Does everything end for a human being at death?

By Banji Ayoola Death, the inevitable end of all human beings on earth, provokes fear, worry, and anxiety almost everywhere. Unlike other subjects, people generally do not like discussing death whether in their serious or leisure hours. The elderly abhor it. They discourage the youths and children from touching it. There is an inexplicable fear […]

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Confidence returns on CBN’s FX market reform, bright economic outlook

Folashodun Shonubi With close to N4 trillion gain recorded at the stock market post-presidential inauguration and renewed confidence that followed a recent change in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), stakeholders have expressed confidence that the outlook of the domestic economy is bullish with the hope that things will continue to get better as the […]

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Tribunal adjourns APM’s petition against Tinubu till Wednesday

Presidential Election Petition Court The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has once more adjourned the petition filed before it by the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) till Wednesday, June 21, 2023, for hearing. The Tribunal on Monday adjourned the petition of the APM challenging the victory of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu (BAT) during the 2023 presidential […]

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UK lawmakers set to judge ex-PM Johnson over ‘Partygate’

Boris Johnson. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / Pool / AFP) British MPs will cast their judgment on Monday on a damning report that found ex-prime minister Boris Johnson lied to parliament about lockdown-breaking parties. A House of Commons debate about the report is being held on Johnson’s 59th birthday — likely leading to the removal […]

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Adeleke bags honor as workers-friendly governor

UNIOSUN workers and the governor’s portrait Workers at the Osun State University have honored the state’s Governor Ademola Adeleke as Workers-Friendly Governor. The workforce also honored him with a merit award for his emergence as the 6th Executive Governor of Osun State. According to the workers, the governor has been prioritising the welfare of workers […]

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Don’t compromise merit on ministerial appointment, APC tells Tinubu

Warns against use of ex-governors, spent forces A section of the stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North have cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against compromising merit on the altar of political consideration in his ministerial appointments. The group who are members of the Northern Progressives Union (NPU) claimed that the […]

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CBN lifts cash deposit restriction on domiciliary accounts, allows $10,000 daily withdrawals

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted its restriction on domiciliary accounts while allowing account holders to make withdrawals of up to $10,000 on a daily basis. The CBN disclosed this in a press statement on Sunday after deliberating at an extraordinary Bankers’ Committee meeting. According to the press statement signed by the CBN’s […]

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Stomach infrastructure not solution to eradicating poverty, hunger, says Tonye Cole

Photo/Twitter/TonyeCole1 Rivers State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the 2023 election, Tonye Cole, has said that without concrete and deliberate actions from the government, the worsening food insecurity and poverty in Nigeria might lead to a national emergency that the country might have difficulties in tackling. According to him, the concept […]

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Sudan truce holds on second day as donors set to meet in Geneva

An international donors’ conference is set to begin in Geneva on Monday for Sudan, where a ceasefire was holding but the UN says the humanitarian situation is worsening after two months of war. The conference comes mid-way through a three-day ceasefire which appeared to have brought calm to the capital Khartoum, after the failure of […]

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