The board of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday the company would remain public, following a tumultuous two weeks for the carmaker after its chief executive announced he was considering a deal to go private.Six members of Tesla’s board of directors said in a brief statement issued on Friday that the board had held a meeting on Thursday, and that efforts to take Tesla private were now cancelled.During the meeting, CEO Elon Musk reported on the work he had done in trying to take the electric vehicle company private, the board said in the statement.“Elon communicated to the Board that…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said members of the opposition cannot fault the efforts his administration has made in its three major areas of focus, namely security, economy and the fight against corruption. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke on Thursday in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, while hosting some state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, some federal and state lawmakers and state commissioners to a lunch.Buhari said he would continue to do what he was expected to do in the leadership position…

Contrary to the claim by Buhari that he was fighting corruption, the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the President is surrounding himself with people who have corruption cases.It therefore said that the claim of integrity by the President was questionable.It further described the claim by the President that opposition could see that he was trying as an admittance of failure.The main opposition party insisted that the President had failed in the three cardinal promises he made to Nigerians when he was campaigning in 2015.The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who spoke in an interview in…

Funmi Olaitan, IbadanThe agricultural policies of the present administration of President Muhammed Buhari, have come under attack as the National Secretary of Kenaf Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (KEPPMAN), Mr. Kunle Amosu, said farmers across the country are not happy with the policies.He made the disclosure on Thursday, at the farmers' empowerment for Kenaf production in Oyo, Osun, and Ogun States, organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and held at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan. According to him, Nigeria cannot move forward with the use of manual equipment in agricultural…