The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the payment of N46.6 billion from liquidation dividends to depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank. In a statement, acting head of communication and public affairs at the corporation, Hawwau Gambo, said the funds were realised from the sale of Heritage Bank’s assets and the recovery of debts…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, on Friday, affirmed the ruling of the National and State House of Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked the lawmaker representing the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Musa Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
Nigeria Is a Failed State The first step to restoring stability and security is recognizing that the government has lost control. By Robert I. Rotberg, founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and president emeritus of the World Peace Foundation, and John Campbell, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign…
The Nigeria Baptist Convention (NBC) has charged the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to work towards mitigating the ethno-religious imbalances in the country, which are over the years responsible for drawing the country backward. With particular mentioning of poverty alleviation, employment generation and insecurity, the NBC demanded that Tinubu must take into cognisance the geographical,…
The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu will not attend the third edition of Arise TV town hall meeting slated for December 4. Spokesman of the Bola Tinubu campaign organisation, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The statement said,Tinubu will not attend any presidential debate or town…
The Tangale community overseas, have dismissed the report of the “kangaroo committee”, set up by the Gombe state governor, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, to investigate the violence that erupted in Biliri Local Government Area of the state, following the controversial appointment of a new Mai Tangale, the paramount ruler of the area. The group also declared…
