Nigerian real estate sector recorded the fastest growth yet since 2016 at -2.36 percent for the year ended December 2019, the fourth-quarter report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows. Despite ending 2019 in contraction mode, the growth reported by the property sector last year was 4.5 points better than the -6.86 percent recorded […]

Ben Agande – Kaduna Lawyers on Kaduna State have taken umbrage at the Department of State Services (DSS) in the manner of rearresting Mr Omoyole Sowore, saying the action of the secret police was not only condemnable but portends great danger for the country’s democracy. In an interview with Vanguard in Kaduna, the former chairman […]

In the latest James Bond movie, “No Time to Die,” Daniel Craig dons the famed tuxedo of the iconic British secret agent 007 for his fifth and final time. The actor, cast and crew of the highly anticipated film, the franchise’s 25th and scheduled for release in April 2020, revealed little during an appearance on […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa on Sunday urged the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, to stop threatening the state over the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 16 governorship election, Douye Diri. APC advised Dickson to take the path of democracy and rule of law by taking his grievances […]

Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by sex, the authorities said on Sunday, further eroding some of the world’s strictest social rules as sweeping reforms take hold. Previously, Saudi Arabia required all restaurants to have one entrance for families and women, and another for men on their own. The […]

Policemen from Iba Police Station in Lagos have arrested a 19-year-old boy, Orji Ifeanyichukwu, for allegedly setting his 24-year-old girlfriend, Alabi Tolani, ablaze because she had another lover. The Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command,   Bala Elkana, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Elkana said the incident took place at G54, Army Post […]

The State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Barr. Adegboyega Oguntuase has rejected the results of the election, calling for outright cancellation. Oguntuase who made this known while addressing journalist in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday said the election was a ‘mere jamboree’ as it fails to meet the minimum standard, describing it as the worst ever […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The candidates of the All Progressives Congress have cleared all the 16 Chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted in Ekiti State on Saturday. According to the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Jide Aladejana, a total of 14 political parties participated in the election, including the APC and […]

Swedish mobile telecoms company Ericsson has agreed to pay over $1 billion to resolve probes into corruption, including the bribing of government officials, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The bribery took place over many years in countries including China, Vietnam, and Djibouti, the department said. The total charges include a criminal penalty of […]

Leicester beat Aston Villa 4-1 at Villa Park with Jamie Vardy scoring twice to cement their grip on the second spot. Vardy started and finished the scoring, netting for the eighth game in a row, while Kelechi Iheanacho and Jonny Evans were also on target either side of Jack Grealish’s strike. It was enough to […]

By Ola Ajayi ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that Federal Government would not obey law if it seeks redress in court over the knotty issue of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS). This came just as the union described the government as feeding the public with fake news over its claim […]

  Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday, approved the appointment of Messrs Dapo Adepoju, Adebiyi Mayowa, and Olufunmi Felix as his Special Assistants on Youth Mobilisation. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Olusegun Ajiboye, disclosed this in a statement in Akure, the state capital. While Adepoju was appointed as Special Assistant on […]

A Christian Cleric in Nasarawa State, Rev. Amin Zaigi, has advised politicians to shun greed in order to inherit the Kingdom of God and in the interest of peace and development of the country. Zaigi, who is the Reverend in charge of Kings Summit, Akwanga, Nasarawa State, gave the advice on Sunday during the thanksgiving […]

Vast crowds of black-clad demonstrators thronged Hong Kong on Sunday in the largest anti-government protests since local elections last month that boosted the pro-democracy movement seeking to curb controls by China. It was the first time since August that the Civil Human Rights Front organizer of million-strong marches earlier in the year that paralyzed Hong […]

Some consumers in Jos have called on Plateau Government to check the  prevailing re-bagging of local rice by some dealers of the commodity in the city, describing the practice as unpatriotic. The buyers who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said many of the traders were opening the standard sack of the […]