The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not reject his request to check the purported central server of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as “prematurely” claimed by the Presidency. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant …

Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has condemned remark credited to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo that kidnapping in Nigeria was exaggerated. He described the remark by the Vice President as a “lie from the pit of hell.” Osinbajo, while addressing some Nigerians in New York had said the ongoing insecurity in …

Piqued by the raging insecurity in the south-west, state governors of the region yesterday made a strong case for the establishment of state and council police to complement the efforts of the federal police. To the state helmsmen, this is a practical response to the insecurity. They also agreed to …

Troops of 112 Task Force Battalion, stationed in Mafa local government are of Borno State have killed 3 Boko Haram terrorists, who attempted to attack the community. The failed attack on Mafa was as a result of available intelligence, indicating the desperate longing for food and other logistics by the …

A former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has denied illegally importing massive cache of AK47 assault rifles and ammunition into the country and handing them over to the police towards the end of his administration. Reports had emerged Monday night in some quarters that the ex-governor imported, without …

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a large crude oil inventory draw of 7.55 million barrels for the week ending June 20, but still coming in over analyst expectations of a much bigger 2.891-million barrel drawdown in inventories. Last week, the API reported a draw of 812,000 barrels. A day later, the EIA …

I remember one of my knowledge-sharing sessions with students of public relations. One of them said something striking but rather debatable: “There is no effective public relations without using the mass media”. The house became polarised- while some agreed, others did not. This got me thinking about the mode of …

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Abdulrafiu Baruwa in the suit Appeal No SC/524/2019, challenging the eligibility of the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to contest the governorship election in the State. Baruwa had challenged the qualification of Dapo Abiodun on the ground of failure to …

The nation’s power generation dropped to 3,390.7 megawatts on Monday as seven plants, including three built under the National Integrated Power Project, sat idle. Electricity generation has been hovering around 2,600MW and 3,800MW as of 6.00 am every day since the start of this month, according to data obtained by …

The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission with a directive to the board to make the stability of the capital market a cardinal objective. The nine-member board under the chairmanship of Mr. Olufemi Lijadu was inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry …