NAFDAC Arrest 5 For Allegedly Selling Fake Cosmetics In Abuja
THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja arrested five persons for selling...
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Dangote Falls Out With Edo APC Candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki
FREEPRESS – All appears not to be well with the Dangote/Oshiomole/Obaseki arrangement with regard to the Edo 2016 Governorship election. Information just reaching our desk from an inside source indicates that an emergency meeting was summoned by Alhaji Aliko Dangote…
Nigerian economy is officially in recession, govt confirms
FREEPRESS – The Nigerian economy is in recession, figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics officially confirmed Wednesday. Although various government officials, notably the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had…
Three More Pensioners Die Awaiting Benefits in Edo
FREEPRESS –Â At least three pensioners in Edo state have died while others are presently languishing in penury and different ailments following the long wait for their arrears of pension and gratuities after retirement from active service . The pensioners drawn…
Edo 2016: Oyegun Urges Electorate To Vote For Continuity
FREEPRESS – The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie Oyegun appealed to the people of the state to vote massively for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, comes September 10th in order to consolidate…
Obaseki shuns governorship debate again
FREEPRESS – APC candidate Godwin Obaseki has defended his absence at last Sunday’s governorship debate saying he was focused on participating on only well-recognised debates. Last Sunday’s organised by a group called Eggheads and tagged ‘Mandate’ was the second debate…
Ize-Iyamu can’t sustain Oshiomhole’s strides — Osula
FREEPRESS — The Clan head of the Osula Royal Family in the Benin Kingdom, Chief Iyeke Osula, yesterday declared that the governorship candidate of the PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu does not have the required contact and influence that will attract…
ActionAid condemns planned tax on phone calls, text messages, data
FREEPRESS – ActionAid Nigeria on Tuesday frowned at the proposed Communication Service Tax (CST) bill and urged the federal government to reject the bill. The group, which is the Nigerian arm of the global movement of people working together to…
Presidency lists 6 things Nigeria, Africa gained from Buhari’s trip to Kenya
FREEPRESS – The Presidency has listed the gains of President Muhammadu Buhari’s participation in the just concluded Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) to include the billions of dollar to be injected into African economies by Japan. A…
ASUU threatens nationwide strike over unpaid allowances, others
FREEPRESS – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike to press home its demands for the implementation of its 2009 agreement with the Federal Government. The ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator, Olusoji Sowande,…
Zuckerberg meets developers, entrepreneurs on first trip to Nigeria
FREEPRESS – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday visited Nigeria on his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in Lagos where he met with developers and partners. His visit…
EFCC Arrests 23 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Enugu
OPERATIVES of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty-three (23) suspected internet...
EFCC Arrests 13 Fake BDC Operators in Lagos
OPERATIVES of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested thirteen fake bureau de...
EFCC Arraigns Two for N12.9m Fraud in Maiduguri
THE Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 13, 2024, arraigned Babakura Muhammad...