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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons on why he did not attend the Arise Television town hall series. He said the time clashed with another scheduled […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it will seek to set aside the entire contempt proceedings and committal of its chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt. It said the order of Justice Chizoba […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it had appealed the court verdict which ordered the arrest of its Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court. A High Court of the Federal Capital […]

The current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across the country might worsen, pushing up pump price to N250 per litre, despite payment of over N4 trillion subsidy in the 2022 budget. The Nigerian National […]

Since the beginning of 2022, the aviation sector has been battling significant headwinds. While crawling back into economic recovery following the 2020 COVID-19 storm, Nigeria’s air travel sector slipped into fresh challenges caused by several factors. The […]

For the month of October, figures gathered from reported violent attacks in Nigeria showed that a total of 247 persons were killed while 258 were abducted.  The figures, sourced from the reports of major news […]

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) visited Apongbon and its environment as part of efforts to ensure the free flow of traffic around the Apongbon axis of Lagos Island. This comes after […]

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has expressed concern over the alarming rate of emigration of Nigerians to foreign countries describing it as a “worrisome phenomenon”. The Comptroller of Immigration Service (NIS) in Enugu State, Mr […]

National carrier of the United Arab Emirates, Emirates Airlines, has withdrawn passenger flight services on Nigerian routes over foreign airlines’ trapped funds, estimated to have reached over $500 million. This is coming as more foreign […]

A client (excitedly) called me the other day saying that a prospective Nigerian investor wants to invest $2m into their investment and capital venture management company and asked me to prepare the necessary legal paperwork […]

Authorities have in the span of two months closed more than 6,000 churches and 100 mosques across Rwanda, including 714 in the capital city of Kigali, for failure to comply with health, safety, and noise […]

For the record: 4:35 p.m. Oct. 28, 2022: An earlier version of this piece said Twitter sold for $44 million. It sold for $44 billion. My plan was to dither. I find that if I […]

I was in total shock when Lagos was recently presented on several international media as the worst city in the world to live, and by extension, the dirtiest capital city. When I had sufficiently recovered, […]

… As NANS, NULASS Leaders Debunk Rumour of Protest Plans Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of 100% on bursary payable to the students of Lagos State origin in tertiary […]

KATSINA State Governor, Aminu Masari, yesterday, lamented that past population censuses conducted in the country did not achieve intended purpose, as they were “highly and wrongly politicised.” Masari, who spoke during the 2023 Population and […]

The death toll from the flood that ravaged coastal areas of Anambra State, yesterday, rose to 17, while the number of refugees in the eight local councils affected by flood hit 14,000 people. In Ogbaru […]

The Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally. The union is yet to make an official announcement but a member of the National Executive Committee confirmed the development […]