FX SCARCITY: The problem associated with the scarcity of foreign currency in Nigeria, especially with the availability of the United States Dollars is now affecting the operations of foreign airlines, as Emirates Airlines plan to suspend flying to Nigeria. What We Know On Thursday, Emirates airline announced the suspension of ...
COMMUNITY REPORT: Some warrying communities in Akwa Ibom State have been urged by a government spokesperson to jettison the reopening of old wounds and work for reconciliation. What We Know The government of Akwa Ibom State has urged the people of Ikot Akpan Udo in Ikot Abasi Local Government and ...
RITUAL KILLING: The issue of ritual killing has yet again reared its ugly head in Edo State as the political season hits up, and leading to the worsening of insecurity situation in the country. What We Know At about midnight on Wednesday, the Edo State police command said it raided ...
INSECURITY: The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi said that there was a partial lockdown of the state by security agencies due to the threats of attacks by unknown gunmen. He made this known on Wednesday. What We Know CP Alabi revealed this during the Lagos State Stakeholders' ...
2023 ELECTION: Two chieftains of two political parties - the All Progressive Congress (APC), Femi Fani Kayode, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, have both traced and blamed the devil for the raging crisis in the polity as their parties are rocked with peculiar challenges, even as Femi ...
HUMAN RIGHTS: The Akwa Ibom Chief Judge has backed down and conceded to the demand of the incarcerated human right lawyer, Inibehe Effiong and the civil rights community to release judgement sentencing him to jail for raising objections in court in a case he was lawfully appearing for his client. ...
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres has appointed a Nigerian Gbenga Sesan to serve on his first internet Governance forum (IGF). Appointed alongside Gbenga, were nine other high-level and eminent persons to serve on the IGF Panel for two-year term during the 2022 to 2023 IGF ...
INDUSTRIAL ACTION: The nation was saved a prolonged nationwide blackout following the industrial action embarked on Wednesday by the Nigerian electricity workers following their threat to do so after a protest on Tuesday in Abuja. Basic Facts Nigerian electricity workers made good their threat to down tools on Wednesday following ...
PARTY POLITICS: Nigeria`s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially debunked rumours of going round about a possible leadership change in the party, especially the removal of its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. What We Know The rumour has been described as “based on the imagination of its sponsors” ...
CRIME & CORRUPTION: The Nigerian Governor Forum (NGF), a union of Nigerian state governors have vowed to challenge the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and some “consultants” over issues lingering over the Paris fund refund. What We Know The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar ...
BANKING: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the interest in savings account by more than 300% of the existing rate in Nigerian banks in the face of the country`s staggering inflation, which has risen at the highest rate for over 17years. What We Know The increase in ...
PDP CRISIS: Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday mocked the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the commissioning of the VIP lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa. What We Know At the commissioning of the VIP lounge of the International Airport, ...
LYBIAN RETURNEES: The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received another batch of 174 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. What We Know The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, ...
PDP CRISIS: As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues to deepen rather than abet, the call for the resignation of the party National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu is getting louder by the day. This as some PDP chieftains consider supporting the candidate of the Labour Party candidate, ...
ASUU STRIKE: Hopes of ending the ASUU strike has again faded as Tuesday’s meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as many other ended late without reaching a resolution to the single issue the meeting was convened for. Basic Facts The ...
SCANDAL: A full adult man is dead and his body dumped in the mortuary, after a night with a woman, who is now in police detention, Clariform has learnt. He died in a Lagos motel after spending a night with the lady who he mate online. The 55-year-old man identified ...
2023 ELECTION: The Labour Party Presidential candidate for February and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike at his Ada George Road private residence. Basic Facts Peter Obi and Nyesom Wike met in Rivers on Tuesday with some other chieftains of the PDP. ...
It was in 1947, precisely at the midnight of August 15 and exactly 75 years ago this week, that the two countries of India and Pakistan, each became a member of the global committee of nations from the ruins of the British India – a colony of the British empire ...
On the occasion of Dr. Peter Odili's 74th birthday, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike presented him with a mansion. The mansion was constructed and handed over to Peter Odili by Wike on behalf of the Rivers state government, according to a statement from the governor's media adviser, Mr. Kelvin Ebiri. ...
EDUCATION: Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola, the chairman of the Higher Education Observatory for Africa's governing board, has praised the National Universities Commission for its achievements in carrying out its 2021–2027 strategic plan. Dr. Fred Mensah, a Ghanaian who serves on the HEOFA Board, said in a statement that the top ...
SPORTS: Tuesday at the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Masters, Naomi Osaka's summer form slump worsened as the four-time Grand Slam champion was defeated 6-4, 7-5 by Zhang Shuai. The former world number one from Japan, who is currently ranked 39th, suffered his second defeat in as many weeks in the opening round ...
KENYA ELECTION: Raila Odinga who was defeated by William Ruto, the current Vice President of the country in the last Kenyan presidential election, has rejected Ruto`s victory and the result declared by the country`s electoral commission. He has vowed to challenge the outcome in court. Following the announcement of the ...
BUDGET: The 2023 appropriation bill is likely be presented to the National Assembly by President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) in September 2022. Ben Akabueze, the Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, said this on Monday in Abuja while conducting a training session on the use of ...
RIVERS PDP: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, accused some PDP elders in his the state of ganging up against him, noting that they are aggrieved because they failed to grab the PDP governorship ticket in the last state PDP governorship primary election. Governor Wike said that some of ...
INDUSTRIAL ACTION: Nigerian electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) gathered to protest outside the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) headquarters in Abuja as they prepare for industrial action to drive home their demand. The group announced that its members will stop working on Wednesday, as they ...
INSECURITY: The killers of a serving member of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Musa Mante, and a retired Divisional Police Officer, DPO CSP Garkuwa in Bauchi, have made some confessions to the police, Clariform has learnt. The four members kidnap gang is currently being detained for further investigations by ...
OIL & GAS: No fewer than 5 persons have been confirmed dead and many more battling to survive as they lay injured, following an explosion, Sunday in Eteo Community, Eleme LGA of Rivers State. The explosion occurred as security agencies attempted to set ablaze two tanks loaded with illegally refined ...
ANTI-CORRUPTION: In a new report about accountability and fiscal transparency, a Southwestern state has ranked number one, above others in the state`s management of government finances, Clariform has learnt. Clariform reports that in the area of Public Finance/Accountability, Osun State under Governor Adegboyega Oyetola administration, currently lead all other states ...
ASUU STRIKE: The federal government will on Tuesday meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in effort to resolve their disagreements that occasioned the almost Six Months old industrial action that has crippled the nation’s tertiary institution. Basic Facts ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, ...
TERRORISM: A suspected terrorist has been saved by the Nigerian police from possible extrajudicial killing by mobs who were already about lynching the suspect on the street of Lagos on Monday. This incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Police Command who has disclosed the arrest of one Sanni Gafar, ...
