Sowore The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services. Sowore was released alongside his cause mate, Olawale Bakare, both of who were arrested for planning #RevolutionNow. Sowore was released hours after the lawyer of the DSS, Hassan Liman (SAN), …

…Bola Atta wins Best Corporate Affairs Professional for 2019 Pan-African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa Plc once again got double recognition over the weekend as it emerged the best institution in support of Education(CSR) 2019 as the Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation & Group Head, Corporate Communications, Bola Atta, …

REDTV, the online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa Group, held its annual Rave on Saturday, November 30 to officially kick-off the ‘Dirty December’ season. Over 25,000 guests attended this year’s event which was held in Lagos and true to its theme, ‘The shutdown’, the rave was the …

A popular African saying states that the reward of teachers is in heaven. Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has however chosen to reward teachers for their role in imparting knowledge on children. The staff of the Transactional Products & Services unit of the bank …

Kalu The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was charged with N7.1bn fraud. The court found him and his co-defendants guilty of the entire 39 counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Mohammed Idris …

Alao Abiodun For the past few weeks, the social media bill, titled; ‘Protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill’ as sponsored by Sen. Mohammed Sani Musa, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Niger East Senatorial District has been a subject of discourse. ALAO ABIODUN writes The controversial social …

 Robert Egbe The Federal High Court in Lagos has found a former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, and two others guilty of N7.65bn fraud. Kalu’s co-defendants are his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Udeh Udeogu, who was Director of Finance and Accounts at the Abia State Government House during …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to ensure implementation of the Federal Polytechnics (Amendment) Act, 2019. National President of the union, Mr Usman Dutse, made the call at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Delegates Conference (NDC) of ASUP held …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the alleged “coup” against Nigeria’s democracy by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to turn Nigeria into a one-party state “will never fly,” in spite of orchestration of violence, killings and forceful seizure of electoral processes. PDP insisted that no amount of blackmail, innuendos, …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has explained why he asked outgoing political office holders in the state for election results in their polling unit. Bello explained that results were requested purely for research and planning purposes and not for the sake of vendetta as widely circulated. The governor, who …