polls: I won’t join issues with Faleke – Yahaya Bello

MenuKogi polls: I won’t join issues with Faleke – Yahaya BelloDecember 8, 2015Premium TimesRELATED NEWSI won't present myself for swearing-in as deputy governor in Kogi...

Kogi polls: I won’t join issues with Faleke – Yahaya Bello

MenuKogi polls: I won’t join issues with Faleke – Yahaya BelloDecember 8, 2015Premium TimesRELATED NEWSI won't present myself for swearing-in as deputy governor in Kogi...

What FG Should Do About Biafra – Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has adviced the Federal Government to sit with those protesting for Biafra for dialogue instead of saying “Nigeria is indivisible”...

Mixed feelings in PDP as it wins, loses Senate seats.

an appeal filed by Chief Victor Umeh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).The judgment, as read by Justice Datijo Yahaya indicated that the election of Mrs Ekwunife...

Boko Haram attacks village, loots food supplies, 200 cattle in northeast Nigerian

Boko Haram gunmen have torched almost an entire village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok from where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, a resident who fled and...

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Now is best time to act, World Bank tells Buhari

The World Bank has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to act now if he is seriously considering the removal of fuel subsidy.The World Bank’s Lead Economist, John Litwack,...

Govt makes u-turn on Dec deadline to end insurgency

President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the deadline given to the military to end terrorism in parts of the country is open to modification.Buhari, who was represented...

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GTBank named ‘Bank of the Year’ in Nigeria for second time

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has reaffirmed its position as a leading global brand with its recent recognition as the ‘Bank of the Year’ during the 2015 Banker Awards held in...

Security man rapes 15 year old boy, faces jail time

(LAGOS)Magistrate O.A Ogunbowale of an Igbosere Magistrate’s court has remanded a 45 year-old Security personnel, Musa Mohammed, in prison custody over alleged rape of a...

2015 Access Bank Conference Targets Financial System Innovation

Global business and political leaders will next week descend on Lagos for the 2015 Access Leadership Conference which is being organised by Access Bank Plc.This year’s conference, ...

Court orders EFCC to investigate Yanaty Petrochemical for alleged N1.8bn subsidy fraud

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Monday ordered Yanaty Petrochemical Limited, an oil marketing company, to submit itself for investigation by the Economic and...