President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said on Wednesday that Africa can no longer be ignored in global trade and investment, adding that African economies are growing strong and the prospects for greater wealth creation are compelling.
Adesina, who was quoted by the bank’s Communication and External...
Kwara State Pension Board Executive Secretary Aliyu Boni Shuaibu has said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has brought joy to senior citizens in the state following his timely payments of their entitlements since he assumed office in May last year.
"Pensioners in the state are praying for you because you have brought...
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as the Governor of Benue State, dismissing an appeal by Emmanuel Jime, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election.
Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who read the lead judgment, held that the appellants (Jime and APC) failed...
The UK has recently announced its commitment to support Nigeria and other African countries with about £127 million.
This, according to the current Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange rate, is about N50 billion.
The development was disclosed Monday in the UK government statement for the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
According to the...
Policemen, on Tuesday, barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government’s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illegal.
Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had in a statement, described the Western Nigeria Security network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.
The...
Mr. Tene John, a long-serving part-time lecturer of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, in Lagos has been relieved of his teaching job by the management of the institution.
This development has come on the heels of some curious allegation against the rather helpless lecturer by one Ms. Anjola Ogunyemi,...
Former Senate President and two-term Kwara State Governor, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos State to dismiss a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission praying for the permanent forfeiture of his Ilorin houses.
Saraki described the suit as an abuse of court...
The Lagos-Ibadan railway project cannot be completed in April this year as earlier projected, the Federal Government has declared.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this on Monday while inspecting the project, alongside the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemi Saraki, and the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.
Amaechi observed...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday began moves to redevelop the Lagos Island with the taking over of the over 100-year-old Jankara Market in order to give it a facelift and total revitalization.
It was learnt that the move followed Sanwo-Olu’s surprise visit to the abandoned site which where the...
