By Ozioruva Aliu THE Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; the 2020 All Progresives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and a chieftain of the APC, John Mayaki, were locked in verbal fisticuffs, yesterday, over Governor Godwin Obaseki’s handling of security in the state. Mayaki, while chiding some […]

….Says outside North, most violence against northerners perpetrated by Igbo By Egufe Yafugborhi OUTSIDE Northern Nigeria, their place of origin, most violence against northerners in other parts of the country are perpetrated by Igbo, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has alleged. Chairman of NEF, Prof Ango Abdulahi, raised the allegation, yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers […]

By Victor Arjiromanus The Igbo-speaking community in Lagos(ISCL), in what is described as first in its history, celebrates the unveiling of her proposed official secretariat in Lagos. The proposed Igbo house will serve as the head office for all its operations, with the office of all its key executive members, while it will serve as […]

The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, yesterday asked the federal government to make conscious effort to revive the newsprint factories in Nigeria to improve the health of the newspaper business and paper industry. It also in the interim, appealed to government to take the newspaper business as educational venture and grant zero tariff on […]

The House of Representative lawmaker representing Ona-Ara/Egbeda Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Honourable Akin Alabi has bagged the award as the Federal Legislator of the year. Alabi received the Award from the Nigerian Students Merit Awards 2020. While expressing his gratitude for the award, the lawmaker promised to perform even better by efficiently repr denying […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says Nigeria will vigorously engage the U.S. government to remove its name from its blacklist of countries over concern on religious freedom.

…Dissolves party organs at all levels, grants Umahi, others waivers …Buhari’s NEC meeting illegal, can’t expel me – Eta By Clifford Ndujihe, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Omeiza Ajayi & Dirisu Yakubu THE  Nation al Executive Committee, NEC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, approved the extension of the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/ […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 550 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website on Tuesday. It said that the 550 new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 70,195. The agency disclosed that it recorded an additional COVID-19-related death […]

The US House of Representatives approved the Pentagon budget bill Tuesday by an overwhelming majority, defying President Donald Trump’s threat to veto the measure. The bill must now go to the Senate, where it is likely also to be approved before it reaches the incumbent Republican leader. The defence budget bill received 335 of 430 […]

In its continued effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading foods and infrastructure conglomerates, BUA Group has donated 3 fully equipped Ambulances and 50,000 reusable facemasks to Gombe State Government. This is coming just as the company also donated 50,000 facemasks and 3 ambulances to Bauchi State. […]

France’s tourism industry has lost about 72.7 billion dollars (60 billion euros) due to the situation with coronavirus and relevant quarantine restrictions, French Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, told Le Figaron newspaper. According to the official, the cancellation of 2021 Paris Air Show, one of the world’s largest aircraft and spacecraft events traditionally […]

Islamist militants have attacked and occupied a northern Mozambican village in their closest raid yet to a giant gas project, military sources told AFP Tuesday. Jihadists launch an assault late Monday on the village of Mute, located about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Afungi peninsula — the centre of a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build […]

Assures residents of safety Targets 750,000 passengers daily in 1st phase By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government, through, the State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has completed three levels of impact assessment studies for the construction of the state Rail Mass Transit, LRMT Red Line project, even as it announced the commencement of construction […]

By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut it into small pieces —African proverb I WROTE this as contribution to a discussion on the anniversary of the end of the civil war and issues about the clamour for Biafra. I decided to publish an edited version of it […]

By Bashir Bello, Kano Federal Housing Authority has issued a 30 days ultimatum to illegal occupants of lands and houses at the Sharada housing estate in Kano State to vacate or face the full wrath of the law. The Authority’s Executive Director, Business Development, in charge of Commercial, Corporate and Social Housing, Dr. Abdulmumin Jibrin […]