Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in a mouthwatering clash in this season’s Champions League after Barcelona and Juventus were placed in the same group in Thursday’s draw. Messi and Ronaldo will resume the rivalry they developed when the Portuguese superstar was at Real Madrid. Between them they have won 11 of the last […]

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US President Donald Trump has been the world’s biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University, partly funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said Thursday. A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between January 1 and May 26 of […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday said Nigeria is witnessing an increase in girls’ enrolment and retention in schools. President Buhari stated this at a United Nations, UN high-level meeting commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women. In a video message to the virtual meeting, convened by President […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has berated his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, claiming the latter is envious of his achievement. Akeredolu said this while featuring on a Radio personality programme in Akure. Asked what caused the frosty relationship […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following circular recently issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on control of foreign exchange access, 55 registered Commodity Associations under the auspices of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria, FACAN, on thursday, demanded unfettered access to foreign exchange. This demand was made at a press conference […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Constitutional lawyer and human rights activists, Mike Ozekhome has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th independence anniversary speech as lame, saying the attempt to compare petroleum pricing in Nigeria with other countries is ridiculous. In a reaction to Thursday’s morning broadcast by Mr. President, Ozekhome said the fact that Nigeria is one of […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Dr Oscar Ofuka, the Special Adviser to Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, on Cocoa development, has asserted that Nigeria’s cocoa is more valuable than crude oil and gold even at the world market and needs more attention to give us the actual economic benefit that can lead to real growth […]

The police in Lagos on Thursday arrested two conveners of “Fix Badagry-Lagos Road” protest at Aradagun area of the expressway and took them into custody.

…says l didn’t ask for interest on the N4.3b lodged in secret account By Dayo Johnson – Akure Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has opened up on his estranged deputy, Hon Agboola Ajayi. Akeredolu said he gave his deputy “wide room to operate […]

…we should surpass Ivory Coast in cocoa production soon By Ike Uchechukwu The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Cocoa development, Dr Oscar Ofuka has asserted that Nigeria’s Cocoa was more valuable than Crude oil and gold even at the world market and needs more attention to give us the actual economic benefit that […]

The Imo State Government has announced Oct. 5 as the date for the resumption of schools in the state closed in March following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Oredo West state house of assembly constituency, Eghosa Agbonifo has called on Nigerians to show more patriotism and commitment to nation building as Nigeria marks her 60th independence anniversary.    In a statement issued in Benin City to mark the 2020 independence celebration, the politician cum businessman also […]

Orders Oct 11th, 12th for full re-opening of exit classes To fumigate over 8,000 schools By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano State Government has on Thursday announced the extension of the resumption dates for it students in the Junior Secondary, JSS1 and Senior Secondary, SS1 by additional five weeks as it ordered for the reopening […]

Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has said Nigeria needed to be rescued from the 1999 Constitution, as it created a leadership that benefits only the elite and, ironically, facilitates insecurity, poverty and insurgency.