The statement said: “We believe the rumour must have emanated from the annual Ramadan Lecture, which Fresh 105.9FM, owned by Ayefele, organized on Tuesday, in Ibadan
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The groups said the current situation the country has find itself requires urgent attention where the various tribal nations have to converge to ascertain if the ethnic nationalities are still willing to remain in the union.
The suspect was arrested when he was bringing out some cut-to-size railings and crash barriers from manholes which were meant to reinforce Ijora Bridge from vibrating as well as protect vehicles from falling from the bridge
“I see no way to reverse that,” Merkel says of the referendum outcome, while adding that the issue was not discussed with Cameron
Charming Lola is a cross-over actress and has starred in series of Nigerian home video, both the English speaking and Yoruba movies.
They include ‘Scores’, ‘Against all odds’, ‘The Hurdle’, ‘Kofo the First Lady’, ‘Adisa the tailor’, ‘Egbin’, ‘Ola Inukan’ and ‘Majemu America
Professor Soyinka contended that the issue of hijab was never raised “for several decades” after independence and assumed that the Christian uniform is the conventional or, in his own words ‘common dress code’. We beg to disagree sir. We assert that the revered Nobel Laureate is not only taking too much for granted but also taking liberty for license
The country now even has more payroll masters, accountants, realtors, investment advisers, actuaries and just any other field of expertise rolled into one. These skills now possessed by roughly half of the population are being generously applied without demand for any requisite fees from those who have them as they ponder over the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai’s property in Dubai. Buratai and the Army made a fair disclosure that he acquired the said property with personal savings after some people hoping to make political capital out of it had twisted the fact in an online publication. It was further revealed that the said property were properly declared as expected by law
“In Africa, financial inclusion is crucial in order to ensure sustained economic progress and electronic payment growth across the region and other emerging markets, considering that several areas in the continent still do not have banking systems, whilst those that do are slowly transitioning from a cash-based society to electronic payment methods,” Adebanjo said
The former Lagos State governor, respected all over the world for his strategic prowess and political know-how, according to the organizers, won the award because of his ability to sell President Muhammadu Buhari to the South Westerners
The Council noted that although the payment of salaries to the basic education teachers remains the constitutional duty of the local government authorities, the persistent decline in federal allocation has constrained the third tier’s capacity to meet that obligation
In continuation of its efforts to recover unpaid taxes, the Federal Inland Revenue Service on Tuesday sealed the offices of Costain West Africa Plc, First Deepwater Discovery Limited, CAT Construction Group Limited and OPI International Limited, all in Lagos State. Costain West Africa Plc is owing N2 billion in Company Income Tax, Value Added Tax and other taxes. First Deepwater Discovery Limited, located at 20, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, has tax liabilities of N230 million. This is made up of withholding tax, education tax and value added tax. CAT Construction Group Limited, located at 20C, Ogunlewe Street, off Ligali Ayorinde Street,…
A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport has killed 36 people and injured more than 140, officials say. Three attackers opened fire near an entry point to the terminal and blew themselves up after police fired at them, officials say. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said early signs suggested the so-called Islamic State was behind the attack. Recent bombings have been linked to either IS or Kurdish separatists. Tuesday’s attack looked like a major co-ordinated assault, says the BBC’s Mark Lowen. Ataturk airport was long seen as a vulnerable target, our Turkey correspondent adds, reporting from a plane…
Northern christians under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria have complained to President Muhammad Buhari that his appointments have not been fair to them. Rather, they said the appointments have largely favoured Muslims. They said apart from the appointments not being fair to Christians, it is also “in breach of the law that created the Federal Character”. The CAN Secretary for the North, Barrister Danladi Yarima, said this in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday. According to Yarima, CAN is so far not happy with the choice of the President’s appointees as it has not been…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has written to the international community, alerting it that Nigeria’s democracy is in danger. The letter by Ekweremadu was addressed to the United Nations, US Congress, United Kingdom, the European Union Parliament and foreign missions. The letter followed the arraignment of Ekweremadu and the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over allegations of forging the Senate Rules book. Ekweremadu told those he petitioned that a powerful institution as the National Assembly in Nigeria was being ridiculed and rubbished by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. He said his trial for forgery of…
The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, continued on Tuesday before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja with the prosecution witness, Mustapha Yerima, further stating how he was pressured by the defendants to claim the property allegedly acquired with the proceeds of crime. Badeh is standing trial alongside Iyalikam Nigeria Limited for allegedly abusing his office as Chief of Defence Staff by using the dollar equivalent of the sum of N1.4 billion removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase properties in choice areas…
A lone goal defeat to Zamalek of Egypt on a soggy pitch in Port Harcourt, Rivers State ruined the People’s Elephants’ opener to the campaign, but club boss, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, is optimistic his wards can secure an away win over ‘The Brazilians’ at the Luis Moripe Stadium on Wednesday evening
The government, after investigating a recent media report over the acquisition of properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by General Buratai, discovered that he and his wives invested as “shareholders” like many other persons in the properties mentioned in the publications and were not the sole owners
He said: “We believe that with all these measures, we will succeed in turning the economic crisis into an opportunity to restructure and reposition our economy for growth and prosperity
He had insisted that he was a democratically elected leader of Labour Party for a new kind of politics by 60 per cent of Labour members and supporters
Idris said the deployment of the Special Strike Force becomes imperative as the Nigeria Police Force can no longer watch innocent citizens suffer in the hands of dreaded criminals rampaging within Kogi State and its environs