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Remittances by Nigerians in the Diaspora declined by 27.7 per cent in 2020, the World Bank has said. A report by the World Bank titled ‘Defying predictions, remittance flows remain strong during COVID-19 crisis’ said Nigeria contributed 40 per cent of the remittances into Sub-Saharan Africa. It put remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa at $42bn. Forty […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over his administration’s inability to address insecurity and economic challenges confronting the country. While speaking at the 95th birthday anniversary of the outgoing leader of the group, Chief Reuben Fasonrati, and dedication of a church in his honour in Iju-Itaogbolu in Akure […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Asekun Kehinde Sakiru. Asekun was nabbed by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, with cocaine concealed in pairs of slippers. Spokesman of the of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has revealed that the commission has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been living in Britain since leaving office. Bawa, in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert, also said the anti-graft agency recovered no fewer than 80 choice property […]
Continue ReadingAn event in Rivers state, Nigeria, came to an abrupt end recently after one of the male attendees suffered a cardiac arrest while he was dancing and died on the spot. The man clad in a white top and a black trouser, took to the center stage to entertain the guests with his dance steps. […]
Continue ReadingMonday, May 10, reports were rife online claiming there was a robbery attack in Aso Rock which is the seat of power in Nigeria. As Nigerians expressed shock at the news and were uncertain as to the authenticity of the report, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, released […]
Continue ReadingUnidentified gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday attacked the Ohafia office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), located at Amaekpu, in Ohafia LGA of Abia state, setting the building ablaze. This is as the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Amaekpu, Ohafia was attacked last Sunday. Confirming the […]
Continue ReadingGovernors of the seventeen Southern states in Nigeria met in Delta state on Tuesday May 11 where they banned open grazing and called on President Buhari to address Nigerians on the challenges of insecurity. In a 12-point communique read by its Chairman, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, the governors said the president should be fairer […]
Continue ReadingThe state-owned vehicle manufacturer Kiira Motors plans to start production of electric vehicles in Uganda in July 2021. The plant that is under construction in Jinja shall make 5,000 electric buses and other EVs per year. Watch video below: Video: Kiira Motors, Youtube
Continue ReadingThe remains of Pastor Dare Adeboye was laid to rest amidst tears, whimpering sobs and free flow of emotions on Tuesday afternoon. Pastor Dare Adeboye was committed to mother earth after a Farewell Service at the Youth Centre, Redemption Camp, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In attendance at the farewell service were his wife, Temiloluwa; his […]
Continue ReadingSpokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said President Muhammadu Buhari should be impeached if he cannot solve Nigeria’s insecurity problem. Speaking on AIT’s ‘Kakaaki’ programme on Monday, Baba-Ahmed said the nation cannot wait for two more years for Buhari to address the issues of insecurity. He said those who have constitutional responsibility […]
Continue ReadingVice President, Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, were among the family and friends who attended the night of tribute and worship for Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye. The night of tribute took place at the Redemption camp on Monday May […]
Continue ReadingDays after the Commission’s office in Akwa Ibom was set ablaze by unknown men, the office of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State has again been burnt down on Sunday night. The incident was confirmed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh, when […]
Continue ReadingSenior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church Lagos, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has advised his church members to get a plan B. He gave the advice on Sunday, May 9, after he spoke extensively on the state of the nation. Pastor Adefarasin called on all leaders not to be partisan at this time. ”No […]
Continue ReadingProfessor of political economy, Pat Utomi has countered the presidency’s claim of “disgruntled religious and past political leaders” working with “external forces” to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Utomi in an interview with PUNCH described the claim as “silly”, and further alleged that people in power are the ones who have ordered a coup against the Nigerian people by […]
Continue ReadingNo less than 22 underage girls of Akwa Ibom State of origin in Nigeria were on Friday rescued from a prostitution home in Ogun State, Daily Post reports. The girls were said to have been lured from Akwa Ibom to Ogun State with phony offers of employment. Some of them said they were brought to […]
Continue ReadingEmeritus Professor of History, Prof Banji Akintoye is the Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), who also heads the umbrella body for Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, speaks to Punch on sundry issues. With due credit given to the most circulated newspaper in Nigeria, we want to bring to our […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he does not believe Nigerian unity is attainable under the current regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari due to its systemic failure. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Saturday at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled: ‘Trumpism in Academe’ and ‘Chronicles […]
Continue ReadingIlana Omo Oodua, one of the leading Yoruba self-determination groups, has alleged that the government was behind the attack on the residence of the son of Emeritus Professor, Banji Akintoye. The group also claimed that the gunmen attacked the don’s daughter-in-law at her residence in Agbor, Delta State, last Saturday. Ilana Omo Oodua made the […]
Continue ReadingStray bullet has killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo State, Nigeria. Mrs. Glory Nkwocha was at her house with her family on Thursday, May 6, when a stray bullet from a gun duel between combined security operatives and hoodlums in Orlu town hit her. Mrs. Nkwocha was […]
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