A major shakeup affecting 110 senior naval officers, has taken place in the Nigerian Navy.

The Premier League is set to return on Wednesday 17 June, with Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United and Manchester City at home to Arsenal, according to a report. The 2019/2020 campaign was brought to a screeching halt back in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, while ‘Project Restart’ has been ramped up in recent days […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has ordered the immediate posting and redeployment of Command Police Commissioners to nine states including Edo and Ondo states where governrship elections are scheduled to hold in a few months’ time. The new Commissioners of Police are CP Babatunde Kokumo, Edo […]

By Rafiu Ajakaye A few hours away from now, the media would be awash with appraisals of chief executives across Nigeria. This is particularly true of first term governors who were sworn in on May 29, 2019. Kwara will not be different. Friends and foes of the administration of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, egged on by closet […]

Amid the probe of financial improprieties to the tune of N40 billion by the national assembly and the sudden death of the Executive Director, Finance, Chief Ibanga Bassey Enang, Thursday morning, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has shut down its office headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

AS preparation for Edo state governorship election continue with primary election to select candidates, Ijaw communities in Edo state have threatened to boycott the Governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Governorship elections of September 19, over what they described as “neglect” of the communities by the administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki led administ.

By Lawani Mikairu Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu yesterday said only four or five Airports may be opened for domestic flight operations when the ban on the flight is eventually lifted by the federal government. Nuhu disclosed this while speaking during the Webinar organized by the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leadership in Imo State, has described the defection of its former party officers as “inconsequential, worthless and good riddance to bad rubbish”.

For most of us, this pandemic is the first time we’ve had to stay strapped inside for a long time, with almost nothing to do. But the good news is many people have found little opportunities to earn that extra cash while self-isolating. One way they’re doing that is through the GTBank Make Money service. […]

AS African Union, AU, formerly known as Organisation of African Unity, OAU, marked 57th Africa Day on May 25, 2020, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria, Thursday, tasked African leaders on health, water, agriculture, innovative governance, discontinuation of external borrowing to bring about a new development order that will transform the continent with renewed commitment and determination to be independent in all fronts.

Say it’ll infringe on the rights of Nigerians By Festus Ahon – Asaba A coalition of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs in Delta State, have kicked against the proposed Infectious Disease Bill, 2020 currently on the floor of the National Assembly, insisting that the Quarantine Act and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control Law could cover […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Thursday said his first term in office was tough but promised that the remaining three years of his administration would be eventful for the people of the state. He maintained that his administration had done so much in the area of provision of critical […]

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have now applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified in March, though not all […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The National Association of Ogun State Students has commended the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for his administration’s remarkable achievements in the education sector in the last one year. The students’ body in a statement by its National President, Comrade Gbemileke Ogunronmbi in Abeokuta on Thursday described Governor Abiodun as the […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, has called on security agencies in the country, to urgently enforce the interstate lockdown, declared by President Muhammadu Buhari, to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elumelu’s call, came through a motion entitled: “Need For the Effective Enforcement […]