Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Kukah, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacrificed the dreams of Nigerians on the altar of nepotism by allegedly pursuing Northern hegemony. The bishop also said Nigeria appeared to be heading for darkness under Buhari’s regime, noting that the government must explain the mystery behind… Continue Reading

Global Finance recognises Access Bank as the safest bank in Nigeria For its continued efforts towards ensuring the protection of customer funds and data, Global Finance has named Access Bank the ‘Safest Bank’ in Nigeria for the year 2020. This is part of the platform’s 29th annual World’s Safest Banks rankings. Global Finance’s annual rankings of the World’s Safest Banks has been the recognised and trusted standard of financial counterparty… Continue Reading

                            From the publisher of BusinessDay, Frank Aigbogun’s welcome address at the recently held BusinessDay’s Banks and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards came the following words: ‘The year 2020 has been a most interesting year. The economy and communities have been managed by disruptions imposed by COVID-19. Yet financial services have shown uncommon responsiveness and compassion towards… Continue Reading

                       President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders, reports The Gazelle News.com. The other land borders are to be opened on 31 December, In August 2019, Nigeria partially closed its land borders, and since October 2019, it has halted all trade via land borders. This was triggered by Nigerian authorities’ frustration with the smuggling in of rice and illicit exports of… Continue Reading

There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state. The protesters demanded the prompt rescue of students abducted by bandits on Friday night. The protest was led by a woman who identified herself as one of the mothers of the abducted students. The protesters went around the school’s… Continue Reading

A Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a security guard and kidnapping some students, Saharareporters has learnt. Kankara is about 150km from the state capital, Katsina which is President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state. A resident of the state told SaharaReporters that the bandits stormed the school at 10:45 pm on Friday, shooting sporadically for over an hour. Malam Umaru Kabiru, a resident of… Continue Reading

According to the breaking news by StreetJournal, Dapo Ojora, a socialite and one of the sons of board room guru, Otunba Adekunle Ojora and his wife, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora is dead. Dapo who is also an in law to the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki who married his younger sister, Toyin, reportedly shot himself in the head this evening according to sources close to The Street Journal. Having mysteriously escaped… Continue Reading

                              The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday gave conditions that must be satisfied before calling off its nine months old strike. The lecturers said they did not reach any understanding with the government to suspend the strike on December 9, 2020. The President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made the clarification in a statement… Continue Reading

                         Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has collapsed before a federal high court in Abuja where he is being tried on charges of money laundering. Maina slumped few minutes into the trial on Thursday while sitting beside the defendant’s dock. More to follow…