Economist and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane has said Nigeria needs to attract both domestic and international capital to achieve a gross domestic product level of $1.5trn by 2030 when the country’s population would be 250 million. Rewane, who is a member of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) […]

State governments controlled by the All Progressives Congress, have reiterated commitment to implementing a recommendation to grant nursing mothers 180 days (6 months) leave. This was contained in a communique issued after a virtual meeting with the theme: ‘Developing Common Policy Initiatives on Maternal & Child Nutrition Promotion in APC States,’ held by Secretaries to […]

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday said its operatives in Anambra State recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin concealed in the palace of a prominent traditional ruler in the state. The state NDLEA Commander, Muhammadu Idris, in a statement, noted that palace guards were assisting the agency in […]

The federal government has commenced the movement of AstraZeneca vaccine to all the states of the federation. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 yesterday in Abuja that the distribution of the vaccine would be completed today. […]

The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, yesterday broke her silence since September last year, as she called for an end to the abduction of women and schoolgirls in her goodwill message to Nigerian women on International Women’s Day. However, in his goodwill message, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned discrimination against women in their places of work […]

Respite came the way of the police in Edo State as the Assistant Superintendent of Police in the State Investigation Bureau, ASP Clement Amoko, who was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday, has been rescued. The rescue operation was carried out by various tactical and strike forces of the Edo State Police Command. Our […]

THE Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Sunday said he was brutalised in a bid to end godfatherism and ensure that the then governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, successfully completed his two terms in office. Shaibu, who disclosed this in his remarks at the reception for the outgone local government chairmen, said he […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has challenged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to speak up on the latest alleged financial scandal involving officials and individuals close to his regime. The main opposition party on Sunday said the Buhari Presidency can no longer afford to keep quiet in the face of allegations that close aides […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family and friends of Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, who passed away yesterday in Abuja. Justice Ngwuta died 23 days to his March 30 retirement on the attainment of the mandatory retirement age of 70 years. According to a statement from the apex court, the late […]

Less than 24 hours after kidnappers abandoned seven passengers abducted along the Osogbo-Ibokun Road, gunmen on Saturday kidnapped two other travellers in Egbu village, along the Ife-Ibadan Expressway, Osun State. The incident reportedly happened around 7pm. One of the two persons abducted was said to be the driver of a commercial bus heading for Ilesa […]