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Dangote Urges Private Sector Players to Commit 1% of all Profits to Fund Health
...To sponsor Bill to National Assembly Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation and Africa's biggest philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has urged all operators in the private sector to commit one per…
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Diri’s election as Bayelsa Governor
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed six appeals filed against the election of Douye Diri of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor of Bayelsa State. A seven man panel of the court…
Instagram celebrity Mompha knows fate next month
Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha will know on 9 December whether his money laundering trial should proceed. A Federal High Court judge, Justice Mohammed…
Dangote to spearhead funding of healthcare by billionaires
AFRICA’S richest man, Aliko Dangote, has proposed a plan that will see private sector players commit one per cent of all their profits to bridge gaping funding gaps in…
Violators of vice chancellors’ selection process will be sanctioned – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that anybody found violating the processes of selecting vice chancellors for federal universities in the country will be sanctioned. The president’s warning came even as he…
Progressives Governor’s Forum visits Sanwo-Olu
The Progressives Governor’s Forum, led by its chairman and Kebbi State Governor Atiku Abubakar Bagudu yesterday night paid solidarity and condolence visit to their Lagos State counterpart,…
We’re tired of old political cargoes in north – Arewa youths blow hot
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has stated that it will not allow politicians whom it described as “old political cargoes” to go for any elective offices in the region again.…
Cult gangs on rampage in Edo, kill 20, take control of 3 LGAs
No fewer than 20 persons have been killed in battle between cult gangs in Benin, following the degeneration of the security situation in the Edo State capital. Three…
QUEST FOR GOLD: How $500m unpaid tax can transform neglected communities
Tons of gold is smuggled out of Nigeria to meet the high demands of the thriving market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with no remittances to the federal…
‘I’m in firm control of the police’ — IGP tackles retired general
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has tackled a retired major general of the Nigerian Army, who accused him of not being in control of the police. While featuring on a Channels…
How police detained Evans’ sister to arrest kidnap kingpin – Abba Kyari’s lawyer
Nosa Uhumwangho, Legal representative of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, on Tuesday, revealed that Nzube…
Anger as Presidency boycotts meeting with S’south governors, others
The six governors from the South-south geopolitical zone and other important personalities from the Niger Delta region have expressed their angst at the Presidency for failing to attend a major…
#EndSARS: Amotekun takes over as robbery cases increase in Osun
As insecurity trails the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests hijacked by hoodlums in states causing disappearance of police in the public space, Osun state residents have been witnessing…
BREAKING: I won’t allow a repeat of #EndSARS protests, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration would do everything to prevent a repeat of the recent #EndSARS protest. The President gave the assurance during the…
Vaccine alone won’t end coronavirus pandemic – WHO
The Director General of World Health Organization, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said yesterday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic. Ghebreyesus stated this on a day US biotech firm, Moderna,…
No corp member in any of our camps is coronavirus positive – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has denied reports that some youth members tested positive for COVID-19. A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyem, NYSC assured the public that the 37…
New police law sets diploma as entry qualification
Nigerians seeking to join the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, must possess a minimum of Ordinary National Diploma, OND, if a new law being proposed to reposition the force and strengthen policing in the country sails through.…
Buhari presides over National Security Council meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which holds quarterly, has some ministers, security…
BREAKING: Police take over Afrika Shrine to prevent #EndSARS meeting
The police have restricted movement in and out of the Afrika Shrine to prevent a meeting on #EndSARS from taking place there. Seun, one of the sons of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Afro Beats maestro, had earlier sent out flyers…
#EndSars: Police will no longer fold their hands and die like chickens – Edo CP
Johnson Kokumo, Edo state commissioner of police, has warned that officers will no longer fold their hands and allow criminals to kill them like chickens. Kokumo said this on Monday during the inauguration of a vigilante…
COVID-19: Lagos warns worship centres, religious leaders against second wave
The Lagos State Government has warned religious leaders in the state to intensify adherence to safety protocols in their worship centres to avert the second wave of coronavirus. The…
Billionaire Aliko Dangote Adds a Bombadier Global7500 to His Fleet
It does seem to be the season of private jet acquisitions as the billionaire industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has just added a Bombardier Global7500 to his Fleet.…
Presidency, N’ Assembly CBN, Back Lagos Recovery Effort as Sanwo-Olu Unveils Team
Period of brooding over the devastation suffered by Lagos State in the violence that trailed the hijack of the #EndSARS protests is now past. The recovery effort has…
Seeking to remove Arabic from Naira, height of ignorance — MURIC
The Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern, has described the suit challenging the Arabic inscription on the Nigerian currency (naira) as acrobatic…