Bayer Leverkusen beat hosts Freiburg 3-2 on Sunday to stay 10 points clear at the top of the league standings and edge closer to a first-ever...
West Ham United had three goals ruled out, including what would have been a dramatic stoppage-time winner, as Aston Villa came from behind to earn a...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is working with relevant regulatory agencies to ensure that organisations ensure data protection of Nigerians when using...
Displaced by Israeli bombardment, the Tabatibi family gathered in central Gaza to eat together during the first Friday night of Ramadan, a scene that soon turned...
The Rotary Foundation has provided additional grant to its ‘Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria’ initiative to help address the high maternal and infant mortality rates...
Defence Chief Orders Investigation Residents Flee By Idowu Isamotu (Abuja) & Kelvin Meluwa (Asaba) The Defence headquarters has confirmed the killing of 16 military...
Heat wave dealing with us; we can’t preserve perishable foods – Families Govt must take firm action – Consumer network We’re working to deliver 24-hr power...
The Nigerian Senate came out on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 to, once again, wash its dirty linens in the public. This shameless event happened when Nigerians...
By Haitham Al Ghais If oil disappeared tomorrow, there would be no more jet fuel, gasoline or diesel. Internal combustion engine automobiles, buses, trucks, lorries...
The name Chief Emeka Anyaoku is firmly imprinted on the collective psyche of millions of Nigerians and non-Nigerians. Chief Emeka Eleazar Anyaoku, a former Commonwealth Secretary...
Sir, when you began disbursing leave grants for state government workers, primary school teachers who constitute the bulk of the state’s civil service population were in...
To begin with, it is indisputable that the Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI) was the brain-child of Sheik Abubakar Mahmud Gumi supported by the bold disposition of...
How they can boost revenues – Experts Despite huge potentials in agriculture, mining and water resources, many states in the country have continued to record...
Since the declaration of the avian influenza outbreak in Kebbi State over a month ago, controversy between poultry farmers and the state government over the genuineness...
As price of bull jumps from N100,000 to N1.2m The current economic crisis has tremendously affected Yobe State’s thriving cattle business. Before now, Potiskum Cattle...
Valency Agro Nigeria Ltd, the third-largest non-oil exporter in Nigeria, has commissioned a state-of-the-art supply chain complex in Ibadan, Oyo State, as part of efforts to...
If you really want to be a successful poultry farmer, here are the mistakes you need to avoid. Take note of numbers 3 and 5 Ever...
Maria Sakkari beat US Open champion Coco Gauff in a rain-hit match to set up an Indian Wells final against world number one Iga Swiatek. Greece’s...
A new report from Ernst and Young estimates that 17 out of 24 banks might not meet the capital requirement from the CBN if it is increased...
The Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) yesterday said repair works have commenced on the undersea cable cuts resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along...
We drove via the Ajaokuta Steel Company on a luxury bus en route Abia State in February 1998 for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment....
The acting Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Dr Adamu Abdullahi, said the commission is moving aggressively to tackle...
Defending champions Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final while Arsenal were drawn against Bayern Munich after the draw was held yesterday...
To read Arukaino Umukoro is to see the world both as it is and as it could be. This duality – this gift of seeing –...
Operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to Critical National Assets and Infrastructure Department in Kano have arrested 35-year-old Muhammad Munzali of...
Sadly most Nigerians will not read or appreciate this contribution because frankly it is beyond them. Worst still many of them, particularly in the younger...
The speaker and members of the Kano State House Assembly have been ordered by a Kano State High Court to halt their efforts to amend the...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has donated medical equipment and drugs worth $290,462 to the Yobe State government to curb the outbreak of...
The Police Command in Jigawa has said that suspected robbers killed three persons in Birninkudu LGA of the state. This is contained in a statement by...
A mild drama played out at the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, on Thursday when one Aminat Nagode-Allah burst into tears while accusing her husband of abandoning...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a man, Lukman Salau, 50, be remanded in Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly raping his...
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA) has said anti-corruption agencies need support from the citizens to combat corruption in the country. The Executive Secretary,...
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers reportedly abducted a Chinese engineer and killed a yet-to-be-identified civil defence officer in the process at Obagende in Okehi LGA of...
A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered parties to maintain the status quo in a suit to stop the appointment of interim management committees (IMCs) for...
In preparation for the governorship election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State is facing an increase in politically motivated violence and attacks among...
Although, on this day every year, every other thing takes a back seat, to allow women to have their moment; a time to celebrate themselves and...
As Nigerian women join their counterparts across the world to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day, the Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, in...
The name Justice Dije Abdu Aboki rings a bell in Kano, especially among legal practitioners. Even as a magistrate, she was known to be an incorruptible,...
A Katsina-based entrepreneur, Murjanatu Yusuf Saulawa, has not only ventured into what is considered a male-dominated craft, but is making a success of it. She embraced shoemaking...
Many women have made their men kings in the eyes of the world by the support they render to the family instead of leaving their husbands...
The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a woman and two men for their roles in the Bodija explosion of January 16. The police...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has shared foodstuffs and cash to their deceased members’ widows and orphans in Kaduna State to ease their...
Small business owners including fresh tomato sellers and printers have lamented that the epileptic power supply being experienced in Minna, the Niger State capital is crippling...
The Kano State Ministry of Health has denied the outbreak of measles in Kano Municipal Local Government Area. A statement issued by the ministry’s Public Relations...
Civil society organizations in Kebbi State have expressed strong criticism of Governor Nasiru Idris for his decision to gift brand new SUVs to members of the...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has impeached two principal officers and suspended four local government chairmen. These actions followed deliberations during the Assembly’s resumed session...
Where I come from, it is a borderline taboo for someone to yawn without closing their mouth. It is said that when you yawn without cupping...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken both symbolic and structural actions to demonstrate his belief that the current high cost of government is not sustainable. The...
For weeks now, Nigeria has continued to experience poor power supply, with some parts of the country in total darkness. The citizens have been denied electricity...
Kano generated N3.6bn in January, targets N10bn monthly The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has revealed that states’ Inland...
Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri yesterday won a second medal for Nigeria at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. This was after...
Prosecutors in Spain have called for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly avoiding one million euros...
Niger State Government has said it has commenced recruitment of 1,000 health workers, including doctors, nurses and other health professionals, to boost the manpower strength in...
Governor Nasiru Idris of Kebbi State on Tuesday swore in sole administrators for the 21 local government areas of the state. The sole administrators were appointed...
Concerned by the epileptic supply of electricity in Kebbi State, Governor Nasir Idris has invited the Managing Director of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDCO) for a...
An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday, dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between a housewife, Salamatu Halilu and her husband, Ibrahim Sumaila. The Judge, Muhammad Wakili,...
The Nigerian Army troops have neutralised a notorious terrorist leader, Maikusa, who was the second-in-command to the infamous terrorist known as Modi Modi in Katsina. This...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has emphasized tribalism and flawed electoral processes as major impediments to quality leadership across Africa. Speaking at an event in Abeokuta...
Oladunni Odu, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Ondo State, has withdrawn her governorship aspiration to support Jimoh Ibrahim, another aspirant in...
As a doctor and a public health expert who interacts regularly with the common man and witnesses the struggles of ordinary Nigerians firsthand—rising costs, and fading...
The front-page headline on Saturday was about hoodlums attacking a truck conveying cartons of spaghetti along the Zaria-Kano expressway. On Sunday, Abuja residents raided and looted...
The continuous raid by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives on students’ hostels in tertiary institutions in the country even after such had been...
Your Excellency, this open letter is neither on personal sentiment nor an open criticism of your administration but the gospel truth to your sight or ears...
I would like to call the attention of those who are financially buoyant to engage in charitable acts during the sacred month of Ramadan which will be...
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference and undernourishment.” – Robert...
Says budget should be subject to forensic audit Former Deputy Governor (Financial Stability) of the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has urged the federal government...
Manchester United are being considered as the frontrunners to sign Napoli forward Victor Osimhen in the summer. United are set to face stiff competition from Paris...
Students of the School of Nursing, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have targeted about 500 people with different ailments for a free medical outreach in Tudun...
The National Butchers Association, Oyo State chapter, has announced an increase in the price of meat, effective yesterday. This, the association attributed to the high cost...
Dozens of angry security guards and cleaners at Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, Zamfara State, yesterday protested over nonpayment of their 11 months’ salaries. The workers,...
Two ex-convicts, Hassan Bala (30) of Epigi-Lunko, Garatu Ward, Bosso LGA and Hamza Adamu (32) of Gwada area, Shiroro LGA of Niger State have been arrested...
Operatives of the Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested 10 suspects exhibiting acts of immorality at a ‘Gala’ Home located amid residential buildings in Kano. The...
The 14th Biennial Police Games tagged ‘Oluyole 2024’ concluded on Saturday amidst pomp and pageantry as the Force Headquarters emerged victorious in the weeklong event. Zone...
Katie Boulter won her first WTA 500 title by fighting back from a set down to defeat Marta Kostyuk in the San Diego Open final. The...
Malaysia may begin a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister has said, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance approaches. “The Malaysian...
The Emir of Fika and Chairman Council of Chiefs Yobe State, Dr. Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa has described drug abuse as tools fueling the security...
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested Mr. Adamu Garba Hudu, a lecturer at Al-Ma’arif College of Health Science and Technology, Potiskum, a private school in...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe State Command has resolved over 50 conflicts between farmers and herders in the four frontline local government...
The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria last week ended in line with the broad expectations of analysts: a jerk...
A leap year occurs once every four years to account for the extra time it takes for the earth to complete its orbit around the sun....
An unspecified number of women and others returning from a local market have been reportedly kidnapped on Idah – Egabada-Odolu road in Igalamela/Odolu LGA in Kogi...
In the intricate dance of economic policy-making, every move carries weighty consequences. Yesterday’s decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (CBN MPC) to...
Algeria has inaugurated the biggest mosque in Africa, and the third largest in the world after years of delays and cost overruns. The timing of the...
The police in Niger State have said the 295 rounds of live ammunition of AK-47 rifles recovered from a poultry farm in Sabon-Wuse, Tafa Local Government...
Men of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State have apprehended seven suspects over...
Mrs Hannatu Musa, an “awara” seller in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has said that more people have turned to buying awara as a substitute...
The Jigawa State Government has approved the procurement of 27,000 bags of rice and 10,800 cartons of spaghetti for distribution to residents for Ramadan. The Commissioner...
Men of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) have neutralised a suspected rustler and recovered 74 cows in Jarkuka village in Arewa LGA of...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Illiyasu Bashar, on Wednesday met with the business community in Kebbi State on the high prices of food commodities in...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently one of the hottest buzzwords in the technology arena, and with good reason. In the last few years, we have seen...
Nigeria’s current economic woes are not isolated incidents but rather the peak of years of systemic challenges and policy missteps. From the decline of industries...
Super Falcons’ Coach Randy Waldrum has urged his team to be more clinical in front of goal. He said this was critical, if they intend to...
Great Britain’s Andy Murray hopes to compete at another Olympic Games before he retires. The 36-year-old suggested yesterday he may only have a “few months” left...
Former Manchester United defender John O’Shea has been appointed interim head coach of the Republic of Ireland. The 42-year-old, who won 118 caps for the Republic,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has said it is considering presenting a consensus candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state....
Aiyedatiwa, Akinteriwa bicker over access to president Governorship aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Wednesday turned the visit of...
The federal government has tasked its citizens across the country to protect power installations in their domains from vandalism and other forms of sabotage. The Minister...
The Niger State has started receiving the first batch of the 1,000 tractors ordered by the state government and handheld farm implements in preparation for the...
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has planned to increase its postgraduate enrolment to attain 70:30 ratio in postgraduate and undergraduate intake by 2036. Prof. Kabiru Bala,...