Fleeing investors will return to Nigeria after 2019 election – SEC acting DG

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

Mary Uduk, acting director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), says the recent outflows experienced in the Nigerian capital market will be remedied when the 2019 general election is concluded. In a session…

UNILAG to screen new intakes for drug abuse

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

The University of Lagos is to screen its newly-admitted students for hard drugs, an official said on Wednesday in Lagos. The university’s Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit, Mrs Taiwo Oloyede, warned that the university would…

Canada legalises Marijuana

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalise and regulate its sale and recreational use. The change was praised by pot enthusiasts…

Ex-Minister strips Taraba APC office, retrieves all donated furniture

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

Former women affairs minister Aisha Alhassan, who recently resigned her appointment and dumped the APC, has retrieved computers and furniture she donated to the party’s state secretariat in Jalingo. According to Mr Aaron Artimas, APC…

Nigeria will qualify for Nations Cup – Chukwu

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

A former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, on Wednesday expressed his optimism that the Eagles would qualify for the African Cup of Nations. Chukwu, who was also Captain of the defunct Green Eagles was speaking…

Minimum Wage: Labour meets Thursday for final decision

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

The Organised Labour says it will meet on Thursday to take final decision on the new National Minimum Wage for workers, following the delay by the Federal Government to announce its figure. Mr Ayuba Wabba,…

Buhari vs Atiku: No preferred candidate, says USA

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 17th October 2018

The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in February 2019. Mr Phillip Franz, a political officer in the US embassy in…

Agbakoba on 2019: Buhari is history

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 15th October 2018

FORMER national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, says President Muhammadu Buhari is history. Speaking with Daily Independent, Agbakoba said under Buhari’s leadership, Nigeria is now “broken politically, strategically, morally, and completely…

Boko Haram executes another Red Cross worker, says Leah will live as slave

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 15th October 2018

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has executed Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), TheCable has been informed. The terrorists also…

Nigeria is the best performing economy in Africa – Keyamo

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 15th October 2018

DIRECTOR of media of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, says Nigeria is the best-performing economy in Africa. The senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) also said the federal government has re-introduced “oil (subsidy) premium”…