The decision of the federal government to open borders only for Dangote Industries Limited has been condemned by a prominent Nigerian entreprenuer and businessman, Mr. Atedo Peterside. Peterside accused the federal government of rigging the Nigerian economy in favour of a handful of well-connected persons. Peterside, who is the founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc…
Former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Toure, is dead. BBC reports that the 72-year-old died in Turkey on Tuesday morning where he was undergoing treatment. It’s been reported that he had undergone an emergency heart surgery in the capital, Bamako before his departure from Mali. Toure was Mali’s President from 2002. He led the Sahel nation…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed that there are upto 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. The study was a collaboration between scientists at NASA who have worked on the Kepler mission as well as researchers from numerous international agencies. The US space agency’s Kepler Space Telescope spent nine years…
Dan-Aji community of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, where bandits abducted 26 girls, has countered the claim by the Zamfara State Government that no ransom was paid to secure their release from captivity. Sources told the Daily Trust that the girls were randomly picked from houses in Garin Aja on October 13, 2020,…
Two members of the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) have explained the delay in the distribution of palliatives by state governments. CACOVID is a private sector-led organization established to assist the government in combating the Coronavirus disease in the Nigeria. CACOVID members, Mr Osita Nwasinobi and Dr Sola Adeduntan, in two separate documents made available to…
Nigerian Business Mogul, Billionaire Femi Otedola has praised his daughter Temi Otedola and labelled her the biggest actress from Africa. The Billionaire took to his social media to shower praises Temi over the success of her new movie: Citation, which has been gaining much traction since its release last week. Writing on his official Instagram…
Bandits operating within Katsina and Zamfara States, on Monday, attacked the convoy of the Zamfara State Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Hon. Abubakar Dauran, killing his driver on the spot. GioTV gathered that many persons were also injured in the attack. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred when the commissioner was coming from…
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said the Federal Government was being misled into prosecuting the promoters of #EndSARS protests, adding that there was no connection between the youths calling for socio-economic reforms, including an end to police brutality, and the hoodlums that went on the rampage. Rather, Falana accused the government of failing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the Nigerian youths to keep the peace in their own interest as his generation will soon leave the stage for them. He gave the advice on Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment. “Nigerian…
Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, took to Twitter to describe the US Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, as ‘Jezebel’. FFK who is a diehard supporter of Donald Trump has never hidden his dislike for US President-elect, Joe Biden and Kamala. In the Tweet posted this afternoon, FFK wrote; ”I know Jezebel when I see her….