Taraba Deputy Speaker impeached for lack of competence
 Mohammed Gwampo The Deputy Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Mohammed Gwampo has been impeached. Hon. Gwampo who is representing Yorro State constituency was impeached at…
MainOne wins 2 awards at Datacloud Africa Leadership Awards 2019
MainOne, leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider and its subsidiary, MDXi, have won two prizes at the 2019 edition of Datacloud Africa Leadership Summit and Awards held in…
Racism made me a fighter, now I’m UFC Champion – Adesanya
New UFC middleweight champion, Nigeria’s  Israel Adesanya was just 10 when his family uprooted him from Nigeria to an all-white school in New Zealand. The only black kid in his…
Police kill notorious kidnap gang leader terrorising Ogoni
The Police in Rivers on Monday said they have killed “a notorious gang leader’’, Linus Lebari, 35, popularly known as Bobby/Devil, terrorising Ogoni area of the state. The command’s…
HSBC to cut up to 10,000 jobs worldwide in drive to slash costs – FT
HSBC Holdings Plc is planning to cut up to 10,000 jobs, more than 4% of its workforce, as interim Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn seeks to reduce costs across the…
Governor fires aide over Facebook post
Social media post has claimed yet another political office holder as Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has sacked his Special Assistant on Political Matters, Austin Pelemo, over his Facebook post….
2020 budget proposals in focus as Buhari presides over extraordinary FEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Federal Executive Council are currently holding an extraordinary meeting at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is aimed at discussing the 2020…
Buhari charges public, private sector to help proffer solutions to challenges in the countryÂ
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES25) with a charge to public and private sector leaders to look inward to solve the unique…
More plaudits for global journalist, Jackson Ude, on his Sri Lanka Peace Award
Hours after Mr. Jackson Ude, publisher of Pointblanknews.com was conferred with the Peace Ambassador Award by the Centre for Peace Studies (CPS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, encomiums have continued to pour…
Pope urges conservatives to be open to changes in Church
Pope Francis Pope Francis appealed to conservatives on Sunday not to be bound by the status quo as he opened an assembly of bishops to discuss the future of…