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A fire outbreak at a popular market at the Marina area of Lagos Island on Friday Morning has resulted in loss of goods worth several millions of naira. According to witnesses, fire began at about 4am at the popular Berlin Market located at the Central Business District, close to the Lagos office of the Central […]

Nigeria’s former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called for a change in the way the country is governed. Abubakar made the statement in a press release on Wednesday, emphasising that there is a need to tell the truth to power in order to help correctly identify and diagnose the causes of disaffection […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Organisation has cited the appointment of Chief Mike Omeri, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in the Jonathan campaign organisation as an act of impunity, and violation of the NOA Act. The campaign organisation said this action by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is […]

The campaign train of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday arrived Ogun State visiting prominent people in the state including traditional rulers and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, who only Monday met with President Goodluck Jonathan in presence of two prominent pastors, over their continued rift, asked Buhari to ensure that he appoints men […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has once again called for a meeting between its leadership and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stem the rising cases of violence ahead of next month’s polls. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said […]

Professor Akinola Muritala Salau has been appointed as the new National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Salau was inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan last week. The 67-year old hails from Oyo state.  He obtained his first degree in Physics in 1971 at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife. He […]

The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has relaxed the rules it implemented last month on buying and selling foreign exchange that have been fingered as responsible for crushing currency trading in the country’s economy. The apex bank said banks now have 72 hours to use dollars bought in the interbank market before they must sell […]

…Says Report of N152bn Expenses on Refineries are Politically Induced The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised alarm over what it termed as the deliberate distortion of facts and figures about its operations by desperate vote-seeking politicians who are bent on gaining partisan advantage by hook or by crook. The Corporation […]

Clearly, the travails currently confronting our economy are as daunting as the challenges we faced as a nation during the IMF inspired Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the late 80s and early 1990s. It is apparent that the serial Naira devaluations, from stronger than one Naira to one dollar to what appeared to be an […]

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said 150 residents of Baga, Borno State, as well as security officials died in the attack by insurgents on the town. It denied earlier claims that there were 2,000 casualties as widely reported last week. The full statement released by Chris Olukolade, the spokesman for the Nigerian Military, is reproduced […]

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCC) has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led Federal Government to stop stealing from Nigerians and allow them to enjoy the relief that has come to consumers of petroleum products globally. A statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC presidential campaign said it […]

If there is one person in the north who understands the impact of the growing rate of insurgency on the northern part of Nigeria, he is Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State. Yuguda, who spoke on Monday while declaring open a one-day workshop organised by Arewa Youth Forum for youth volunteers from the region, said […]