Ethiopian Airline says search and rescue operations are still ongoing even as it continues to give details of its Boeing 737 that crashed early Sunday. The Airlines had confirmed that all 157 people aboard a flight that crashed en route to Nairobi, Kenya, were killed. “The 157 people aboard ET 302 included nationals from…
Governorship Election: Religion Rules the Air in Kaduna
Voters in Kaduna State go to the polls to elect a governor and members of the state house of assembly in an election whose major undercurrent is religion. Thirty-four political parties fielded governorship candidates in Saturday’s election, but the contest is a two-horse race. The election is a straight fight between the ruling All Progressives…
Vote Buying in Mushin
Despite all warnings and campaigns against vote buying, some party agents were sighted giving voters between N500 and N1, 000 in the Mushin area of Lagos. According to some of the voters at Unit 32, Ward 7, Mushin LGA APC paid them N1, 000 while accord offered N500.
My Victory is Divine
“Today makes it exactly 6 months [September 9, 2019] since I collected the party’s nomination form. I’ve always believed, from onset, that my victory is a function of a divine mandate.” Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu was responding to reporters’ question regarding whether he believed he would win the election. He also stated that the delay in…
CBN to Raise N1.006tn From Debt Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is to raise a total of N1.006 trillion from the debt market in the second quarter of 2019. This was contained in a data on the Nigerian treasury bills issue programme for the second quarter of 2019 published on its website on Tuesday. The CBN sells treasury bills twice…
UK Threatens Sanctions Against Trouble Makers
The British High Commission in Nigeria has warned against any attempt by anyone to incite violence during the governorship and state houses of assembly elections in the country. It said that anyone caught doing so could be denied access into the United Kingdom. “We were concerned by reports of high levels of violence in some…
PDP Raises Alarm Over Alleged Intimidation of Market Women in Edo
As political parties intensify their campaigns ahead of Saturday March 9 House of Assembly election in Edo State, the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is saddened by unfolding developments in the polity. The PDP said it was not surprised that the All Progressives Congress, APC had taken “its intimidation, harassment, blackmail,…
THE DAY OF INFAMY By Nosa Igiebor
Since after the Civil War, which threatened the continuing survival of Nigeria as one nation, whenever we are faced with serious challenges, we kick them far than the road. And we just move on. We are always moving on. But the question is, moving on to where? Anytime Nigeria moves on, it’s going backwards and…
Elumelu Launches UBA In London, New York
The chairman of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, Tony Elumelu has launched the UBA UK in London. The bank had earlier announced that its London subsidiary had obtained regulatory approval to carry out wholesale banking activities in the United Kingdom. Following the authorization, UBA is now the only sub-Saharan African bank to conduct banking…
Dangote Now 64th Richest Man in The World
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has emerged as 64th richest person in the world with an estimated $16.6 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world. Dangote, who remains the richest man in Africa for the 8th year running, was the only Nigerian on the list of the top 500 billionaires,…
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