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The count down to the showdown has reached the stage of “no retreat, no surrender” as the protracted battle between Governor Godwin Obaseki and the national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for the soul of Edo State intensifies. Governor Obaseki has vowed to take charge of the leadership of the party in […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday said the commission will soon reopen investigations on Rivers State governors and politicians for alleged financial offences, despite a court injunction to the contrary that is pending at the apex court.   Justice Ibrahim N. Buba of the Federal High Court, […]

Senegal and Liverpool’s forward, Sadio Mane, was crowned 2019 Africa’s Best Player at the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Awards that took place in Egypt Tuesday night. The 27-year old Senegalese came off the shadow of his Liverpool teammate, Mohamed Salah who he has played second fiddle to twice in the last three editions to […]

Capital is crucial in driving sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises’(SMEs’) growth and uplifting the economy. First Bank of Nigeria Limited, as part of the launch of its specialised SMEs’ propositions, has continually supported SMEs through diverse initiatives. The bank says its support for SMEs is in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on […]

The current debate over the Buhari government’s request to borrow additional $30bn (a substantial portion of which is likely to come from China), has revived debates not just about debt overhang in the country but also about whether China is using debt as a deliberate strategy  to take over several countries in Africa. In 2018 […]

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comments on the country’s electoral process under the current Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) questions the credibility of the February 2019 presidential election; saying in urging INEC and the police to ensure that the will of the people prevails in credible […]

The vice presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has revealed that the federal government initially demanded that Anambra and Delta State governments to pay 10% each of the total cost of constructing the Second Niger Bridge.   […]

The story of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), like some other agencies in Nigeria is long. It is one of failure, of disappointments, and a callous disregard for the hopes and aspirations of the people. It is a story of contracts awarded for infrastructure projects, monies collected and no projects executed. It is the […]

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday alleged that the Presidency’s continuous reference to a presidential successor less than a year into President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term was a direct acceptance of failure and lack of capacity of the Buhari administration to manage the affairs of a nation as complex as Nigeria.   The […]

The Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed increase in electricity tariffs, enforceable from April by the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and to be completed by the end of 2021, with the full backing of the regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). […]

Perhaps, President Muhammadu Buhari’s message of hope at the dawn of the New Year is all that Nigerians needed to forget the shattered hopes, broken promises, disappointments and regrets of 2019. Coming from a year that was largely burdened by policy somersaults, high unemployment, inflation, increasing debt profile, unabated insecurity and general political toxicity, Buhari’s […]

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s scathing remark on overseas medical treatment as hypocrisy that is “self-indicting and raises public apprehensions on high-level deceits in governance.” The PDP dismissed as ridiculous, “a situation where a president, who patronises foreign hospitals for treatment and even check-ups; whose administration has failed […]