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Conveners of the #IStandWithNigeria rally involving popular Nigerian RnB musician, 2Face have said the have not cancelled the event.  The conveners said even though 2Face has said he wouldn’t participate in the rally anymore, the event will hold. Co-convener of Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD), Fejiro Oliver and Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy […]

Former governor of Delta state, James Ibori has arrived in Nigeria.He arrived early on Saturday in Abuja with a British Airways flight. Ibori who reportedly left London on Thursday after a court said he could leave the country has now touched down in Oghara. Earlier on, he was taken in by the Department of State […]

Four executive directors of Skye Bank have voluntarily resigned from the bank after two years in their substantive posts. The bank has thus notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the voluntary resignation. The bank made this known to the NSE through a letter signed by the bank’s Company Secretary / General Counsel, Mr Babatunde […]

The Department of Home Land Security ,Saturday, announced that it was suspending all travel ban announced by President Trump in an Executive Order. The suspension in compliance to a Federal judge order halting all travel bans. “We have suspended all actions to implement the immigration order and will resume standard inspections of travelers as it […]

Those behind the rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari are  wicked, callous and treacherous, former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,  has said. He made the comment through a statement  signed by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi in Abeokuta yesterday, Obasanjo said instead of embarking on such rumours, all the president needed “are our prayers and best […]

The Presidency has said it has nothing against the planned protest organized by popular RnB musician 2Face and all those who wish to join him. The presidency made its stance known in a statement signed by Laolu Akande, the media aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday “This administration will not prevent Nigerians from […]

The Nigerian Police Force has warned award winning Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face and his group of peaceful protesters to shelve their planned peaceful demonstration in the interest of peace and security. The call came on Friday after the Police said it’s attention drawn to publications in the media on the planned […]

Following the failure of Buhari led APC government to fulfill any of its campaign promises; many of the President`s kinsmen have made good on their promise to “change the change”. To this end over 1,500 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Radda town, Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Friday defected to […]

Following an initial setback caused by a purported security report on which the senate relied for suspending Ibrahim Magu’s confirmation as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), President Muhammadu Buhari has rightly written back to the senate requesting Magu’s confirmation, having been convinced of the futility of the so-called report […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Friday granted bail to Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, the  son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed in the sum of N100m. Recall that Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed was on Wednesday remanded in June Prison after he was acused for money laundering and arraigned on […]

Senator Dino Melaye has said that the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) does not pay rent to the leadership of the National Assembly. Melaye, Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, said that the reports of some online media alleging the payment of rent to NASS were false. In a statement issued by the senator […]

The Vice Chancellor of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture in Abia State, Professor Francis Otunta has told journalists that a new drug has been developed for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS. The discovery followed years of scientific research by the institution. Otunta said the breakthrough was made by Maduike Ezeibe, a professor and researcher […]