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A digital hospitality platform would not only provide a major avenue for other small businesses in the value chain to grow, but would help revive Nigeria’s hospitality industry in general, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic.  This was the summation of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Thursday night in Abuja where he was special guest of …

Nigeria’s Federal Government, Edo State Government and the Benin Royal Family have concluded meeting in Germany towards the return of stolen Benin artefacts to Edo State. The meeting in Berlin was attended by the German Minister of State for Culture, Prof. Monika Grutters, and Foreign Minister, Mr. Heiko Maas, while the Nigerian delegation include the Minister of Information and Culture, …

The parents and management of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, have raised money to buy foodstuffs being demanded by abductors of the 121 students of the school. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai A father of one of the abductees, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity on Thursday, said the school asked …

The re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, and the recent attack on Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, are expected to top the agenda, as 17 Southern governors meet in Lagos State today. The meeting, which is a follow-up to the last one held in Asaba, Delta State, on May 11, will …

…Threatens to punish him over attacks on Kwara gov The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over his recent outbursts against the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The decision was taken at Tuesday’s meeting of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the …

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Assembly caucus have thrown their weight behind the resolution of the southern governors on burning national issues. The governors met in Lagos on Monday and demanded the inclusion of the electronic transfer of results in the 2010 Electoral Act amendment Bill 2021 and the inclusion of the state police in the ongoing 1999 …

Senators representing the three Senatorial Zones of Kwara State on Wednesday, declared support for Governor Abdurahman Abdulrazaq, whom they described as the authentic leader of the APC in the state. The senators: Ibrahim Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), Lola Ashiru (Kwara South) and Umar Sadiq (Kwara North), said this at a joint press conference, in Abuja. They equally maintained that funds generated …

• Injustice, lack of equity, insecurity greatest threat to country’s survival not IPOB Former military governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (retd), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of exhibiting poor skills in managing the diversity in the country. In a statement, yesterday, entitled, ‘‘Nigeria: A nation challenged,’’ he said it was quite strange and disturbing that the …

A former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar (retd.), on Wednesday knocked the All Progressives Congress and Federal Government led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) for giving undue attention to the arrest of leader of Kanu than the banditry, kidnapping ravaging the country. Umar argued that it was disturbing that rather than concentrating on insecurity …

A former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has blasted the federal government over the security situation in the country, saying it is strange that the government is according undue attention to the threats by separatist movements despite the more daunting security issues posed by bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the North. In a statement issued yesterday …