Nigeria

Adesina’s  AfDB trials: a proxy war?

By Olukayode Oyeleye   SO MUCH FOR THE African Development Bank (AfDB) headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The multilateral development bank has been...

Buhari to Osinbajo: Consider your committee’s report implementation done

    President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the Osinbajo led-Economic Sustainability Committee, saying he has accepted it as a “National Plan”.  ...

June 12: Abiola’s family patriarch to Buhari: Recognize him as ex-President 

  Twenty-two years after the annulment of his electoral mandate, Chief MKO Abiola’s family has demanded the de-annulment of the June 12 Presidential...

Buhari, on Democracy Day, lauds media as effective watchdog, promises free speech

  lists strings of sectoral achievements President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday chronicled his administration’s legion achievements in the nation’s tottering democratic journey with...

Abuja DISCO, AQUIVIS introduce smart high-tension fault detector

AEDC and Aquivis Technologies Limited, a leading company in Africa’s energy sector, have announced the successful deployment of a smart high-tension overhead line...

Implement Presidential Economic Sustainability Committee’s report, Osinbajo urges Pres. Buhari

The Vice-President and Chairman of the Presidential Economic Sustainability Committee, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the report of...

FG flatly rules out another lockdown despite increase in new cases of coronavirus

  The Federal Government has  flatly ruled out another economic lockdown despite the spike in cases of coronavirus infections in the country. ”...

Health officials in Nigeria ‘concerned’ with increase in coronavirus cases

  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, expressed concerns on Thursday about the increase in coronavirus cases in the country, even suggesting...

SurePadi, Polaris Bank’s agency banking, lifts millions of households in 100 days of operation

  processed over N10bn in transaction value   Within 100 days of its inauguration, Polaris Bank’s agency banking initiative, SurePadi, has impacted an...

Nigeria reports 17 deaths from coronavirus, its largest one-day total yet

    Nigeria had its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic to date, as it reported 17 confirmed deaths on Wednesday. In addition...

FG to take decisive action against rapists

  The Federal Government has announced that it will take decisive action against rapists henceforth, describing the upsurge as embarrassing. This is even...

Nigeria sees highest one-day increase in coronavirus cases since pandemic began

  The number of positive coronavirus cases continued to climb in Nigeria on Tuesday. According to Tuesday’s 11 p.m. update from the Nigeria...

Lalong Urges Senate to Confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal

  Governor of Plateau State Lalong has pleaded with the Senate to confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal. This is...

Drunken sergeant knifes inspector to death in Lagos

    An overly drunken policeman, Okema Azuquo, who ran amok, has launched a machete attack on co-tenants in a tenement building in...

Reuben Abati

The Rape Pandemic: #No by Reuben Abati  

        Since February 27, 2020, when the first index case of COVID-19 was reported in Nigeria, and that satanic, virulent...