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The Federal Government has declared Friday 2nd and Monday 5th April, Public Holidays to mark this year’s Easter Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on Tuesday.  He urged Christians to emulate the attributes of forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, humility, love, peace and patience, which were demonstrated by Jesus Christ. He called on Christians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter Celebration to pray for the Peace, Unity, and Progress of our country. Aregbesola in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, assured that the government would leave no stone unturned in dealing decisively with the spate of kidnapping, armed banditry and other crimes and criminality being perpetrated by enemies of Nigeria. “Security is everybody’s business, I therefore encourage all Nigerians and foreigners resident in Nigeria, to display high level of patriotism at this critical time in the history of our country, to supp...

A rqetired Supreme Court Justice, Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, on Monday lamented that corruption is still deeply rooted in Nigeria like any other country in the world. He however canvassed that concerted efforts must be put in place in order to reduce the anormally to the barest minimum. . The apex court Justice who bowed out of the bench on attaining 70 years yesterday pleaded that corruption must be tackled headlong through genuine efforts so as to make life more meaningful for the citizenry. At a valedictory court session held in his honour at the Supreme Court complex, Justice Rhodes-Vivour said Nigeria is no exception when it comes to corruption. He added that what should be done is to reduce it to the barest minimum. “Corruption exists in all the countries of the world. Nigeria is no exception. What should be done is to reduce it drastically thereby making our dear country an exception by building credible and transparent systems” Justice Rhodes-Vivour stated. The jurist als...

The herder-farmer dispute has taken on acute and violent dimensions. It has cost too many innocent lives while destroying the property and livelihoods of many others. It has also aggravated ethnic sentiment and political tension. Despite the efforts of some of those in positions of high responsibility and public trust, the crisis has not significantly abated. Sadly, others who should know better have incited matters by tossing about hate-tainted statements that fall dangerously short of the leadership these people claim to provide. We all must get hold of our better selves to treat this matter with the sobriety it requires. Because of the violence that has ensued and the fretful consequences of such violence if left unabated, we must move in unison but decisively to end the spiral of death and destruction. Only when the violence and the illogic of it are halted can logic and reason prevail. Until the violence is rolled back, we cannot resolve the deep problems that underlie this confli...

  The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members in the southeast zone to revert to the old price of N170 and N175 per litre. Mr. Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN Enugu Community Depot in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi, and Enugu States, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday. NAN reports that marketers in the zone adjusted their rates to between N210 and N212 on Friday which consequently threw customers into panic. The NAN correspondent who monitored the situation in Awka observed that most fuel stations were deserted, while long queues surfaced at NNPC mega station, which was yet to hike the price of petrol. Mr Victor Emeka, one of the marketers, said the downstream market was in confusion due to disagreeing with directives from NNPC and PPRA. According to Emeka, PPRA said we should sell at N212 while NNPC is saying it has not increased price, but the increase has been effected at the depots....

WhatsApp is excited to announce that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now available on WhatsApp’s desktop app. Throughout the last year we’ve seen significant increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long conversations. Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls ever made in a single day with 1.4 billion voice and video calls.  With so many people still apart from their loved ones, and adjusting to new ways of working,  we want conversations on WhatsApp to feel as close to in-person as possible, regardless of where you are in the world or the technology you’re using. Answering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see your family more clearly on a bigger canvas or free up your hands to move around a room while talking.  To make desktop calling more useful, we made sure it works seamlessly for both portrait and landscape orientation, appears in a resizable standalone window on your computer...

  Addressing the WTO General Council immediately after taking office on 1 March, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to “do things differently” to achieve reforms necessary to keep the WTO relevant, starting with swift action to curb harmful fisheries subsidies, and to help scale up COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution. The new head of the WTO noted that high expectations for her tenure can only be met if members are willing to compromise and reach agreements. DG Okonjo-Iweala: WTO can deliver results if members “accept we can do things differently” DG Okonjo-Iweala suggested that prospects for a successful Twelfth Ministerial Conference would be enhanced if members target a manageable number of deliverables for this year, and set up longer work programmes to address issues that cannot realistically be resolved within that timeframe. Her full remarks are below: Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies & Gentlemen, Good morning. I am delighted to be with ...

Following the blocking of foodstuff by northern traders to Southern part of Nigeria, It was gathered that the traders have lost over 10 Billion Naira within one week. Members of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria across the Northern part of the country have started diverting their goods and all consumables to the neigbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon. They have also begun blocking trade routes to the South by stopping food item-laden trucks from going south at Jeba. It's gathered from one of the Northern  trader, Alhaji Musa Tijani that they have lost over N10 Billion in just one week and pleaded with the group to allow them bring their foodstuff to their market base in the Southern part of the country.  According to him, "most of the perishable foodstuff have spoiled because even the countries that we are moving the goods to have the items".  "So, what happens is that when we get there, they won't buy most of the food...