By Azu Ishiekwene LAST week, while the eyes of the world were on Afghanistan, a fellow in one of Nigeria’s most tradition-bound states attempted the royal equivalent of a military coup. The leader of the Shua Arab in Edo, Idris Adanno, in a curious, latter-day rediscovery of his linguistic and cultural identity, arranged for his […]

By Adekunle Adekoya I DO not know if you’d seen any of the Internet jokes about life and living in our dear country, Nigeria. There are quite many of them, and those who crafted them may have had making the rest of us laugh as their primary objective. One of such jokes, seen on Instagram, […]

Nigeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Mali, Somalia and Mozambique may experience more daring jihadist activities following the triumph of the Taliban in Afghanistan, London-based Economist magazine warned.

According NACCIMA, if the tax practice direction, which compels companies to pay 50 percent of the assessed tax to FIRS before any appeal to contest the assessment is allowed to proceed, most businesses in the private sector will practically collapse.

By Abasifreke Tobby LIKE success, choice is a very personal decision. It could either be good or bad and most assuredly, the pathway to boom or doom. But like it or not, humans must make a choice! In the race for tomorrow, choice becomes inevitable. Akwa Ibom State, peopled by forward-looking minds, has found itself […]

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has called up a total of 30 players for next month’s opening rounds of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign, in which Nigeria will host Liberia in Lagos on Friday, 3rd September (Day 1) and tackle Cape Verde in Mindelo on Tuesday, 7th September (Day 2). Franco-German […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has demanded an apology from the Presidency for accusing him of stirring ethnic tensions and calling for genocide in the country.

By Owei Lakemfa JEANINE Anez, 54, lawyer, journalist, politician and Bolivian mother of two, attempted suicide, Saturday, August 21, 2021. Anez, while in prison cut her lower arms. But doctors quickly came to the  rescue ensuring she lives, and hopefully, faces the charges of genocide against her.  She  attempted to take her life, a day after […]

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has said that Nigeria is becoming one of the most  terrorized nations in the world and asked the federal government to end  the high level of insecurity in the country in the interest of the traumatised present generation.

Lagos State Government has directed residents of low lying areas, especially those on the river banks, to relocate, in view of the heavy rainfall and attendant flash flooding prediction by Nigerian Meteorology Services, NIMET, in the state.