New Electricity Tariffs: Questions
The Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed increase in electricity tariffs, enforceable from April by the Electricity…
Editorial: 2020 and Buhari’s second chance at Self-redemption
Perhaps, President Muhammadu Buhari’s message of hope at the dawn of the New Year is all that Nigerians needed to forget the shattered hopes, broken promises, disappointments and regrets of…
Buhari’s comments on medical tourism deceitful, self-indicting – PDP
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s scathing remark on overseas medical treatment as hypocrisy that is “self-indicting and raises public apprehensions on high-level deceits…
After Cheating Death at InterContinental Hotel, Social Media Mocks Ooni of Ife
A major royal fatality might have been averted yesterday when the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adewusi Adeyeye, got stuck in the elevator at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos; but…
Banks reconfigure ATMs to beat new CBN reduced fees and charges
Some commercial banks have designed means to avoid the recent slash in charges on withdrawal from Automated Teller Machines (ATM) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), by adjusting the…
Presidency denies mass sacking of Ambassadors
The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming that there was a mass recall of ambassadors from Nigeria’s diplomatic missions abroad. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President,…
UBA Recruits 4000 New Staff, Promotes 5,000 Others
Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc started the New Year with a lot of cheer as the bank at the weekend announced their promotion to…
Bayelsa: Governor Dickson clashes with Successor over Handover Notes
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, and his would-be successor, David Lyon, are heading for a showdown over briefing notes expected to be handed over to the incoming government. Dickson had…
SERAP gives Buhari, Osinbajo, 36 Governors, 7-Day Ultimatum to Publish Assets
The Lagos-based Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), might have put itself on a collision course with the federal and state governments after it gave President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President…
Buhari will not pick his successor, Presidency says
More than 24 hours after one of his well-known allies asked him to pick his possible successor, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian leader is not…