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…Launch Leadership Training Institute for Hope to a Better Nigeria Against the backdrop of increasing security and economic challenges in Nigeria, Christian stakeholders have expressed hope for a greater Nigeria, but urged Christians and other Nigerians to go beyond prayers and explore their rights to self-defense in tackling insecurity in the country. According to Vanguard report, the stakeholders, including security …

A motorist plying Owerri/Orlu road in his ash-color Toyota Sienna vehicle, was on Saturday beheaded by unknown gunmen with the man’s legs and hands chopped off, at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. According to Vanguard report, the identity of the victim is yet unknown. Some community sources said hoodlums have been terrorizing them in the …

Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof Moji Adeyeye has decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America USA and the European Union (EU) member countries on account of poor quality. She urged all the regulatory agencies at the port saddled with the …

The resident doctors are protesting failure of the federal government to implement the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with them over a hundred days ago. President of NARD Mr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi Medical doctors in Nigeria under the aegis of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, are set to commence a nationwide strike from Monday even as President Muhammadu Buhari is …

The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for bribery allegation. This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended the “immediate suspension” of Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. The police commission …

Chidiebere Nwobodo explains CBN’s move to stop act of robbing Peter to pay Paul In a bid to streamline the nation’s forex market and bring sanity in the foreign exchange system, the regulatory watchdog of Nigeria’s monetary system, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, displayed uncommon supervisory courage with the recent embargo placed on weekly supply of forex to Bureau …

For Nigerian banks, 2021 seems to be a year of positive change as more women are taking key positions in various management teams. As of December 2020, women had less than 30 per cent representation in banks’ boardrooms, according to a PREMIUM TIMES analysis. The ratio was not much different in the banks’ management teams. Recent appointments have pushed the …

In the build-up to 2015 presidential elections, my benefactor and teacher, Malam Mohammed Haruna, had introduced me to Malam Garba Shehu who was then head of His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s media crew. I immediately linked up with him at their office in Utako where we discussed issues related to the presidential campaign of the then APC flagbearer -General Muhammadu …

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday  declared every Monday, effective August 9,2021, a sit-at-home day to press for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. But Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has kicked against the move, warning that it could worsen the economic situation in the region. Spokesman for IPOB, Emma Powerful,said in a statement in …

Mr Saraki, a former Kwara State governor, was detained on Saturday, sources familiar with the development said. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has held a former president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, in custody over allegations of theft and money laundering, PREMIUM TIMES has reported. Mr Saraki, a former Kwara State governor, was detained on Saturday, sources familiar with the …