“We are not satisfied with the increment, it used to be N300 from Ikorodu to CMS or Costain, during the heat of COVID-19 but it was increased to N500 while observing the social distancing.” Some users of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) transport in Lagos on Sunday expressed their views over the N100 increase in transportation […]
Pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to back his several directives to the military to confront “terrorists and bandits and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to our countries” in West Africa with actions. Afenifere, in a statement signed yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, […]
World Bank Group financed States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme has witnessed the disbursement of N351.65 billion to different participating states of the federation from its inception in 2018 till date. The N351.65 billion is the total sum disbursed out of the $1.5 billion that was released in two tranches the World Bank […]
Former model cum socialite and entrepreneur Hillary Makaya successfully launched her skincare range entitled “MKY” last Friday at the Rainbow Towers at a glitz and glam event which attracted the who is who of Harare. She later celebrated the launch with a concert the following day at Alexandra Sports Club which saw South African amapiano, […]
A Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the army to confront “terrorists and insurgents and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to countries” in West Africa as a repetition of orders that had been given so often that it no longer evokes substance, […]
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has described himself as a lucky man to be alive after exposing President Muhammadu Buhari’s lack of capacity to govern, even before he was elected into office in 2015. Yakasai, who stated this in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday, explained that when he raised the alarm, those who were […]
Over 100 bandits, on Saturday, attended the turbaning ceremony of a bandit kingpin called Ada Aleru as the Sarkin Fulani by the Emir of Yandoto. Meanwhile, a large number of bandits from Zamfara forest have reportedly crossed to Tudunwada-Sabon Layi in the western part of Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, where they killed a local and injured […]
Although his doctors advised him to consider doing the surgical operation to correct a fracture on his right femur (thigh bone) abroad, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo insisted on using a Nigerian hospital and medical experts for the procedure. According to sources close to Duchess International Hospital where the operation took place on Saturday, […]
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, standard flagbearer, Prince Adewole Adebayo, disclosed at the weekend that he brought in beneficial projects to the country at no cost, but that the current government’s officials turned it down because it was not serving the personal interest of the officials. Adebayo, a successful lawyer and businessman, said he wanted […]
The war against terrorism is never won with its sympathisers plodding the corridors of power; or government foot-dragging in taking decisive steps. As is the new normal, the might of the Nigerian state did not count when terrorists invaded the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja, on July 5. The terrorists freed 879 inmates; among […]
The conferment has generated public outcry which led to the postponement of the ceremony for hours. The Zamfara State government has suspended the emir of Yandoton Daji, Aliyu Marafa, after he conferred a traditional title on a wanted terrorist, Ada Aleru, the leader of a gang of terrorists who is notorious for his ruthlessness, was […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend insisted on using a Nigerian hospital and medical experts for the surgical operation to correct a fracture on his right femur despite the advice of his doctors for him to go abroad for the operation. According to sources close to Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has maintained that determination of fuel prices would continue to be a decision by the federal government despite the firm’s transitioning to a commercial entity. But unlike his counterpart in Brazil state-run Petrobras oil company, Jose Mauro Coelho, […]
The federal government has so far disbursed a total of N351.65 billion grant to participating states in the last four years under the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results (PforR). SFTAS’ National Programme Coordinator, Mr. Stephen Okon made the disclosure at the weekend in Abuja, on the sidelines of […]
Benue State internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) camps have recorded an increase in births from January to July this year, with over 80 children given birth to. Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Emmanuel Shior, who made the disclosure in Makurdi at the weekend, while distributing food and non-food materials to […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its resolve to hold a two-day national protest to demand the immediate reopening of the country’s public-owned tertiary institutions which had been shut down for five months. The resolution by the NLC came just as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Usman Danfodio University chapter has debunked […]
NMB Bank has urged farmers, fishermen and livestock keepers to tap loan opportunities offered by the lender after slashing interest rates to 9 per cent from May this year. This was said by the NMB official responsible for Control and Implementation, Oscar Nyirenda said here over the weekend during the meeting with members of the […]
CRDB BANK has thrown its weight on educating online entrepreneurs with the social platforms population being on the rise. The bank last Saturday trained virtually thousands people dealing direct or indirect with online business especially on Instagram platform where users in the country reached 2.86million out of 1.393 billion globally. The online seminar to build […]