Folorunso Alakija tells aspiring young women that gender cannot stop them realising their dreams

FAMFA Oil vice chairman and Africa's richest woman Folorunso Alakija has told young women not to let the burden of gender weight them down as they pursue their dreams because if they prove themselves being female will no longer be an issue.

 

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Rochas tells APC national leadership to hands off Imo State chapter of the party

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha has warned the All Progressives Congress' (APC) publicity secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu to stay away from the internal affairs of the Imo State chapter of the party after he claimed that the party had removed the governor as its campaign coordinator.

 

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Osinbajo says government plans launching Entrepreneur Bank to provide loans to small businesses

NIGERIA's federal government plans to launch an Entrepreneur Bank to provide low-interest rate loans to businessmen and artisans as part of its economic masterplan aimed at diversifying the economy and ending the dependence on crude oil.

 

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Femi Adesina castigates Christian churches for constant attacks against the Buhari government

PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Femi Adesina has hit out at Nigeria's Christian community saying that some of the most negative attacks on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari came from churches.

 

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Tinubu fingered as the mastermind behind Lagos State House of Assembly's plans to impeach Ambode

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has come under attack for being the mastermind behind recent plans to Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode impeached by state house of assembly.

 

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Ipob plans to hold Biafran referendum on the same day as Nigeria's presidential elections

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has announced that it will hold a referendum on February 16 at the same time as Nigeria's presidential elections are taking place to ask the southeast geo-political zone if it wants to break away.

 

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EFCC sues Lagos pastor who defrauds his victims by hypnotising them before asking them to hand over money

POWER of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry pastor Cletus Ilongwo has been charged to court with fraud after it emerged that he hypnotises his members and then proceeds to defraud them of their money while they are in a trance.

 

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British gas company sues Nigeria for £9bn over cancellation of gas contract with hearing set for Feb 15

NIGERIA will have a day in court in the UK on February 15 after the London Arbitration Tribunal ruled that the federal government has a case to answer in s suit filed against it by British firm Process and Industrial Development.

 

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African Cup of Nations now starts on June 21 to enable players recover from effects of Ramadan

NIGERIA's Super Eagles will participate in the 2019 African Cup of Nations a week later than earlier planned because the tournament has been moved back by a week to begin on June 21 to enable players recover from the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

 

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Benue State's Governor Ortom says federal government should be held responsible if anything happens to him

BENUE State's Governor Samuel Ortom has sounded an alarm saying that his life is in danger and has warned that should anything happen to him the federal government should be held responsible.

 

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