A former Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday said the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has offered Nigeria the opportunity to envision a police and policing system that will fulfill the interest of Nigerians. In a statement issued by his media office and signed by Paul lbe, in AbujaContinue Reading
Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The new tariff was earlier suspended for two weeks and endedContinue Reading
The Presidential Villa has budgeted N4.85bn for the maintenance of mechanical and electrical installations and N5.3bn for the rehabilitation of office and residential buildings. This is contained in the 2021 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), last Thursday. The item listedContinue Reading
The overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday commended how Nigerians from different walks of life came out for the #EndSARS protest to reject “harassment, humiliation, and the coldblooded murder of their fellow citizens”. He also stressed the need toContinue Reading
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, has given an update on the meeting between the Federal Government and labour unions over the new price of fuel and electricity tariff. Keyamo disclosed that representatives of government and labour adopted resolutions in the area of VAT being used to temporarilyContinue Reading
PRESIDENT Muhmmadu Buhari on Sunday urged Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to prove to the people that their trust in him had not been misplaced by performing better than he did in his first term of office. The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,Continue Reading
Sunday Dare, Minister of Youths and Sports, has been attacked. He and others including the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, were stoned on Sunday. The incident occurred at a meeting at the monarch’s palace. Dare gave a brief of the incident on Twitter. The minister noted that the youthsContinue Reading
Rafael Nadal produced one of his finest French Open displays to stun Novak Djokovic and equal Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam men’s titles. Spanish second seed Nadal outclassed world number one Djokovic in a 6-0 6-2 7-5 win, which clinched a record-extending 13th title at Roland Garros. QuestionsContinue Reading
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been declared winner of the October 10, 2020 governorship election. INEC Returning Officer, Prof Idowu Olayinka, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) winner with 292,830 votes. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede polled 195,791 while Agboola Ajayi of the ZenithContinue Reading
Tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta LLP, has denied allegations levelled against it by its former Managing Director, Dapo Apara, adding that he in fact diverted N6bn from the company. Apara had in a writ of summons before a Lagos State High Court accused the company of being controlled by aContinue Reading
