The government of Ethiopia has suspended Visa on arrival for Nigerians, along with travellers from 41 other countries. This is coming barely two weeks after the country’s flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines acquired 49 percent majority stake on the Nigeria Air project. It would be recalled that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin […]
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB yesterday, accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of being responsible for the failed assassination of Senator Ifeanyi Uba, and Chris Azubogu. Senator Uba and Azubogu are representing Anambra South Senatorial District and Nnewi North, South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, respectively in the National Assembly. IPoB also named the […]
Manufacturing companies in Nigeria have called on the federal government to implement the Executive Order 003 on the provision of support for local content in public procurement by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the government. Speaking at the 55th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ikeja branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria […]
FORMER Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has been exonerated over false claim that Pastor Emmanuel Omale of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry and his wife, Deborah laundered N573million for him. In a landmark judgment on Tuesday, Justice Yusuf Halilu exonerated Magu of money laundering. The […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said that no depositors fund was lost during the two economic recessions in Nigeria that happened in the space of five years (2016-2020). Speaking at the on-going International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) Africa Regional Committee (ARC) Technical Assistance Workshop hosted by the […]
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committee on Power to conduct an investigation into the root causes of incessant national grid collapse in the country. The committee will also look at the capacity of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to address the ugly trend with the aim of forestalling future occurrences and […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu East, has described as a ruse report of $41.8 million dollars judgement against him in the United States. In a statement yesterday, the former Enugu State governor noted that the report is fake news and targeted […]
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has approved free medical care for workers in the state’s workforce as part of the state’s Social Health Insurance Scheme. Uzodimma gave the approval at a town hall meeting he held with top management staff of the Imo Civil Service, in Owerri on Tuesday. The governor said the gesture […]
By Felix Oladeji In the last two decades, periodic elections have become the norm rather than an exception in West Africa – a region previously adjudged as the most coup-prone in the world. There has been notable progress with heads of states being elected, incumbents unseated, and alternations of power. Despite these positives, the […]
By Omowale David-Ashiru, Group Managing Director, NewGlobe Nigeria. Yet, in many low and middle income countries the teaching profession is in a critical condition. UNESCO estimates a shortfall in teachers in sub-Saharan Africa alone of 15 million. Worse, those teachers struggling to help their students have little or no support. “Many teachers do not […]
