Ahead of the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo state, an aspirant, Gideon Ikhine has vowed to chase out the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, out of Osadebe Avenue, if given the nod to fly the party’s ticket.

By Joel Popoola The world recognises that Nigeria is making great progress on corruption. So why don’t Nigerians agree! Here’s the irony for you – Nigerian politics has a better reputation with international experts than it does with Nigerians. We all know that when it comes to reputation, the Nigerian government can be its own […]

Youths under the auspices of Niger Delta Youths Development Alliance, NDYDA, has called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a peace advocate with vast knowledge of agitations in the region to head Presidential Amnesty Programme to ensure a smooth and robust  performance.

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor & Juliet Umeh Coronavirus COVID-19 has changed almost everything in the world. It has turned the economy upside down, ravaged health system, destroyed hospitality business, disrupted social interaction and created new normal in the education sector. In pre-COVID era, mobile phones, and other tech gadgets were not allowed in schools, […]

Daughter of Nigeria Vice President, Kiki Osinbajo has condemned with great grievance the rape and murder of a 22year old University of Benin student, Uwavera Omozuwa in Benin.

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The deputy governor of Bauchi State, Senator Baba Tela has tested positive to the dreaded Coronavirus disease. This was contained in a press statement signed and issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Bala Mohammed, Muhktar Gidado, on Tuesday. The statement revealed that a sample of the […]

By Gabriel Ewepu Excerpts: In this interview, the publisher of first Disability Advocacy Magazine in Nigeria, and member of Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities, JONAPWD, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, member National Association of Persons With Physical Disabilities, NAPWPD, and a member of Coalition of Disability Organizations (CODO), Agbo Christian Obiora, lamented poor attention […]

The Federal Government is to engage community volunteers on house-to-house sensitisation on the dangers and spread of COVID-19. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF), briefing on COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Nigeria currently has 10,578 confirmed CCOVID-19 cases in 35 States […]

The Police Command in Ekiti on Wednesday confirmed the gruesome killing of a 78-year-old grandmother and widow by persons suspected to be ritualists, in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, described it as “unfortunate and mysterious”. Abutu said investigation had begun into the […]

Lagos State has recorded another eight COVID-19 related deaths, increasing the infection mortality in Lagos to 67, says the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. Abayomi stated this in his verified twitter handle on Tuesday, adding that the deaths were recorded on Monday, June 1. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Abayomi […]

Legendary Nigerian musician, Majek Fashek who was rumoured to have died last year, after he was hospitalized in London, has finally succumbed to death.  

Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, flayed northern governors over rejection of almajiri system.

Many indigenous oil and gas companies would not be able to buy Nigeria’s 56 new marginal oil fields because of the Coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, which had already compelled operators to slash their 2020 capital budgets.

MINISTER of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has replied the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, (PDP, Delta North), saying accusations that he requested for intervention projects from the later were far from the truth.

The Federal Government has directed the police to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gang-rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, in Benin and the serial sexual abuse of a minor in Jigawa State by 14 men, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice.