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•Defers others till Dec. 31 By Omololu Ogunmade Many business players expressed relief and excitement yesterday as the federal government announced the immediate reopening of four of the land borders, shut about 15 months ago, with a promise to reopen others before December 31. There has been pressure on the federal government to reopen the land borders, with many analysts holding the policy as one of the dominant factors affecting the persistent rise in inflation. But briefing reporters afte...

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Concerned about post Brexit economic prospect, United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, yesterday sent a trade envoy to Nigeria to discuss trade relations with the country in the post Brexit era. Receiving a delegation led by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Ms Helen Grant, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said he was excited to discuss economic prospects between the two countries. “I am really excited about the prospect of what the next few month...

April 11, 2021 7:19 am ABOUT USFounded on January 22, 1995, THISDAY is published by THISDAY NEWSPAPERS LTD., 35 Creek Road Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria with offices in 36 states of Nigeria , the Federal Capital Territory and around the world. It is Nigerias most authoritative news media available on all platforms for the political, business, professional and diplomatic elite and broader middle classes while serving as the meeting point of new ideas, culture and technology for the aspirationals and ...

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Concerned about post Brexit economic prospect, United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, Tuesday sent a trade envoy to Nigeria to discuss trade relations with the country in the post Brexit era. Receiving a delegation led by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Ms Helen Grant, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said he was excited to discuss economic prospects between the two countries. “I am really excited about the prospect of what the next few months and y...

•Insecurity getting worse, laments Sultan •One killed, 19 kidnapped in Niger Omololu Ogunmade, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari was put on the spot yesterday as leaders of opinion, including Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, expressed deep concerns about the worsening security situation in the country. While Soyinka said the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS...

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Bandits who kidnapped hundreds of Government Science Secondary School pupils in Kankara, Katsina State at the weekend have established contact and commenced discussions, presidency said Monday night. Making this disclosure in a statement, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari told President Muhammadu Buhari Monday that steady progress was being made to bring out the pupils unh...

•Jonathan, Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Tinubu, governors, NPAN, IPI, others mourn late media mogul Omololu Ogunmade, Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia, George Okoh in Makurdi As tributes continue to pour in for the late Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, who passed away Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, described Nda-Isaiah’s demise as a big fish gone out of the media ocean. Describing him as “a fri...

•State Police Command: 200 students rescued, efforts ongoing to rescue others •Masari shuts down boarding facilities •IG deploys additional rescue assets •PDP alleges 600 students abducted, chides FG •Atiku demands state of emergency Omololu Ogunmade, Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Francis Sardauna in Katsina President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said the federal government had located the bandits who attacked a Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State,...

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sacked Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei led Interim Management, IMC and appointed Effiong Okon Akwa as the new interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akwa, according to a statement by the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, who is the acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission, will oversee the affairs of NDDC until the completion of the ongoing forensic audit....

April 7, 2021 2:45 am ABOUT USFounded on January 22, 1995, THISDAY is published by THISDAY NEWSPAPERS LTD., 35 Creek Road Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria with offices in 36 states of Nigeria , the Federal Capital Territory and around the world. It is Nigerias most authoritative news media available on all platforms for the political, business, professional and diplomatic elite and broader middle classes while serving as the meeting point of new ideas, culture and technology for the aspirationals and m...