The Federal Government has once again postponed the 2023 Population and Housing Census. A credible source who spoke with Daily Trust Saturday said the decision was made yesterday after a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra. The source, who does not want his name […]
Andrew Yakubu, former group managing director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over an alleged refusal to release his $9.8 million after a court judgment acquitted him of fraud charges. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) are […]
The Labour Party (LP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not win the presidential election but “stole” the the people’s mandate. The LP was reacting to a comment by President Muhammadu Buhari that opposition parties lost the poll due to overconfidence and bad tactics. Obiora Ifoh, LP’s acting national publicity secretary, in a […]
Hans Essaadi, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian Breweries Plc, says insecurity, especially the sit-at-home declared in the south-east by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had a negative effect on the company’s 2022 performance. Essaadi said the organisation’s operations were also affected by the recent currency redesign policy of […]
Femi Otedola, chairman of Geregu Power, has exited his 6.3 percent stake in Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp), a diversified conglomerate with investments in the power, hospitality and energy sectors. According to BusinessDay, sources in the know of the development said Otedola sold his shares to Tony Elumelu, group chairman of Transcorp. The sources said […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is asking Nigerians to rally around President-elect Bola Tinubu, saying the time for politics is over. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) to clinch the seat in the hotly-contested February poll. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the commissioning of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) Estate in Idu-Karmo, Abuja on December 28, 2022. Credit: State House The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the international community to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and his family over what they claimed is the Nigerian […]
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father. The suspect’s mother, Rashidat, was also arrested for concealing the crime. Parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan, on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the incident occurred in Tede, Atisbo Local […]
A 400-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Oluwatobi Ogunmola, who was declared missing a few days ago, has been found dead. PUNCH Metro reports that Ogunmola was declared missing during the week. An informed campus source told our correspondent that his body was found dead hanging in a […]
Saturday 29 April 2023 Heavy rainfall: Planes may overshoot runways, bridges washed off, FG warns Missing 400-level LAUTECH student found dead Oyo teenager kills father, mother arrested for hiding crime Sudan Crisis: 7,000 People Including Nigerians Stranded At Egyptian Border – FG Russian Strikes Kill 26 Including Five Children In Ukraine Your Party ‘Stole’ The Presidential […]
