A 60-year-old food vendor, Iya Owolabi, on Monday, slumped and died while cooking on the popular Akinjagunala Street in Ondo West LGA Ondo State. City &...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded an immediate apology to the Ukachukwu brothers and their subsequent compensation by the federal government for the...
The former head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, Jose Peseiro, has once again defended his decision not to hand a single competitive cap...
The Ministers of Environment and other leaders across the globe had gathered on strengthening environmental multilateralism to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the long- awaited National Clean Cooking Policy, which seeks to expand access to clean cooking energy solutions to all...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Foundation and TechnoServe Nigeria, has announced the launch of the Nigeria Plastic Solutions...
Hayat Kimya Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the global FMCG Hayat, has appointed Motayo Latunji as the new Country Manager for Nigeria. Motayo becomes the first...
Globally, the deposit insurance scheme avails the government a regulatory framework in order to intervene and mitigate the potential disruptive effects that a failure of deposit-taking...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has called on motorists to shun panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit, saying the supply and distribution of the...
There are growing concerns over the exclusion of federal retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in the new wage increase by the federal government for...
The cost-of-living crisis and the new bank-deterrent charges for cybersecurity have made the need for innovative financial solutions critical. Even during normal times, businesses find it...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has called on the 27 members of the House of Assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the...
A pressure group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the leader of the party to impress on...
Professor Tunde Yebisi, a university lecturer, has proposed the use of retired judges and senior lawyers instead of serving judges for election petition tribunals in Nigeria....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has rejected a report purportedly released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, claiming that the ruling party...
They are building on waterway – JMDB The residents of a section of British American Junction, behind the Area Command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has warned the Nigerian government that allowing United States of America (USA) and France to relocate their military bases from neighbouring...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has initiated the construction of the 113km Maiduguri Ring Road. The project aims to alleviate congestion within the city,...
In the wake of a prolonged power outage lasting over 12 days in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, residents are demanding immediate action to connect...
The Ambe community in Arak Chiefdom, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday night came under a bandits’ attack that left six people dead...
An Islamic scholar, Ustadh Abubakar Muhammad, has called on Muslim women to always protect their chastity to attract Allah’s pleasure and reward of eternal paradise. He...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will deal ruthlessly with office holders who steal public funds. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, stated...
The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, has said there is a critical need for a comprehensive national examination law...
The Niger Armed Forces have apprehended a notorious Nigerian bandit kingpin known as Kachallah Mai Daji near the border town of Illela, Niger. According to Zagazola...
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has commended Princess Oluchukwu Owowoh for being the first female Nigerian graduate of the Royal Military Academy in the United...
The presidency yesterday said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, is against the proposed Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway...
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has performed the ground-breaking of a N15 billion three-layer interchange bridge at Kofar Dan’agundi in the Kano metropolis. Speaking at...
Gunmen have reportedly killed one person and abducted seven others along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway. It was gathered that the gunmen laid ambush along the highway and...
The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday arraigned Jamilu Ibrahim, a resident of Zurmi LGA in Zamfara State, before a Federal High Court in Kano for...
The federal government in collaboration with other stakeholders has called for an effective proposal for the global pandemic fund application, and robust health security systems in...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced a cyber security levy, which is expected to commence in the next two weeks. In a circular on Monday...
Residents of 10 communities in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State have fled their homes due to the activities of bandits in the area. It was learnt...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Monday, vowed to act decisively to uphold the integrity of the capital market and protect the interests of all investors....
It was only last week that we were celebrating minister Mamman Tahir’s campaign to exclusively reserve university admissions to confirmed adults. Little could we have known...
Japan’s Naoya Inoue climbed off the canvas to stop Luis Nery in six rounds to retain his undisputed super-bantamweight championship in Japan. The first knockdown of...
Julen Lopetegui has agreed a deal to become West Ham manager at the end of the season. Nothing has been signed yet but the 57-year-old is...
Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers have continued to show its dominance as they defeated Rwanda’s Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) 86-82 which marked their first two consecutive wins in...
Remo Stars have recorded their first-ever win over Rivers United as they came from behind to defeat the Port-Harcourt-based club 2-1 in a rescheduled matchday 21...
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has lauded Nigeria’s men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams for securing tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic...
Over 145 golfers will be participating in the 2024 Emirates Global Hotel Amateur Open Golf Championship in Ilorin from Friday to Saturday. Dare Akanbi, member of...
The Chairman of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Paul Usoro has bemoaned the loss of the services of late justice of the Court of...
Lawyers are seeking clarity on suggestions by the National Summit on Justice to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to only presidential and governorship petitions...
Over 130 scrotal hernia carriers in Ebonyi State would soon undergo medical surgery. The wife of the Ebonyi State governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudlune Nwifuru disclosed this at...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says political commitment is very crucial to eliminating malaria in Nigeria and other member countries in the African region. The WHO...
The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has expressed concern over the inability of the government to produce the exact value of real estate...
Seventeen years after the commencement of operation, the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has expanded the terminal...
The operatives of the Edo state police command have arrested four suspects allegedly involved in cultism and armed robbery in the state. The suspects Collins Edo...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) says it is well prepared against flooding in the territory. The Director of the department, Mohammed Sabo, gave...
There was drama at the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday as Speaker Blessing Agbebaku suspended three members indefinitely over an alleged plot to impeach...
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On Saturday, May 4, 2024, I had an early appointment inside the precincts of Aso Villa. I live in the Gudu District of Abuja, so I...
By Zayd Ibn Isah Reactions have continued to trail the recent release of the UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) results for university hopefuls by the Joint...
By Femi Fani-Kayode I really do wonder whether those great patriots that fought a long and bloody war against British colonial rule and founded the United...
Prof. Marietu Ohunene Tenuche, Vice Chancellor, Prince Audu Abubakar University, Kogi state, has described the death of Professor Sarinus Ettor Kabo Esq, a professor in the...
In the US, there is something called ‘Match Day’. Each year, medical students await Match Day with anticipation. On the third Friday of every March, thousands...
A persistent water scarcity triggered by the inability of the Gombe State Water Board to provide potable water to residents of Gombe metropolis has thrown most...
Alhaji Umar Kaila is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Planet Travels Limited, a General Sales Agent (GSA) of Flynas, a Saudi-designated Nigerian hajj air...
Arsenal resume their quest for Premier League glory against Bournemouth this weekend knowing they have no margin for error with Manchester City hot on their heels....
Popular barman Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, has warned Nigerians to avoid the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to Cubana Chief...
Temi Badru is the Founder of Voices and Forces Communications. She is also the producer of Against All Odds Docuseries and the convener of Against All...
The cryptocurrency landscape is buzzing with excitement as innovative Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) emerge, offering groundbreaking technologies and significant investment prospects. Leading the pack is BlockDAG,...
Police have arrested more than 2,000 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press tally...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has urged for the establishment of an Air Force Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kano to complement the existing Boys...
The Kano State Hisbah Board, led by Commander General, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has offered 50 slots to journalists to attend the upcoming mass wedding programme....
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has ordered the full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Amendment Act 2024 with a view to strengthening counter-terrorism...
The Kano State Police Command has unveiled a 60-man squad comprising trained and fully equipped personnel tasked with safeguarding vulnerable primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions across...
Three persons were reportedly killed when gunmen launched an attack on the Ajokpachi Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attack on...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has reaffirmed that media freedom, freedom of expression and access to public information are crucial to democracy and must be...
Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, has been sentenced to four months in jail after he pleaded guilty to...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Ministry of Finance yesterday expressed readiness to partner with the Enugu State...
World No 1 Iga Swiatek booked a spot in her second consecutive Mutua Madrid Open final with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Madison Keys on Thursday....
Yesterday, civil society organisations under the leadership of Auwal Musa Rafsanjani of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) held a press conference in Abuja to...
Chelsea delivered a hammer blow to Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a 2-0 win against their spluttering London rivals on Thursday. Trevoh...
A former international midfielder, Moses Kpakor, has hailed the appointment of Finidi George as a right step in the right direction. On Monday, the Nigeria Football...
Muslim News Nigeria, a leading Islamic newspaper in Nigeria, has urged the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), and the United States (US) to continue...
Scholars in Islamic jurisprudence have stressed the need for imams and clerics tasked with propagating Islam to pursue further knowledge to ease the task of Da’Awah. ...
Fawaz Suleiman is the co-founder and Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Harbourage, a real estate development company in Abuja. In this interview, the graduate of mechanical...
There is disquiet in the auto industry over the implementation of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative by the federal government with the planned roll-out of...
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has called for the urgent review of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Act to address...
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benúe State has disclosed his administration’s plan to launch a new security outfit of 10,000 operatives before the end of May. Alia...
The police in Yobe State have confirmed the death of an 11-year-old boy who was kidnapped and fed with hard drugs by his abductors. The police...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu and a chieftain of the party, Segun Showunmi,...
We buy from the gov’t to serve customers — Water vendors It will soon be history — Gov’t An acute water scarcity resulting in hike in...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released the 2024 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP). The seasonal climate prediction provides an outlook of climate variables to help improve...
By Gidado Yushau Shuaib “Zamu Daura ma auren dole!” Hajiya Hakama Sidi Ali thundered over the phone after I answered her call. In Hausa, the translation...
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested two suspected members of a cybercrime syndicate...
Hinder, the daughter of the deposed Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum, has accused his predecessor of orchestrating the military coup that ousted her father nine months ago....
The federal government yesterday inaugurated a 13-man committee of the 4th National Productivity Order of Merit Award Committee (NPOMAC) for the process of selecting the awardees...
President Bola Tinubu has extended his sympathies to the victims of the gas explosion at Ita-Oshin, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Presidential spokesman,...
The federal government has unveiled the Aso Accord on Economic and Financial Inclusion, a multi-pronged blueprint designed to achieve universal access to financial services across Nigeria....
A fire incident has been recorded at Airtel telecom base station at Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos. Airtel said the incident occurred during maintenance operations on a leaking...
Soldiers from the 6th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, operating under Operation Whirl Stroke in Taraba State, have cleared a kidnappers’ camp and rescued some kidnapped...
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Alkali, on Tuesday flagged off operations on the Port Harcourt-Aba rail line. This development comes after two previous unsuccessful attempts...
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has performed its first kidney and urology treatments using Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) technology. It was gathered...
Gunmen have abducted a Benue State University (BSU) staff member named Matthew Chile, his wife and four siblings along the deteriorated Makurdi – Naka Road in...
Globacom has saluted the resilient spirit of Nigerian workers on the occasion of 2024 May Day celebration, urging them to rededicate themselves to excellence so as...
The South South Governors Forum under the auspices of the BRACED Commission (Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta) has urged the federal government...
Two undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State have been shot dead in a cult-related reprisal attack. It was gathered yesterday that one of...