It is globally believed that, to lower the risk of democratic backsliding and improve lives, leaders must among other demands, stress and promote values that are essential to good governance, especially transparency and accountability, and to support civil society, independent media, and the free flow of information. Certainly, but,...
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo on Sunday was suspended due to a breach of Brazilian coronavirus restriction rules. In extraordinary scenes, health officials entered the pitch early in the game to object the participation of three Argentinian players who have allegedly...
Pundits have given reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are keeping an eye on former President Goodluck Jonathan to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitch tent with the ruling party. Since the visit of APC governors led by Yobe State governor and chairman of...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea and demanded the immediate release of President Alpha Condé. According to reports, the fate of Guinea’s President, Condé, is unclear after an unverified video showed him surrounded by soldiers who said they had seized power. They appeared...
The aim is to ensure that the giant strides already made in agriculture under the current administration were sustained. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed National Land Development Authority (NALDA) to establish integrated farm estates in all the senatorial districts to boost food production across the country. Executive Secretary of...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made...
The Oil and Gas Free Trade Zones Authority (OGFZA) says it has attracted $16.6 billion Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the economy within a 20 year period covering 2001 and 2020. The Managing Director, OGFZA, Mr Okon Umana, who disclosed this on Sunday while speaking with newsmen in Abuja,...
TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The Equities market of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited has been ranked as the best investment asset class to hedge against inflation from August 2020 to August 2021. The Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) disclosed in the inflation vs investment return data released for August, on...
Gov Seyi Makinde, has said he is praying to God and awaiting His direction on his 2023 re-election bid. Makinde, who disclosed this during the 2021 Hijrah luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, on Sunday, declared that 2023 belonged to God and that His will prevail in...
Football governing bodies FIFA and CAF have postponed Monday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match involving Guinea and visiting Morocco. The decision to postpone the game is as a result of Sunday’s coup d’etat in the west African country, as well as the reported detention of its president, Alpha...
Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr is confident his team can get a positive result on the Island of Mindelo during their Match Day 2 fixture against Cape Verde on Tuesday. Nigeria took command of Group C following a 2-0 home win against Liberia’s Lone Star, courtesy of Kelechi Iheanacho’s...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has arrested one Badawi Abdullahi Ahmed ‘m’ 38years, a notorious car thief who specializes in stealing cars from where parked. A statement issued on Sunday by the Acting Police Public Relations Officer, Asp Daniel Ndirpaya, said the suspect stole one...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Nasarawa – One of the oldest traditional tittle holder of Nasarawa Emirate Council in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa state has died at the age of 88 years. A statement issued and signed by the Secretary to Nasarawa Emirate Council, Hon. Dr. Idris Mohammed Loko...
BY ANKELI A EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State 2019 All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Honourable Ahmed Aliyu has assured that his party would reclaim its stolen mandate from thr PDP come 2023. Hon. Aliyu who is now the Secretary, Police Trust Fund, is still perceived by many...
Total merchandise trade increased by 23.28 per cent in Quarter Two (Q2, 2021) to N12.02 trillion from N9.75 trillion recorded in Q1, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. The NBS said this on Sunday in Abuja in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics, Q2, 2021”, adding that the...
Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital on Sunday said on state television that they had dissolved the West African nation’s government and constitution and closed all land and air borders. However, the defence ministry said an attack on the presidential palace in Conakry had been repelled. Fighting...
A Nigerian Catholic priest serving at Lux Terra Chaplaincy, Fr George Ehusani has said that the Eye sign of reality Tv show, Big Brother Nigeria is an evil sign known as the lucifer sign. The Priest who made this known while preaching to the congregation on Sunday said people...
A Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Malawi, Fr Kelvin Ugwu has reacted to the crisis rocking the marriage of a music legend, 2face Idibia, also called 2baba. Recalled that 2baba’s wife, Annie Idibia had called him out for sleeping over at his ex-lover, Pero’s house, a move which triggered...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Joseph Akinlaja, on Sunday in Akure condemned rising kidnap of school children in parts of the country. Speaking at the inauguration of Ondo State chapter of the Youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN) and Peace Corps, Akinlaja said the trend signposted a...
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) has restated its commitment to realising its vision of “transforming the economy, delivering inclusive growth and positively impacting the lives of Nigerians”. The NIRSAL Plc’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Aliyu Abdulhameed, disclosed this in a statement made available...