Monday, December 31, 2018

INEC Meets ASUU on Friday, Considers Recalling Ex-Corps Members for Election Duty

Southern, Middle Belt leaders urge electoral body to resist manipulation   By Adedayo Akinwale, Shola Oyeyipoin Abuja and Segun James in Lagos Following the failure of the federal government to find a lasting solution to the lingering  strike by public university...

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Emefiele: Forex Restriction on 41 Items Saved Nigeria’s Economy

Enelamah, Ezekwesili worried over rising debts James Emejo, Kasim Sumaina in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lokoja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, wednesday reiterated that the bank’s restriction of foreign exchange access to 41 import items, three years ago, was...

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

EFCC Asks Court to Reassign Magu’s Confirmation Suit to Another Judge

By Alex Enumah in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again requested that all cases involving the agency and its Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu be transferred from Justice Binta Nyako’s court to any other judge in the court. The agency’s request was contained in...

Saturday, September 22, 2018

7 Mistakes Newly Married Couples Should Avoid

The day you get married is the happiest day of your life. It’s the day you have spent the last few years dreaming about, and everything  must go smoothly and perfectly just like you have dreamed it would. It is the day you will be gazing lovingly into the eyes of the love of your life while...

Davido’s girlfriend, Chioma releases stunning new photos of herself rocking 7 different outfits

Star singer, Davido‘s girlfriend, Chioma, took a lil break on her Instagram page from sharing sumptuous mouth watering cuisines to share fashion inspired posts. The lovely recently shared these quite stunning photos of herself rocking 7 different outfits as she promoted a brand on her...

Rayon Sports Tackle Enyimba in Aba

Rayon Sports will be aiming to cause a major upset when they lock horns with Enyimba in a second-leg 2018 CAF Confederations Cup quarterfinal clash at Enyimba International Stadium in Aba on Sunday afternoon.  The reverse fixture in Kigali, Rwanda, ended in a goalless draw with both teams...

Joshua Stakes Titles against Povetkin

Tonight Anthony Joshua takes on Alexander Povetkin at the Wembley Stadium and on the line are Joshua’s four belts – all the major heavyweight titles aside from Deontay Wilder’s WBC crown. Earlier this year, it looked like the fight we would be seeing here in Wembley was the much-discussed...

D’Tigress Start FIBA Women’s World Cup Campaign against Australia Today

After weeks of training which started in Atlanta and ended in Turkey, African Champions, D’Tigress will start their 2018 FIBA Women’s World Basketball cup campaign against Australia today by 12:30a.m. Nigerian time. D’Tigress who are ranked 34th in the world by FIBA will square up against...

Presidency Replies Saraki on Buhari’s Capacity, Says Senate President Dangerous

I have capacity to revive Nigeria, says Saraki   By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja and Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt The Presidency has replied the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over his swipe on President Muhammadu Buhari as lacking in capacity to administer the country...

70 Die, 151 Injured, 3,544 Houses Destroyed by Flood, Says FG

60,208 hectares agricultural land damaged   By Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The federal government, Friday lamented that at least 70 deaths and 151 injuries have been recorded while 3,544 houses and 60,208 hectares of agricultural land have been damaged in the flood disaster that...

Polaris Bank Takes over Skye Bank, Emefiele Assures Depositors

By Nume Ekeghe Following the withdrawal of the operating licence of Skye Bank Plc, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in consultation with the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has established a bridge bank known as Polaris Bank, to assume the assets and liabilities of the defunct...

2019 Election: Abdulsalami Worries about Threats to Peace, Unity

We have no other place to run to should the country be engulfed by fire  By Ademola Babalola in Ibadan    former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said he would forever be an enemy of anyone that tried to hinder the democratic development...

‘Missing Army General May Have Been Consumed in Recent Jos Violence’

By Seriki Adinoyi in Jos As uncertainty continues to trail the whereabouts of  Major General Mohammed Idris Alkali, who soldiers have been ransacking Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State looking for concrete evidence of what became of him, sources say he may have...

Osun Decides: Oyetola, Adeleke, Omisore in Three-Horse Race

1,682,495 voters troop out    Police deploy 10,000 men, 300 patrol vehicles By Yinka Kolawole and Segun James in Osogbo  After weeks of rancorous campaigns, the people of Osun State will today file out to elect a new governor that will succeed Rauf Aregbesola. Forty-eight ...