Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The Nigerian Army, yesterday, turned down the request by Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State to discourage southern governors’ call for the ban of open grazing. In his remarks at the five-day 3 Division Operations Planning Cadre at the Gombe International Hotels, the governor condemned the position of his southern counterparts on the controversial issue […]

• Martins urges FG to deploy all resources against security threats • COAS insists on non-kinetic approach to combat criminality • Ortom assents to amended Community Volunteer Guards law The South West Zone of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his utterances, especially […]

Credit: Femi Adebesin-Kuti •Agents charge N2,000 – N3,000 per applicant •ATCOMS seek deadline extension till December 31 As the October 31 deadline date for the linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) with Subscribers Identification Number (SIM) approaches, chaotic scenes have intensified at registration centres, especially the telecommunications outlets nationwide. This is even as registration agents, […]

Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari (left); Chairman/CEO, BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu; Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva; President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; President Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami; Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and others at the Future Investment Initiative Institute […]

CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters who have been posting fraudulent messages relating to the eNaira launched recently. Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications, said in a statement posted on the bank’s website on Wednesday, that the bank was not disbursing eNaira currency […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has insisted that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. He noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and bombing the railway are activities that must […]

Nigerian former envoy to the Philippines, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi has said that free and fair election does not guarantee good governance or enduring democracy. He disclosed this at a public lecture in Osogbo, Osun State capital where he cited that a free and fair election produced dictators such as Adolf Hitler, stating that a strong […]