• Ex-VP most suitable choice, says ex-Bauchi gov, Mu’azau BY GODDY OBINWA Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said Nigeria, under the leadership of All progressives Congress (APC), is bleeding and required a qualified individual to rescue it from collapsing He said the people were hungryContinue Reading
BY ODDY OBINWA President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to leave a legacy of free and fair elections in Nigeria and the West African sub-region at large. The Nigerian leader will finish his second term next year and has reiterated his desire to conduct a hitch-free election, adding that the countryContinue Reading
BY EFE MODETUS The Federal Government has warned Nigerians travelling to the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries to be wary of thieves targeting their passports, money and other valuables. The federal government handed down the warning through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,Continue Reading
•As currency outside banks increased by N108.67bn to N2.84trn in October BY GODDY OBINWA Damaged Naira notes continue to surface following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) redesign of the nation’s currency unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. But in a video making rounds on socialContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has revealed how he will move Nigeria from consumption to production if he is elected president in 2023. For quite a while, the LP Flagbearer has been of the opinion that only a move to moreContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI A fire outbreak that started around 2am on Monday razed two blocks of shops at the Kano Street section of the Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the Anambra State Fire Service has since deployed itsContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The police have succeeded in arresting 25-year-old private school teacher, Umar Isah for allegedly sexually assaulting five female schoolchildren in his class whom he repeatedly lured into the toilet to fondle their private parts. The incident occurred at Dutsi Local Government Area of Katsina State North-West NigeriaContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain and wife of the late Igbo leader, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, yesterday, said that the Igbo are missing her husband, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, at this critical moment in the nation’s history. She said that the people of Southeast, in particular, lack strong,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that its in-house model-based simulations indicate that inflation rate could fall steadily to less than 15 per cent by the end of 2023. This was even as the apex bank reiterated that it is determined to maintain its stableContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA A human rights advocate, Mikar Ojokoro, has condemned alleged threats and defamatory comments against Ifeanyi Ejiofor, a legal counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by Simon Ekpa, describing it as offensive and unacceptable. In a statement by Ojokoro which wasContinue Reading