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Media Rights Agenda hosts litigation workshop in Abuja for lawyers on safety of journalists

…..the workshop is aimed at ensuring accountability for attacks on journalists and the media in Nigeria By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of...

SERAP to RMAFC: Slash Buhari, govs, lawmakers’ jumbo pay, raise judges’ allowances

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has been asked to pare down the remunerations of President, Vice-President, governors and their deputies,...

Dangote Sugar denies price fixing, says it's unethical

Dangote Sugar denies price fixing, says it’s unethical

  Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) says it does not engage in artificial price manipulation of its products, either during the Holy month...

Ex-Ondo varsity lecturer dies mysteriously in his car

Ex-Ondo varsity lecturer dies mysteriously in his car

  Olatunde Adegbuyi, a former lecturer in the Department of Geology at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has been found...

Road accidents: Dangote inaugurates truck driver’s training centre

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of measures to curb Road Traffic Crashes (RTC), the Dangote Cement Plc has inaugurated a Drivers’ Training...

OPL 245: Probe Adoke’s alleged forged legal request, anti-corruption group pressures UK

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh One of the leading anti-corruption groups in the UK, the Corner House, has asked the United Kingdom (UK)...

NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract for PH Refinery Rehabilitation

NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract for PH Refinery Rehabilitation

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday signed contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) for the rehabilitation of...

Buhari’s official driver dies at State House clinic

President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, MWO Sa’idu Afaka has died. He died on Tuesday at the State House Clinic, Abuja, during an illness,...

COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   To connect people to accurate information and reduce misinformation on its platforms, Facebook is launching a new...

How NIRSAL Grew Seed Capital to N131bn in Three Years

Through innovative approaches and instruments aimed at eliminating risks associated with agriculture and improving funding to indigenous farmers, NIRSAL, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk...

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Breaking: COVID-19 claims Afenifere Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin

Mr Yinka Odumakin, the spokesman for Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has died of complications from COVID-19. According to report, the social critic has...

Women Empowerment: Dangote gives N160m to rural women in Kwara

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has empowered 16,000 women with N160 million across the 16 local government...

Kashimawo Laloko: Demise of doyen of football coaching, talents manager

  By Boye Ajayi “As play resumed in the second half, Laloko, who had sat on the sidelines all the while as the...

Again, NDLEA intercepts over N2bn worth of illicit drugs at Lagos airport

Hard drugs valued at N2billion have been seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

Nigerians are tired of austere measures, youths are angry, says Tinubu 

Nigerians are blowsy and fatigued by austerity measures and therefore require urgent stimulus package to jumpstart the economy, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said....

Social disconnect between government and youths, poverty cause of insecurity in Nigeria — Fayemi

Poverty, inequality, social disconnect between the leadership and the youth are causes of insecurity in the country,  the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr...