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By Abiola Olawale United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering slamming a sweeping travel ban on Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, and 22 other African countries. The purported travel ban proposal was said to be contained in a leaked memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday. In the leak memo, Trump’s administration outlined…
June 16, 2025
By Ken Afor Three additional commissioners have joined the ongoing wave of resignations in Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet. On Friday morning, Commissioner of Housing, Gift Worlu, Commissioner of Education, Chinedu Mmom, and Commissioner of Transport, Jacobson Nbina, tendered their resignations from Governor Fubara's cabinet. This trails the exit of four commissioners who tendered their resignations…
December 15, 2023
By Ayo Yusuf Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the removal of Abia, Imo and Ondo states from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Commission, which was established by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000 with the sole purpose of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, comprise…
October 24, 2023
By Charles Kennedy Crude oil production in Nigeria dropped by 12.56% in July to 1.29 million barrels daily from 1.48 million barrels daily in June, Business Day has reported, citing data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. According to the state agency, one of the reasons for the decline was the temporary shutdown of the…
August 11, 2023
Amid escalating pressure generated by Nigerians' quest to usher in a new dawn, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alerted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on the imminent danger of declaring falsified presidential election results. Obasanjo who applauded President Mohammed Buhari's unflinching determination to leave a legacy of free,…
February 28, 2023
Faith-based Groups Weigh In, Kick Against Water Privatization Citizens' right to clean and portable water must be upheld over the rabid push for water privatization on the continent, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and faith-based groups have told African governments. The recognition of the human right to water, according to CAPPA's Executive…
October 11, 2022
On the occasion of International Youth Day on August 12, global organizations representing the youth have condemned the tobacco industry’s creation of a new generation of addiction and calling for governments to make the tobacco companies pay for past, present and future harms. The youth spoke on behalf of themselves as well as the future…
August 12, 2022
Again, some unidentified armed men have struck in Ondo state, abducting a traditional chief in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, High Chief Mukaila Bello. It was gathered that the traditional head and three others were kidnapped by the gunmen at Agopanu axis, Owo-Ikare road, in Ondo State, Thursday evening.…
August 5, 2022
For the first time in over two years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 13 per cent. Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the CBN, said this while reading the 285th communiqué issued at the end of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday. Emefiele…
May 24, 2022
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By Abiola Olawale United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering slamming a sweeping travel ban on Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, and 22 other African countries. The purported travel ban proposal was said to be contained in a leaked memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday. In the leak memo, Trump’s administration outlined…
June 16, 2025
By Ken Afor Three additional commissioners have joined the ongoing wave of resignations in Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet. On Friday morning, Commissioner of Housing, Gift Worlu, Commissioner of Education, Chinedu Mmom, and Commissioner of Transport, Jacobson Nbina, tendered their resignations from Governor Fubara's cabinet. This trails the exit of four commissioners who tendered their resignations…
December 15, 2023
By Ayo Yusuf Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the removal of Abia, Imo and Ondo states from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Commission, which was established by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000 with the sole purpose of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, comprise…
October 24, 2023
By Charles Kennedy Crude oil production in Nigeria dropped by 12.56% in July to 1.29 million barrels daily from 1.48 million barrels daily in June, Business Day has reported, citing data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. According to the state agency, one of the reasons for the decline was the temporary shutdown of the…
August 11, 2023
Amid escalating pressure generated by Nigerians' quest to usher in a new dawn, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alerted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on the imminent danger of declaring falsified presidential election results. Obasanjo who applauded President Mohammed Buhari's unflinching determination to leave a legacy of free,…
February 28, 2023
Faith-based Groups Weigh In, Kick Against Water Privatization Citizens' right to clean and portable water must be upheld over the rabid push for water privatization on the continent, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and faith-based groups have told African governments. The recognition of the human right to water, according to CAPPA's Executive…
October 11, 2022
On the occasion of International Youth Day on August 12, global organizations representing the youth have condemned the tobacco industry’s creation of a new generation of addiction and calling for governments to make the tobacco companies pay for past, present and future harms. The youth spoke on behalf of themselves as well as the future…
August 12, 2022
Again, some unidentified armed men have struck in Ondo state, abducting a traditional chief in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, High Chief Mukaila Bello. It was gathered that the traditional head and three others were kidnapped by the gunmen at Agopanu axis, Owo-Ikare road, in Ondo State, Thursday evening.…
August 5, 2022
For the first time in over two years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 13 per cent. Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the CBN, said this while reading the 285th communiqué issued at the end of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday. Emefiele…
May 24, 2022
