…Orji Kalu, Nyame, Dariye pressured me to stand surety for him, Ndume laments By Ikechukwu Nnochiri THE Federal High  Court in Abuja yesterday gave Senator Ali Ndume, who is representing Borno South, 21 days, to produce former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has repeatedly failed to appear for continuation […]

BY Obi Nwakanma There is the story of John Pepper Clark and his best friend, Kayode Jibowu at the University College Ibadan. One evening in 1956, in the common room of Tedder Hall, they had engaged in what must still be the longest, fiercest, and most passionate debate at the university to date. It went […]

By Emma Amaize – Warri A coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger-Delta region has declared support for the raging EndSARS protests across the country, saying they were ready to resume hostilities, attack oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of protesting Nigerian youths. The militant groups under […]

How Covid-19 hit my property business, motivates me to start streaming company – Thony Edouard

By Dirisu Yakubu Minister of  Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, said, yesterday, that the Federal Government was set to apply for a $11billion  loan to construct Lagos to Calabar rail. Amaechi made the disclosur y during an interactive session with the South-East and South-South Professionals of Nigeria, SESSPN, in Lagos. The group had taken advantage of the […]

By Bashir Bello and Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Pandemonium rocked the ancient city of Kano on Monday, as the People took to the streets to protest the alleged killing of a 17-year-old boy, Saifullahi Sani in police custody. Sani, resident of Kofar Mata quarters, was said to have been arrested and detained, where he was […]

…Ayade swears in another Chief Judge, urges him to be fair By Ike Uchechukwu & Emma Una Legal  practitioners under the auspices of Concerned Laywers in Cross River State, yesterday, blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade office in Calabar, demanding the appointment of a substantive chief judge for the state. Ayade’s had earlier in […]

Movement of the earth along its elliptical orbit is called revolution. It just found a terminus here in Nigeria! Our youth are angry and our elders wailing. Wild lamentation of women is loud; wailing for their children, because they were no more.

—Says we remitted N1.9 bn in six years By Kingsley Adegboye Mr Jide Odusolu, a renowned property developer, is the immediate past Managing Director of Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation OPIC. In this interview with Vanguard Homes & Property, he explains how his intervention as the chief executive officer of the corporation under Senator […]

BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN For decades, I had stridently beckoned on the Nigerian youths to join some of us patriots in the dangerous Nigerian trenches, to win the heart and soul of Nigeria, and take their destinies in their own hands. Many of the rulers of today have tenaciously glued themselves to government (like […]

Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared Monday, without waiting for official results, that he had won a presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Conakry a day after the hotly contested first-round vote, Diallo said he had emerged “victorious” despite […]

… Say other interests have taken over the protests, could compound collective security . By Luminous Jannamike Northern Elders Forum, on Monday night advised the anti-SARS protesters to end their agitations on the streets. Youths had, since October 6, begun non-stop protests against and extra-judicial killings by operatives of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, […]

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its framework for the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The framework was released by the Development Financing department of the apex bank through its official website on Monday. It stated that the introduction of the Service-Based Tariff (SBT) in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) effective Sept. 1, […]

By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale Federal Government, yesterday, warned that with the on-going #ENDSARS protests across the country, cases of COVID-19 will definitely increase in the coming weeks. Issuing the warning in Abuja, the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, said despite […]

…Hoodlums burn down 50 cars in Apo, Abuja …Benin prisons attacked, scores of inmates freed, police stations attacked, arms carted away  Edo govt imposes 24 hours curfew, attacks spread to Auchi, protesters block Sapele end of Warri-Benin highway …Protester stabbed Saturday dies in Abuja, 12-yr old dies in Delta …It’s right of youths to protest, […]