Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The conflict with insurgents in Nigeria’s North East claimed about 350,000 human beings as as at the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday, as reported by Reuters. The toll, given by the UN agency in a new study on the disturbance and its impact on livelihoods is 10 times […]

Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has declared former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, as the winner of the party’s primary election. The exercise took place at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka, Anambra State capital, on Wednesday.  Soludo, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will today proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) on Thursday, informed that the president is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021. Buhari had on March 30, 2021 […]

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has granted Nollywood actor, Omiyinka Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesa, a N2 million naira bail with two sureties in like sum. According to the judge, the surety must be a resident of Lagos with a visible house address and payment […]

By Banji Ayoola Remains of the pioneer Chairman and Chief Executive of Owena Press Limited, Publisher of Ondo State Government-owned Newspaper, The Hope, Mr Bode Betiku, will be interred in his Ondo City home on July 2. The fearless, flamboyant, meticulous, brilliant, no nonsense, go getter veteran journalist, public relations and marketing wizard popularly called […]

No fewer than two people lost their lives in a crash on Airport Road, Oba-Ile in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday. The crash involved a Toyota Corolla car and a bullion van. Mr Ahmed Hassan, Ondo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said six people were […]

The Police Command in Kaduna State, on Thursday confirmed the kidnapping of 12 persons in a fresh attack on a community in the state. The abductors were said to have invaded Awon/Mothercat Junction in Kachia Local Government and kidnapped the victims on Wednesday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident […]

A 21-year-old 300-level female student of University of Lagos on Thursday, told newsmen in Lagos that she stabbed Super TV CEO Michael Ataga to death in self defence. The student said this when she was presented by the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu at the command headquarters. Ataga’s lifeless body was […]

FG spends N1.02 trillion on debt servicing in Q1 2021 Explore taxes to rev up revenues, Egypt Central Bank governor advises Borrowed funds should go into high-yielding activities, says ex-minister ‘Debt relief may not lead to economic growth’ The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and ex-Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; President of […]