admin

In the aftermath of Thursday’s Dallas and Tennessee shootings, thousands of mostly peaceful protesters took to the streets of U.S. cities for the second night in a row on Friday to denounce the fatal shooting by police of two black men this week. Overnight demonstrators clogged roadways in New York City, Atlanta and Philadelphia, and […]

Next week the second quarter earnings season begins in earnest (as usual with Alcoa reporting after the close on Monday), with some 5% of the S&P reporting Q2 results, a number which will rise to 89% by August 5. During this period, most corporate buybacks, arguably the only source of stock buying, will remain in […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Dr. Maikanti Baru The Nigerian national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, called on Nigerians on Friday not to give in to panic in buying fuel. The call came after proposed talks with Nigerian oil workers failed to hold.The workers have embarked on a strike to protest […]

He started from the scratch with no job for two years. But unknown to Nnamdi Ezeigbo, the Founder and Chairman of Slot Group, the nation’s number one phones and accessories outfit, fate had other plans. Equipped with degrees in Electrical Electronics and Computer Engineering, he got tired of roaming the streets and decided to take […]

Nigeria, for decades has been suffering from payroll fraud, which has continued to drain incredible sums of money from the Nigerian Civil Service, NCS, both at the Federal, State and Local Government levels. Infamously known as ‘Ghost Workers’, various methods have been employed to checkmate the menace, but the syndrome has continued, as its perpetrators […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has on Friday, July 8, dismissed the forgery charges against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The court cleared Ikpeazu of forgery charges, saying his tax documents were not forged as alleged, adding that, he remains the Governor of Abia State. Sources alleged that the ruling […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, as public holidays, has robbed Nigeria a whopping sum ‎of N138 billion, most especially at a time when the nation is broke, and needed to sure up its finances. It could be recalled, that the Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays, before […]

Following the media campaign by the All Progressives Congress-led, APC, Federal Government, championed by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated, two suspected suicide bombers struck Damboa, 70km away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The insurgents ‎ in the Friday attack, reportedly killed six Muslim worshipers, officials […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday, July 8, disclosed that the erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki and others, who were involved in the alleged diversion of ‎$2.1 billion meant for the purchase of military hardware, are currently regretting their actions. President Buhari, who made this known while receiving the Northern Christian Leaders Eagles […]

Sequel to President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comment, stating that those who diverted the money meant for arms were regretting their actions, the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has insisted that he did not receive a dime from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, and the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu […]

While we are having all the conversations about how much has been stolen in Nigeria and how to repatriate such criminal proceeds, I suggest that our leaders begin to quickly ideate on practical ways to reverse the frightening level of poverty in the land. There is nothing more deserving of utmost urgency in today’s Nigeria. […]