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The authoritative London-based The Economist magazine has predicted that tough times await Nigerians in the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was sworn-in for a second term on Wednesday; saying Nigerians became poorer during the first term of the Buhari administration, insisting that while the Nigerian economy was “stuck like a stranded truck,” average […]

Oando Plc has said it will challenge Friday’s ruling by the Securities and Exchange’s (SEC) banning the Group Chief Executive Officer, Wale Tinubu and his deputy, Omemofe Boyo from being appointed directors of public companies for a period of five years, saying the regulatory and watchdog agency acted ultra vires by imposing penalties on the […]

Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) genetically known as Shiites, Friday burned a caricature of US President Donald Trump, during a protest march in Wuse, Abuja. They doused the effigy with petrol before setting it ablaze. They also burned the national flags of the United States and Israel during the protest march. The incident […]

Justice Danlami Senchi of the FCT High Court, Jabi on Friday dismissed a suit, accusing Justice Tanko Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), of age falsification for lack of ‘’Locus Standi.” Senchi held that the suit filed by Tochi Michael, a 46-year-old man last April, ought to have been filed before the court by […]

The Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission(SEC) has banned  Mr. Wale Tinubu, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and Mofe Boyo ,the Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (DGCEO) of Oando Plc from being directors of public companies for a period of five (5) years. The ban was issued on Friday in statement by  the Security and […]

Immediate past Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha, has denied media report  that he and some members of his family were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okorocha made the denial in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo in Owerri, on Thursday. “We read from social media and some […]

Barely 24 hours after assumption of office, Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha ordered the demolition of monuments built by the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha as his first action as governor.Ihedioha was sworn-in as the sixth Executive governor of Imo state on Wednesday. The Akachi tower, one of the many tourist attractions built by the […]

The 8th Senate on Thursday concluded its business session and adjourned till June 6 for valedictory, to mark the end of the session. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over plenary, made the announcement at the end of the day’s session. In his remarks, Ekweremadu thanked the lawmakers for contributing immensely […]

  Former Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the immediate past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha, respectively, to surrender themselves to the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fayose gave this advice in the wake of the fake news of the alleged arrest of Okorocha and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari did not only break with tradition on Wednesday, failing to address the nation after he was sworn in for a second term, he was conspicuously absent at his own inauguration banquet, where Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo told Nigerians that the country’s best years are ahead with President Buhari at the helm of the […]

Although it was tagged ‘low-key’, President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, took the oath of office in a brief ceremony full of pomp and pageantry. Security at the venue and around the Federal Capital City was beefed up. Men of the strike force unit of Nigerian Army in balaclavas took positions atop […]

“We are grateful to the almighty God for His grace by which this was possible and the Nigerian people for trusting us yet again; that trust will not be betrayed.“And so on behalf of Mr. President, please accept our deepest gratitude for your support and presence here this evening. The best years of Nigeria begin […]