Forty-eight days after the Federal Government received the technical committee’s report that was set up to prevent the rejection of agro-exports from Nigeria at the international market, the government has hit the ground running with the implementation of some of the recommendations. In a bid to ensure that the recommendations …
Read More »I Will Dialogue With IPOB, Apologize To EndSARS Protesters If Elected – Peter Obi
Peter Obi Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will dialogue with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and apologize to EndSARS protesters if elected Nigeria’s president in 2023. The LP candidate who said this during an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja noted that …
Read More »Fact Check: Oshiomhole’s Claim That Obasanjo Spent $30bn On Petrol Subsidy False
Adams Oshiomhole, former APC National Chairman A former governor of Edo State and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has made claims that Nigeria spent between $20bn to $30bn on fuel subsidy during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was Nigeria’s president between 1999 and 2007. …
Read More »‘I Have Failed’ — Education Minister Adamu Regrets Not Ending Out-Of-School Children Crisis
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has expressed disappointment with himself that after 7 years in office, he has been unable to put an end to the out-of-school children challenge in the nation. He said that he recently realized he is the longest-serving education Minister …
Read More »N1.3Billion Severance Package: Ex-Aviation Workers Drag, NAHCO, Bureau of Public Enterprises To Court Over Non-payment Of Benefits After 16 Years
The workers, in a view, to ensure their entitlements are duly paid took NAHCO Plc, the Pension Transition Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to court, praying for an order to ensure the payment of their benefits. Former workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) …
Read More »WhatsApp Rolls Out New ‘Communities’ Feature, Raises Group Limit To 1,024 Participants
The Communities tool is said to be intended to organise multiple group chats into one place: so that a school, neighbourhood or office could be joined together with a number of different chats. Administrators can then send messages to everyone in that community. WhatsApp on Thursday launched its new ‘Communities’ …
Read More »UBA Underscores Support for SMEs, Maintains Headline Sponsorship of 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair
Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has reiterated the importance it places on supporting the growth of Small and Medium Scale Businesses as the bank will once again be the headline sponsor of the 2022 edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair(LITF). UBA has since 2019 …
Read More »N1.4bn fraud: EFCC moves Atumeyi, Kogi politician to Lagos
Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate for the Kogi State House of Assembly, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja over bank fraud, has been moved to Lagos. Atumeyi, cyber-fraud suspect was flown into Lagos in the early …
Read More »Ijeoma Nwaogwugwu, Arise TV MD, resigns
Ijeoma Nwaogwugwu Ijeoma Nwaogwugwu, the Managing Director of Arise TV, has resigned. Nwaogwugwu, an influential journalist, it was gathered, resigned on Wednesday over some undisclosed issues. Sources who confirmed her resignation on Thursday did not disclose the reason for her decision. This is as attempts to speak with her were …
Read More »I’ll apologize to youths over EndSARS if elected president – Peter Obi
Peter Obi Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate has said he will apologize to Nigerian youths over the treatment meted out to them during the EndSARS protest in 2020 if elected as president in 2023. The former Anambra State governor who spoke in an interview with Daily Trust, also said he …
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