IN July 2017, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, at the opening of the 52nd National Council of Education meeting in Kano, disclosed that the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria was 10.5 million. This, he said, represented more than 50 per cent of the world’s out-of-school children which wasContinue Reading
By Olasunkanmi AkoniLAGOS—BARELY 24 hours after rejecting results of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial primary in Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, yesterday, conceded defeat to his rival, Mr. Bayo Osinowo. In a statement, Ashafa said the decision to concede was based on the need for unity andContinue Reading
By Anozie Egole THE presidential standard-bearer of the African Action Congress, AAC, Mr. Omoleye Sowere, has described the Nigerian constitution as a fraudulent document imposed on the nation by the military. Sowere said this in a chat with newsmen at the party’s primary held in Lagos at the weekend. HeContinue Reading
By Emeka Mamah ENUGU—Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that it would not support any presidential candidate in any of the political parties who is opposed to the restructuring of the country. Nnia Nwodo, President-General of Ohanaeze Special Adviser to the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emeka Attamah, spoke while congratulatingContinue Reading
By Evelyn Usman Five suspected members of a trans-border robbery gang who were fleeing Ogun state, after a successful operation, were in the early hours of yesterday, arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. Vanguard gathered the gun wielding gang of nine, stormed a haulage company’s warehouse, where they hackedContinue Reading
By Providence Emmanuel The Founder and Chief Executive of Coscharis Group, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, said entrepreneurs should limit bank credit to not more than 10 percent of what is required to build their businesses. Maduka said this at the 3rd Fate Foundation Annual Alumni Conference held in Lagos with theContinue Reading
By Chinonso Alozie THE inability to agree on a consensus candidate is tearing the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, apart. After failing to produce a candidate at its governorship primary in Owerri, leaders of the party met on the consensus option on Sunday. A closeContinue Reading
By Nkiruka Nnorom FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange Plc has admitted C&I Leasing’s N7 billion bonds for trading on its platform. The 16.54 percent fixed rate bond is Series 1 under the company’s N20 billion debt issuance programme. The Managing Director/CEO, C&I Leasing, Mr. Andrew Otike-Odibi, speaking at bond listing ceremonyContinue Reading
By Chidi Odinkalu & Ayisha Osori YESTERDAY…We saw Obasanjo, confronted and humbled by the monotony of prison life, use the relative solitude to reflect and put down his views on a diverse range of subjects including a consideration of self-determination clause in the constitution. Later, on gaining power, he abandonedContinue Reading
The Campaign Organisation of Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, has told Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate in Edo North, Abubakar Momoh, to voluntarily retire from active politics ahead of the 2019 general election or face his greatest political defeat. Director General of the organisation, Mr. Lucky James,Continue Reading
