Hoodlums have invaded Kogi Central Medical Store, looted and vandalised medical equipment and consumables worth billions of Naira. Dr Saka Audu, the State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday after he led a team from the ministry and the media to inspect the burgled medical store located along Zone 8, […]

One of the most enduring icons of the Lagos monarchy and international cultural ambassador, the Erelu Kuti of Lagos, Princess Abiola Dosunmu; calls for symbiosis between the young and the old in this chat with WO.

Few weeks ago, Nigerian youths stepped out in masses to protest against bad government as well as pleading for the complete ban of Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the police, which has been accused of extortion, torture and extra-judicial killings. What started as a peaceful protest turned bloody, the agitations of the youths however […]

The #EndSARS protest, which was shelved after the Lekki Toll Gate shooting of unarmed protesters and subsequent hijacking of the protest by miscreants, has created further wedge between the Federal Government, FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over claims that the strike by the union helped to provide more participants for the protest across the country.

A city in western China finished testing 4.7 million people for coronavirus in four days after workers at a factory tested positive, state media reported on Wednesday. Kashgar, in the far-western Xinjiang region, had tested its entire population by Tuesday after a coronavirus cluster emerged last week, according to the People’s Daily. A total of […]

MONEY MARKET By Yinka Kolawole, with agency report As the world awaits the outcome of the final consensus decision on the next World Trade Organisation, WTO, there are    indications that Nigerian government may have started diplomatic actions to head-off opposition from the United States of America, USA, against the emergence of Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala for […]

As Nigerians continue to count their losses to the #EndSARS nationwide protests, buying interest in the stock market surged through the three consecutive days of this week leading to N387 billion gain for investors.

Anani Oluwabunmi, a teacher at Concordia College, Yola, Adamawa State, has emerged the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year. 

The need for young girls to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM for the development of the country and humanity was a subject for discourse at the just concluded capacity building organised by the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, APWEN.

By Olu Fasan President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership traits are unsuited for a crisis-prone country. His unbelievable aloofness in the face of a national crisis and his pugilistic style are the antithesis of what a leader needs to unite a country. President Buhari should be seekingto build a national consensus through engagement and dialogue. Instead, he […]

By Tordue Salem, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Power, Wednesday, dismissed as illegal, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET should be an agency under the Ministry of Finance. ALSO READ: #EndSARS: Lalong threatens to relocate govt properties to other communities The Chairman of the House Committee on Power, […]

The Federal Government has arraigned seven persons on a three-count amended criminal charge alleged to have been involved in the 2017 killing of indigenes of Idumuje-Ugboko Community of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. The seven accused persons were arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. All […]

By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State was on Wednesday attacked by Boko Haram members, with sounds of gunshots and explosions, leaving thousands of residents and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scamper for safety. reliable security sources have said. This is coming barely few hours after a stakeholders meeting on peaceful […]

The African Union (AU) has expressed concern over growing threat to peace and security in Africa posed by terrorism, radicalisation, violent extremism, as well as influx of foreign terrorist fighters into the continent. According to a statement, on Wednesday the AU Peace and Security Council, in its latest meeting, had deliberated on the Impact of […]

Cherie Blair Foundation Mentee Alumni and convener, Do it Afraid conference, Omilola Oshikoya has called on Nigeria as a nation and as individuals to look beyond oil and develop other sectors that will transform the economy of Nigeria and impact the world, stating that in Nigeria as in Singapore, the true natural resource is the people.