BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians living in Republic of Korea that they serve as the “faces of Nigeria” and should work to promote a positive image of the nation by their behaviours, attitudes, and overall conduct According to a statement by Mr. Mr. Femi Adesina, heContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Nigerian equities market on Thursday reversed its three-day bullish streak due to profit-taking, mainly in stocks of Airtel Africa. Accordingly, investors gained N127 billion or 0.52 per cent as market capitalisation went down to N24.306 trillion from N 24.433 trillion the previous day. Accordingly, the All-ShareContinue Reading
• Security operatives shut mall BY MARTINS DURU The United Kingdom has warned its nationals to desist from travelling to the Federal Capital Territory, particularly Abuja, as a result of possible terrorist attack. This came shortly after the US warned its citizens about the possibility of terror attacks in Abuja.Continue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU After four months of uninterrupted petroleum products supply, fuel queues suddenly returned to various parts of the country yesterday, even as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) blamed the development on a new price hike regime by private depots operators. The queues which were firstContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko has explained that rogue vessels engaged in crude oil theft on Nigerian waters go undetected because they turn off their Automatic Identification System (AIS). Koko briefed State House correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja, saying such ships evadeContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBIWA Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday appeared to withdraw his support for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Ortom accused the PDP candidate of dishonoring him as Governor and working against the interest of Benue residents. His comments came after aContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, said Nigeria was at crossroads, as the country prepares for the 2023 general elections. He made the remarks in Abuja at the 2022 Convocation ceremony of the Postgraduate and Higher National Diploma programmes of NILDS. The institute is an affiliate ofContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted two ladies and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs in Lagos, Abuja, and Netherlands. In Lagos, anti-narcotics officers who have been on the trail of 48-year-old Aro Aderinde, forContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday exchanged words with the All Progressives Congress over the manifestoes of their respective Presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu. While the PDP asked the ruling party and its candidate to explain how they intended to do away with subsidy withoutContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare in Kankara Local Government Area Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has called on working journalists in Katsina State to engage into sporting activities to keep fit and healthy. Alhaji Usman Bello was peaking when the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Katsina StateContinue Reading