The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Wednesday abolished the education tax introduced by the government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose in all primary and secondary schools. Fayemi said education would henceforth be free in all public primary and secondary schools Read more
The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to look into the suspension of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) maintenance and withdrawal charges by banks. This was after a motion on “illicit and excessive charges by Nigerian banks Read more
The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to raise $2.786bn external capital from the international market. The plan had been approved in the 2018 Appropriation Act. The lawmakers also approved the external capital raising of 82.54 million dollars to Read more
Former Delta State Governor James Ibori has lost an appeal against his conviction in London. The former governor pleaded guilty in a London court in 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering involving sums amounting to at least 50 Read more
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has disclosed how he convinced former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to forgive his ex-Deputy and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. The Catholic Bishop in a lengthy statement said Read more
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has raised the alarm over the invasion of his residence by armed security agents suspected to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Fayose raised the alarm in the early Read more
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he was going to the office of the Economic and Financial Crime, EFCC, today with his bedclothes, pillowcase, English and Yoruba bibles. Fayose’s tenure expired midnight on Monday. The Read more
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have re-arrested a robbery suspect five days after he was released from Ikoyi Prison. The suspect, Tunde Okunola, 26, was re-arrested in Marwa Roundabout, Lekki with an Read more
There was drama at the Ekiti State Government House on Sunday as outgoing Governor Ayo Fayose wept profusely while vacating the state’s number-one seat. Fayose shed tears shortly after attending a thanksgiving service to mark the end of his tenure Read more
The presidential candidates of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, on Friday morning attacked each other over plans for the national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Currently, Nigeria’s minimum wage is N18,000. The Read more