The newly appointed Commanding General United State Army Africa (USARAF), Major General Roger Cloutier has commended the Nigerian Army’s efforts in curbing contemporary security challenges especially the Boko Haram terrorism. He gave the commendation recently when he paid a visit to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai at the COAS […]

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the National Judicial Council over the violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the Federal High Court by sitting on a matter that ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, as created by the provisions of our laws. The […]

The Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Dr Cosmos Chukwudi Ndukwe has been arraigned before Hon. Justice C.C. Thomas Adiele at the Abia State High Court, Umuahia, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), for allegedly using his position as a public officer for self-gratification and corrupt enrichment to […]

Amaka Obiefuna The Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlements System Plc NIBSS handled 285 million POS transactions in 2018 and is targetng to increase transactions in 2019 to 600 million. The system has also commenced upgrading of infrastructures to bring about more efficiency inorder to achieve that. The Acting Managing Director of the organization, Mr Niyi Ajao told […]

The Shareholders of Africa’s leading hospitality brand, Transcorp Hotels Plc, have extolled the Company for its impressive financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018. The congratulatory remarks were made at the Company’s 5th Annual General Meeting, which took place at the Congress Hall of the iconic Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.   Following the company’s 26% increase […]

The Kwara State Government has clarified that contrary to speculation in the social media, the state’s current debt profile stands at N30.2 billion with a monthly repayment of N496m. According to the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, the debt stood at N31,481,082,712.95 in 2017 and N30,751,665,421.83 at the end of 2018, contrary to […]

The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, has obseverd that environmental health is the bedrock of sustainable development in any given society. According to press statement signed by  Saghir el Mohammed , Director Press, the Permanent Secretary made the observation in Abuja while taking briefings from departments and agencies of the ministry. Mrs. […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding with the collation, concluding and announcing the result of the governorship election in Bauchi State held on March 9, 2019 by the electoral body. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo who issued the order on the strength of an ex-parte application […]