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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said Nigeria has not been fair to farmers in the country. According to him, the researchers, financial institutions and government have all conspired to victimise those who are in the business of farming. He spoke in Lagos while delivering his keynote address at the Agribusiness...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has further expressed concerns over the planned student loan, saying beneficiaries of such initiative in other countries were committing suicide as a result of debts. The union, therefore, asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grants for...

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule is presiding over a meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders, with a view to reviewing matters arising within the party. Engineer Sule presided over the meeting at the Government House, on Monday. In an opening remarks, Engineer Sule said the main purpose...

Zainab Bulkachuwa, former president of the court of appeal, says she never compromised her office on partisan grounds. Bulkachuwa was reacting to recent comments by Adamu Bulkachuwa, her husband. While speaking at the 9th senate valedictory session on June 10, Bulkachuwa said he often encroached on his wife’s space while...

The former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that only a guilty suspect will be afraid of visiting the anti-graft agency. Bawa revealed this in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, published on Monday. The ex-EFCC boss noted that one need not be scared of...

The proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has lambasted Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), for seeking the continuous detention of Nnamdi Kanu. While speaking on Friday after visiting President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock, Dokubo asked the federal government not to release Kanu, leader...

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has expressed disappointment over the alleged refusal of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT as well as Kaduna, Gombe and Jigawa States to allocate slots to intending pilgrims who enrolled through the Hajj Saving Scheme, HSS. The FCT and affected states have attributed their actions...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his four other friends in the G5 to come up with another aggrieved group within opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make winning the 2027 presidential election a smooth ride for the ruling All Progressives Congress...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says cash deposits into domiciliary accounts will not be restricted, and customers “shall have unfettered and unrestricted access to funds in their accounts”. The bank spoke in a statement issued after a meeting with the bankers’ committee on Sunday. The meeting was meant to...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again opened up on his controversial third term bid, saying some state governors also wanted tenure extension. Obasanjo had severally denied plans to seek extension of his stay in office beyond 2007, but blamed some governors as the brains behind the third term agenda. He...