Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described the economic situation for many small businessmen and women in Nigeria as frustrating. Obasanjo said the situation had made his friend, a legal luminary, Afe Babalola, to weep. The former President said this at the Youth Development Centre of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Credit Scheme […]
The Edo House of Assembly finally passed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill Wednesday for a law to prohibit open grazing of cattle and regulate other livestock in the state. The committee of the whole House which considered the bill clause by clause following a motion by Roland Asoro and seconded by Mr Frank Okiye passed […]
The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. They are yet to demand ransom, the families said yesterday. No fewer than eight people, including Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretary-General Musa Ozigi-Lawal, TUC Kwara State chapter Chairman Akin Akinsola, National Board of Technical Education […]
Mrs Obiano and Bianca Ojukwu Former First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebele Obiano has declared her intention to contest in the forthcoming Anambra North Senatorial District Election. Mrs Obiano made this known while speaking to a group of journalists in Awka where she also apologized to Mrs Bianca Ojukwu on what transpired between […]
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the agitations by some individuals and groups that indigenes of towns where universities are sited be made the vice chancellors of such universities as reducing the institutions to local entities. The union, through the National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a chat with Vanguard, also […]
The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for […]
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Nigeria needs a new constitution. Falana said this over the weekend when he featured on ’90MinutesAfrica’, an online programme hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. “With profound respect, we do not have a constitution. What we call a constitution or what […]
Former Governor Peter Obi has expressed belief that Nigeria, with its abundant resources, can be on the right developmental track, with strict implementation of progressive policies. Obi said he was in Morocco as part of his plans for meetings and understudy of the best performing economies in Africa. He revealed that his meetings […]
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, says the federal government is “complacent” on the issues of insecurity in the country. Ndume spoke on Wednesday in an interview with Channels Television. Recently, the spate of violent attacks has increased in parts of the country. TheCable had reported how gunmen, on Monday night, ambushed a […]
World Bank Group says it has suspended SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd. (SoftTech), an information technology solutions company based in Nigeria, for 50 months over corrupt allegations in the National Social Safety Nets Project. The global institution also announced a 60-month debarment of Isah Salihu Kantigi, the company’s managing director. World Bank said […]
