The Super Eagles of Nigeria Saturday evening trounced their Libyan counterparts 4 goals to nothing with Odion Ighalo grabbing a hat-trick in their race to 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Nigerian side which managed to score a goal in the first half of the match via Ighalo’s spot-kick went on rampage in the second half Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo is lobbying US authorities to withdraw the entry ban reportedly placed on Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The ruling party descried Obasanjo’s intervention as his “legendary hypocrisy.” Abubakar was in 2017 denied entry visa to the United States after his application. Read more
The outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose on Friday evening handed over the instruments of office to Dr. Gbenga Faseluka, the state Head of Service. According to NAN, Fayose gave the handover note to Faseluka at an emotional special cabinet meeting at the new Governor’s Office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. It was attended Read more
Former vice president and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday visited Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who played host to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, also received religious leaders, top politicians and civil rights activists. Notable figures among the religious leaders were Ahmad Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on the invitation of Oxford University, United Kingdom, would be delivering a special lecture highlighting ongoing investments, efforts and plans of the Nigerian government on human development on Friday, 12th October 2018 at the globally recognized institution. At the event, Prof. Osinbajo will also be inaugurating the International Advisory Board Read more
Zenith Bank Plc. has restated its commitment to supporting efforts geared toward closing the digital skill gaps in the country. Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Office of the bank, Peter Amangbo, made this commitment at the 2018 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship Award sponsored by Zenith Bank in Lagos on Wednesday. Amangbo, who was Read more
The International Monetary Fund has said growth prospects in Africa are being held down by poor economic development in Nigeria, South Africa and Angola. The Breton Woods institution, which said this at the Annual General Meetings of the IMF/World Bank currently going in Bali, Indonesia, also revised downwards growth prospects for Nigeria in 2018 from Read more
Nikki Haley abruptly resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s often shifting national security team. Meeting Haley in the Oval Office, Trump said she had done a “fantastic job” and would stay on to the end of the year. “She told me probably six Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria needs a president who understands the economy. He made the statement on Tuesday at the Foursquare Gospel Church annual public lecture in Lagos. Obasanjo quoted the words of his friend, Helmut Schmidt, a former chancellor of Germany, who said if the people in Africa have to make it, all Read more
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as an “Archangel of liars” following the latter’s comments on Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. He said, “The Archangel of liars has told another lie.” Mr Mohammed had said voting for Abubakar in Read more
