The Equity Group, a combination of 45 political parties on Thursday called on the South–East and politicians of Igbo extraction to work together to produce the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, come 2023. The National Chairman of the group, Mr Okey Chikwendu, made the call at a news conference in Abuja. According […]

ABUJA — Stakeholders in the polity rose in unison, yesterday, against the Presidency’s entreaties to the United States, United Kingdom and European Union not to dictate to  Nigeria on human rights issues.

TOYOTA is introducing the new all-wheel drive Camry and Avalon models to help drivers get a better grip on rough roads. It’s the first AWD Camry since 1991, and the first-ever Avalon with AWD.

Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky has returned to Sweden for the first time since he was detained in a Stockholm street brawl. The 31-year-old performer arrived for a gig Wednesday at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe nearly four months after he was found guilty of assault, Swedish outlet The Local reported. ALSO READ: Australia tells Facebook and Google to […]

ALL is now set for the 2019 Edition of the Nigerian Auto Journalists Association, NAJA, Auto Awards slated to hold December 17, 2019 at the  Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Human remains have been found that could belong to people on board a missing Chilean military plane, air force commander Arturo Merino said on Thursday. “Together with parts of the plane, human remains have been found that very probably belonged to the passengers,” news website Emol quoted Merino as saying. He said it was “practically […]

Juice Wrld’s heartbroken mom broke her silence Thursday, saying the young rapper spoke candidly about his drug addiction in hopes of curbing others. “We loved Jarad with all of our hearts and cannot believe our time with him has been cut short,” Carmella Wallace said in a statement to TMZ, referring to her son by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria would join other African oil and gas producing countries in accessing the $1 billion African Energy Investment Corporation, AEICorp, Fund, promoted by the African Petroleum Producers Organisation, APPO, to increase its crude oil reserves and finance oil and gas exploration.

The Chartered Institute of taxation of Nigeria, CITN, Ikeja and District Society has said that the  proposed increase on Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from five to 7.5 percent by the federal government is on consumption especially from largest food retailers.

“Laca is a tremendous player but I had to make a tough decision.” Those were the words of Freddie Ljungberg immediately after Monday night’s 3-1 win against West Ham, his first victory as interim Arsenal boss. The Swede had just been asked why he had decided to drop Alexandre Lacazette for the game at the […]

SINCE we have eyes but cannot see, the Department of State Services, DSS, invited us to look again at the viral video of the invasion of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu’s courtroom on Friday. Laughable, if it wasn’t a travesty. The previous day, the judge had given the DSS 24 hours to release the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested on August 3, but detained for 72 days after the first court order for his release, bringing his total detention period to 125 days.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday vowed continuous support for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the state to boost the economic strength of Nigeria’s business hub. The governor made the pledge in his address at the opening of the 4th Lagos State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises fair in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu, […]

IT is an incontrovertible fact that good and purposeful political leadership is the sine qua non for development in any country. So, no country in our today’s world can rise above the dreams and leadership ability of its national leader. That’s the chief reason why Nigeria is stuck in the mud of underdevelopment.

FOR the first time, global sales by Mercedes-Benz passed the mark of 200,000 units in a November: deliveries of 209,058 cars constitute an increase of 5.3 per cent. Not only was a new record high reached for the month, but unit sales also increased by 1.4 per cent in the period of January to November.

Arsenal technical director Edu has recommended former team-mate, Patrick Vieira, as the new Arsenal boss but still has to convince the owners he is the right man, according to journalist Duncan Castles. Vieira, who made 279 Premier League appearances for the Gunners, is one of many managers linked with the vacant role after Unai Emery […]