Naira notes   A Financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, says improved local production of commodities, increased consumption of local products, and reduced importation of goods and services will help to stabilise and strengthen the Naira. Unegbu, a past President of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said …

Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ikeja Branch, Femi Adedotun, speaks to JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI about the decision of the Federal Government to dump asphalt for concrete roads, among other issues The announcement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that the Federal Government has a preference for concrete roads does not seem …

Iyabo Ojo (left), Late Mohbad (right)   Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has alleged that Mr James Aloba, the father of late Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, is angry because his late son bought some property in his six-month-old son, Liam’s name. She said Mohbad’s family is torn apart over the …

Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Gabriel Longpet, speaks to GBENGA ODOGUN about the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the November 11 governorship election in the state, among other related issues you expressed concern over the low collection of Permanent Voter Cards. Did the situation change before the …

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to promote constitutional and legal reforms that would contain explicit mandatory provisions on internet voter registration, and the use of modern technology, …

NDLEA personnel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France. Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk …

File Photo : IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, commended Enugu State High Court for ruling that the proscription of IPOB and its declaration as a terrorist organization amounted to administrative abuse, hence illegal. Recall that South East Governors Forum had in 2017 proscribed IPOB, with the federal …

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, who passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Ibrahim ascended the revered throne in 1997, serving as the fourth traditional ruler of Ebiraland until Sunday morning. President Tinubu, on Sunday, described the …

In recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”.   Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in …

Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regained his freedom last night and was immediately picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was gathered that he is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against …