Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated the need for extensive structural reform this year to fast-track the country’s economic growth. Emefiele stated this in his personal comment at the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, a copy of which was posted on Monday on CBN’s website. Driven by base-year effect,…
Against the backdrop of the recent fire incident at the Next Cash and Carry Shopping Mall at Kado district, the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA), has coordinated a general review meeting with stakeholders to determine the way forward after the incident. The meeting was held in the instant of the Minister of Humanitarian…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the gazetting of the court order declaring bandits as terrorists will be done in the next few days. He gave the assertion while appearing on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme in Abuja on Tuesday. The AGF gave the assurance that the…
Two armed bandits were killed by Police Operatives in Zamfara They were killed while trying to block Futua -Gusau road in Tsafe Local Government Area Tuesday evening The police says the bandits Stormed the Highway on Seven brand new boxer motorcycles There Intention was to abduct innocent Travellers and other road users Brand new boxer…
Former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Adetoun Adediran is dead. According to thegazellenews.com Adediran died early today, Wednesday, 5 January, 2022 after a brief illness. Adediran was the first elected female Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly when she served between 1999 and 2003. Since then she…
Chairman of AV Securitas LTD, Mayowa Onafowokan, has tendered an unreserved apology to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State and Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, over the unprofessional conduct by its guards on Saturday January 1, 2022. Onafowokan said the incident was not deliberate but ‘an unintended event that occurred out of the…
Workers of the Ondo state owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, in Ondo state, have commenced indefinite strike action over unpaid salary arrears of 13 months. The workers who protested at the gate of the institution carried placards with various inscriptions chanted solidarity songs to drive home their demand. The chairman of the Senior Staff Association…
THE Okaa Omee Youth Club of Nigeria is to honour Maureen Chigbo, publisher of Realnews Magazine Online along with Ike Oligbo, a lawyer and politician, and others with its Merit Award on January 8. Among those to also receive the merit award at the ceremony, which will take place at the Okaa Omee Youth Center…
In the long arc of any country’s history, many men and women hold offices and titles in public life. In Nigeria, that is the claim to fame of many such personalities. But if their value addition, individually and collectively, had been significant, our country would have been in better shape than it is today. For…
Senator Anyim Pius Anyim’s first few steps into the ocean of 2023 Politicking has clearly shown that it would not swallow him. He has made a few outings as part of his consultations with stakeholders on his ambition to become the President and of Nigeria in 2023. Feedback from those few initial steps are nothing…
