Sola Faleye, the Personal Assistant to the late Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has narrated how he missed being on the helicopter that killed his boss, wife, son and business associate, Abimbola Ogunbajo. He said he was supposed to fly in the chopper but on a second thought he…
The Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu has summoned the Chief Executives of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), and the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), to a ‘crucial meeting’ over erratic electricity supply facing the country. Weeks ago, Adelabu, had identified the root cause of the ongoing electricity…
Nikki Haley on Wednesday suspended her United States presidential campaign for the Republican nomination after Donald Trump won the Super Tuesday. But she said former President Trump must bring her supporters into his fold. The former South Carolina governor, who became Trump’s UN ambassador and the first prominent woman of colour to seek the Republican…
Nigeria’s Inflation Woes:The feasibility of adopting Zimbabwe’s economic recovery model Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, at a symposium in his honour, recommended that Nigeria borrow ideas from Zimbabwe on how to curtail the surging hyperinflation in the country. Nigeria’s current inflation rate stood at 29.9 percent as of the end of January 2024, while…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has blamed the current inflation in the country on printing of trillions of naira during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari “without productivity.” The minister spoke on Wednesday during an interface with the Senate Committee on Finance, saying “we are going to audit…
“I refuse to believe that the future of Nigeria’s and Africa’s youths lie in Europe, North America, Asia, or anywhere else. I believe that there future must lie in Africa,” he said. The former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture stated this when he bagged the prestigious 2023 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership in Lagos on Wednesday….
The US Supreme Court on Monday removed March 4, a potential hurdle to Donald Trump’s bid to come back to the White House, unanimously dismissing a Colorado state court ruling that could have barred him from the ballot for engaging in insurrection. The ruling in favour of the former president came a day before the…
Following the rehabilitation works on the Third Mainland Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works, the Lagos Government has announced a traffic diversion at the Island-Iyana Oworo Bound Carriageway. The Island-Iyana Oworo bound lane will be closed to vehicular traffic from 12:00 am on Wednesday 6th till 12:00 noon on Thursday, 7th March. Announcing the…
It was gathered that the woman allegedly ran into a moving vehicle and died instantly, following her husband’s departure from her and their three children due to financial difficulties. It was further gathered that the incident happened last weekend in front of Ogui Police Station, Enugu. According to reports, the deceased whose identity is not…
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kingsley Moghalu has proposed a $20-30 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) stabilisation facility to solve the lingering foreign exchange (FX) crisis. “To get out of Nigeria’s foreign exchange crisis, the FGN must very carefully consider whether it should take a formal stabilization package of…
