Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and Chairman, Dangote Group, has resigned from the board of Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc, formerly known as Dangote Flour Mills.
THE leadership of a faction for the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, weekend, alleged that Nnamdi Kanu, the promoter of Radio Biafra, detained by security operatives, may have been murdered. Read More…
The Minister of National Planning in the previous administration, Dr Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has lambasted former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof Charles Soludo for claiming that former President, Goodluck Jonathan had the worst economic management team, saying his statement was borne out of political desperation.
The kidnapped bursar of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State, Mrs Lilian Davies, has regained her freedom. Read More…
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday in Abuja disagreed with his colleagues in the governors forum, insisting that state governors must pay the 18, 000 minimum wage which was signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Read More…
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has directed all Igbo living outside Igbo land to start returning home and re-establish their businesses and investments in the South-East. Read More…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Friday, said workers in the country would resist any attempt by government to review downwards the current N18,000 national minimum wage. Read More…
A freight forwarder, Ms Ada Akpunonu, on Friday urged the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, to convene a stakeholders’ meeting to address challenges including the delay suffered in positioning containers for examination. Read More…
The Presidency has faulted the claim by the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), that he was not invited by the presidential committee, probing the purchase and supply of arms during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Read More…
THE United Kingdom (UK) has on Thursday, said the return of Nigerians, who have no right to remain in the UK is a key part of upholding a fair and robust immigration system, although stating that its preference is for such individuals to leave the UK voluntarily. Read More…
The immediate past permanent secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Nkechi Ejele, is currently being interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for her role in the alleged misapplication of funds meant for the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) appropriated to the Ministry in 2013 and 2014. Read More…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has described Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as an experienced information manager, a dogged fighter and a dedicated nationalist who is committed to the advancement of Nigeria’s interests. Read More…
SPIRITUAL Director of Catholic Adoration Ministries Enugu, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, has given one condition on which he would support the ongoing pro-Biafra protests in the South-East and part of the South-South. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court for misconduct. Read More…
This directive was given yesterday even as it ordered the board to immediately stop its policy of re-assigning candidates to schools they never applied to, saying such policy was contrary to the act establishing the board.
The World Bank on Wednesday described Edo State as the best in the country in terms of transparency, openness, candour and value for money. Read More…
•The state murder of the Ogoni activists should be revisited and Saro-Wiwa declared a hero
The brutal actions by the Abacha junta which brought the country odium from the international community, further justified the case made for the isolation of the country and represented a dark phase in her history. Read More…
There was a mild drama at the public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday when members engaged in hot arguments with Mr. Festus Keyamo, the lawyer of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, on the panel’s right to invite his client in his private capacity. Read More…
At last, the 18-yr-historic admission seeker who was once raped by a university of Lagos lecturer, Akinfolarin Baruwa, has been served justice as the randy man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison through a court in Lagos. Read More…
Iyad Ag Ghaly, the Malian Tuareg leader of Ansar Dine, has resurfaced with the release of an audio statement in which he threatens France and rejects any peace deal in Mali. The audio was published by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which has close ties to Ansar Dine, on one of its official Twitter feeds. Read More…
The Russian government has confirmed that it was a bomb that shot down a Russian passenger plane that crashed over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board, Reuters is reporting. Read More…
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and Chairman, Dangote Group, has resigned from the board of Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc, formerly known as Dangote Flour Mills.
Leader of the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, charged members of the movement to remain steadfast and focused in the revolutionary struggle, saying that the non-violent method adopted by MASSOB had become a source of worry to the so-called northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and the Nigerian military. Read More…