Kirk Franklin blasts Pastor with 4 private jets for demanding a 5th plane for $54m
Popular American Gospel Singer, Kirk Franklin has frowned at a request by a pastor, Jessie Duplantis for donations to buy his fifth private jet at the cost of $54 million….
E-dividend: Experts task SEC on enlightenment to boost enrollment
May 31, 2018 Financial experts on Thursday tasked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on persistent enlightenment initiatives to boost e-dividend registration presently put at 2.5 million. The financial experts…
FG’s school feeding programme not a political gimmick – Mrs Maryam
May 31, 2018 The Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is not a political gimmick, Mrs Maryam Mele, Special Adviser to Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo on Social Investment…
Resident doctors mull nationwide strike over sacked members
May 31, 2018 The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Thursday warned that it may proceed on strike if the Federal Government failed to facilitate the reinstatement of…
“Mentally stronger’’ Welbeck ready to fire for England
May 31, 2018 England striker Danny Welbeck says he has emerged mentally stronger after a knee injury ruled him out of the 2016 European Championships. The 27-year-old Arsenal FC striker…
CBN resisted pressure to float the Naira, says Isaac Okoroafor
May 31, 2018 Mr Isaac Okoroafor, the acting Director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the apex bank resisted suggestions to float the Naira when the country was…
Red Cross sends surgeons, supplies to Gaza to treat wounded
May 31, 2018 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it was sending two surgical teams to Gaza and setting up a surgical unit in the…
Biafra: Sit-at-home order grounds Onitsha, Aba; police nab leader, 21 others
Members of the pro-Biafra group, Biafran Zionist Movement (BIM), sent a strong message on Wednesday as their sit-at-home order was adhered to in most parts of the South East with…
Osoba, Soyinka, Ofeimum, others extol Kunle Ajibade at 60
A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday in Lagos likened the risks in pursuing investigative journalism in Nigeria to fighting corruption. He said both are very…
Insurgency displaces 2.5m Nigerians, Committee wants more money
The Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative has called for more funding to rebuild, rehabilitate and recover insurgency affected areas in the region. Mr Tijjani Tumsah, the Vice chairman of the…
