President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) established by vice president Yemi Osinbajo. The panel, before its dissolution on Tuesday, was constituted with Mr Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. According to a statement made available to the media on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, Spokesperson to the Read more
The CEO of Invictus Group, Obinwanne Okeke, has been remanded in US prison until February 2020 over allegation of $11 million fraud Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of internet fraud when his case came up for hearing at a court in Virginia on Monday. The Nigerian entrepreneur Read more
Members of the Federal House of Representatives have to recommend the chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for National Award following the successful evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa after recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners. The proprietor and management of Air Peace Airlines had successfully evacuated the first batch of willing Nigerians from Johannesburg, South Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a new Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to replace the current Economic Management Team headed by vice president Yemi Osinbajo. According to a statement signed by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, the team will report directly to the president. Read Also Prince Femi Fadina picked as Read more
The Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has invited Prince Femi Fadina, the Chairman of Tourism Committee of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, as guest speaker of the 42nd edition of World Tourism day Celebration holding in Abeokuta, the state capital. This is made known in a statement made available by Mr Lukman Omikunle, the Media Read more
All is now set for the “Zenith Bank Aspire Music Festival” holding on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at the Harbour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos by 5 pm. Dubbed as the most anticipated entertainment event of the year, the breathtaking festival promises to be a night to remember, as it will feature captivating and Read more
Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has described his victory at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal as the triumph of truth over falsehood. The governor stated this in a statement made available by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, on Monday, in Ibadan. Makinde was reacting to the tribunal judgment that gave him victory Read more
The Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Ramatu Ahmed, says no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian girls are forced into prostitution in Burkina Faso. Mrs Ahmed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Ouagadougou on Monday. She said the victims of the sex-trade were mainly underage girls kept in appalling conditions Read more
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, upheld the election of Seyi Makinde as the governor of Oyo state. Makinde, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defeated Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress in the governorship election of Oyo State held in March 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission, Read more
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised to the Federal Republic of Nigeria over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. Two special envoys dispatched by the South African leader tendered the apology to President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House Abuja on Monday “We met a short while ago with President Read more
