I watched a news item on Channel Television last week. Squatters and illegal occupants have taken over the space meant for the proposed coastal road on the Lekki axis.  A taskforce from the Lagos Government went there and gave them a week to move out.

Nigeria is a party to the United Nations declaration on the Right to Water, which entitles everyone living in Nigeria to safe water for personal and domestic use. Unfortunately, access to clean water is a daily challenge for many Nigerians including those in urban areas such as Lagos.

President Muhammadu Buhari must find a way to pleasantly surprise some of us this Yuletide. His best friends are found among Christians and he loves to host prominent men of God.

CHIEF Emeka Diwe is the National President of the Association of South East Town Unions, ASETU. He has been in the forefront in the struggle for Igbo unity. He is also an apostle of ‘think-home’ philosophy, whereby Ndigbo are urged to bring back home some of their investments.

Three high-profile musical artistes, Zlatan Ibile, Mayorkun and Oritsefemi are billed to perform live at the 20th  edition of GOtv Boxing Night, tagged “GOtv Boxing Night Musical Festival”. This was announced by the organisers at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday. The event is slated to hold on 28 December at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos.

ON Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, tumbled numerous calculations by leaders, political heavyweights, groups and ex-agitators concerning the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and by extension Niger Delta, with his executive imprimatur.

Now that the season of giving is with us, if you sniff hard enough, you can actually smell the New Year!  The shops are bursting with gifts, despite almost abject poverty, despite the thinness of foreign exchange on the ground. And the kids are back from school, their expectant, almost accusing looks, tugging at your heart strings.

I can hardly recognize the present-day Nigeria from the country I was born into, grew up in, and served in my own little ways.

”Over recent decades, across the world, there’s been a boom in the creative industries, a recognition that festivals, fairs and exhibitions, as well as music, film theatre and visual arts can contribute significantly to economic prosperity and as well, a veritable tool to tackle gender equality in the society,” says Ms. Harriet Thompson, British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria as she speaks at the Ben Enwonwu Distinguished Annual Lecture held in Lagos.

The crypto space in Nigeria is currently undergoing a revolution thanks to the emergence of several exchanges that have made it easy for people to transact crypto-related businesses. One such crypto exchange is PATRICIA and they’ve taken the Nigerian market by storm.

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria is a foremost aviation training institution in the West African sub region and ICAO Regional Training Centre of Excellence. The current Rector of the college, Captain Abdulsalami Muhammed since assuming office in January, 2017 has been making conscious efforts to keep the college as an ICAO Regional Training Centre of Excellence.

Pep Guardiola insists he still has to earn a new contract at Manchester City despite winning five major trophies in the past two seasons. City are keen for Guardiola to commit to a deal beyond the current one that ends in 2021. But, in the midst of a frustrating season that sees City trailing Premier […]

Singers, Seyi Shay and Darey Art Alade were at their exhilarating best when they took to stage at the Old Parade ground in Calabar on Friday, the 13th of December after the closing of the steaming hot auditions for the Access The Stars show at the Venetian Arena earlier in the day.

A new Inspector General comes. He reels out new codes. He announces  the illegality of fixed police checkpoints.

A diagnosis of cancer could be devastating, but cancer doesn’t happen or occur accidentally. Your body usually gives warning signs long before you realize something is wrong. Tbi had like a new spot on your skin or one that changes size, shape, or colour could all be a sign of skin cancer.