Atiku Declares For 2019 Presidency
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared his intention to run for president in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Abubakar announced his candidacy in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday, Channels tv reports. The former Vice President said his decision to make the announcement in Rivers […]
Land Use Charge: Lawyers Storm Out Of Lagos Speaker In Anger
The public hearing on land use charge amendment in Lagos state which held on Tuesday was greeted with mixed reactions by stakeholders in the public and private sector. With agitations by different interest groups, the Lagos state house of assembly had proposed a hearing after amendments to the land use charge law 2018 were made. […]
Breaking: Lagos Declares Thursday Work-Free Day For Buhari’s Visit
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday declared Thursday, March 29 as work free day in the State as President Muhammadu Buhari visits the state. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan disclosed that this would enable Lagosians come out en-masse to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari who is on a […]
Call to arms: Danjuma did not speak like an elder, says Yakassai
Tanko Yakassai, an elder statesman, says the call to arms of Theophilus Danjuma, former chief of army staff, is not a reflection of the utterances of someone of his age. Danjuma has drawn criticism and commendation alike for saying on Saturday that the armed forces of Nigeria are “not neutral” and are in collusion with […]
Buhari Asks APC NWC To Reverse Oyegun Tenure Extension
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the national executive committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider reversing the tenure extension of the party’s national working committee (NWC) led by John Oyegun, chairman of the party. The president said this at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Buhari said the extension decided upon […]
Anti-Tobacco Groups Fault MAN On New Excise Duty On Tobacco
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has called on the federal government to discountenance the call by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) for a reconsideration of the new excise duty on tobacco products. Minister of Finance, Dr. Kemi Adeosun had last month announced that under the new excise regime, in addition to an existing […]
Last 3-yrs Has Been Turbulent For Nigeria, Buhari Laments
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Monday said that the past three years of his administration has witnessed great turbulence and that the country’s need for critical job-creating sectors that had been abandoned in the past has been revived and has started yielding results. The President also stated that the arable land the country is blessed with is […]
MMM Founder, Sergei Mavrodi Dies Of Heart Attack
Sergei Mavrodi, an eccentric Russian mathematician who founded the notorious MMM pyramid or Ponzi scheme in the early 1990s that swindled millions out of their savings, has died, his assistant said Monday. Mavrodi, whose bespectacled face once featured on vouchers issued by the grandiose scheme, died at age 62, his assistant Alexander Vlasov told Moskva […]
Residents Flee As Monkeys Invade Lagos Community
Invasion by monkeys from natural habitat is forcing many residents of Soluyi/Sosanya Community in Gbagada, Lagos State, to flee. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that they could no longer withstand the situation. They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, […]
England’s Butland Relishes Battle For Goalkeeping Slot
England’s Jack Butland is backing manager Gareth Southgate’s policy of keeping his goalkeepers guessing as to who will be the number one for the World Cup in Russia. The Stoke player is set to start against Italy at Wembley on Tuesday and needs to keep pace with Everton’s rising star Jordan Pickford, who made it […]
