Ufuk Dialogue Foundation Holds Dinner, Award Ceremony
The fourth Ufuk Iftar Dialogue and Award ceremony was held on the 30th June, 2015 at the Abuja Sheraton Hotels. The Foundation launched in 2011, aims to foster inter faith and cross cultural dialogue across board to facilitate peaceful coexistence…
Read Full Text of Femi Fani-Kayode’s Moving Press Statement On His Court Victory Over Corruption Charges
Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted, humbled and relieved by this verdict. In the last seven years, I have been subjected to the most malicious, vicious, sinister, well-orchestrated, insidious and devastating form of political persecution and wickedness. The whole process…
Fani-Kayode Celebrates As Court Clears Him of Corruption Charges
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, of all corruption charges. In her judgment, the judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, said the prosecution’s case was “feeble” and failed to provide “copious…
Fayemi Wasted Ekiti Resources On White Elephant Projects, Fayose Won’t, Says Ekiti Govt
The Ekiti State Government has said that the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will not spend the State’s scarce resources on execution of white elephant projects, declaring most of the unfinished projects of the immediate past All Progressives Congress (APC)…
CBN Extends BVN Registration To Oct 31
In response to appeals by Nigerians who were unable to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline for Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration, the apex bank has extended the exercise to October 31, 2015. TheStreetReporters.com gathered that the decision…
U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Dispute Over Union Fees
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to the way public-sector unions finance their operations. Union officials said a ruling against them would deal a blow to organized labor. The case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers…
Chibok Girls ‘Forced to Join Nigeria’s Boko Haram’
Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told. Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorise other captives, and are even carrying out killings…
PDP To Buhari: Get to Work, Stop Blackmailing Us
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says no amount of intimidation, blackmail and propaganda by the Presidency would stop it from standing shoulder to shoulder with Nigerians in demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari kick-starts government and commence implementation of his campaign…
kidnappers Pocket N50m Ransom, Free Kogi High Court Judge
A Kogi State High Court Judge, Justice Samuel Obayomi, who was abducted on May 25, has been released by the kidnappers. This was after Obayomi had spent 34 days in their custody. TheStreetReporters.com gathered that Obayomi was released around 11pm…
Agip Facility Gutted By Fire In Rivers
The Agip oil company centre in Ebocha in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has been gutted by fire. TheStreetReporters.com gathered that the fire started last night. The cause of the fire or number of casualties remains…
BVN: Is June 30 Really The Deadline?
There is an innovation in town called the Bank Verification Number. A good and positive step indeed. In the face of the terror and mayhem visited on innocent and peace loving people, the source of fund to the merchants of…
