THE special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has declared that only God knows when Leah Sharibu, the kidnapped Dapchi girl, will be rescued. TheCable had on Monday published a picture and audio of the teenager, who was kidnapped in February, begging the government for help. Despite the release of the
THE prime minister of the United Kingdom,Theresa May, says Nigeria is home to the highest number of “very poor people” in the world. Speaking in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May said Africa is home to a majority of the world’s fragile states, and a quarter of the world’s displaced people. May arrived Nigeria
The seeming cordial relationship between Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration and the labour unions in Osun appears heading for the rocks on Tuesday as the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state ordered the workforce to embark on a three warning strike to protest unpaid 34 months arrears owed some categories of civil
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2018 NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE, ABUJA, 26TH AUGUST, 2018. Protocols I am delighted to address this distinguished gathering on the occasion of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. Let me thank your Association
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that consideration for rule of law will now be rated second to national security and national interest, henceforth. Buhari stated this at this year’s national conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held in Auja on Sunday. In his statement, Buhari said “Rule of Law must be subject to the
The Nigerian Movement for Positive Change (NMPC) is convening a national conference on the enlightenment of the Nigerian electorates in order to avail them the opportunity of choosing credible candidates as the country marches towards 2019 general election. This was contained in a statement signed by the NMPC Secretary General, Comrade Benson Amukpo, released at
THE President of a Non-Governmental Organisation and democracy group, the National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), Barrister Niyi Aborisade has cautioned Nigerian politicians to be wary of their utterances, and not allow individual interests rock national interest as the country prepare for 2019 general election. Aborisade made this known in a statement released on the
Agricultural, manufacturing and the sectors considered as growth and employment stimulating, can now borrow long term as much as N10billion at consolidated nine per cent interest rate under new guidelines issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The new credit policy called Guidelines for Accessing Real Sector Support Facility (RSSF) through CRR and Corporate Bonds
A legal practitioner, Mr Realwan Okpanachi says that President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to be re-elected in 2019 due to his sterling quality of trust. Okpanachi, of Joe Abrahams (SAN) & Company, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, many Nigerians, especially those
THE Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has said the Federal Government could invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fund the 2019 election, should the National Assembly refuse to pass the budget for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Sagay said the overriding necessity of elections and survival of democracy supersede the