By Josiah Oghagbon Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ housemate, Liquorose says she does everything with passion, including love making. The 26-year-old dancer and member of Girls Got Bold (GGB) dance crew, said this during a discussion she had with fellow housemates, Yousef, Michael, and Queen in the lounge on Wednesday. READ ALSO: BBNaija: Clash […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The management of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, FUHSO, Benue State has described as baseless and unfounded allegations that appoints of principal officers of the institution were done on the basis of ethnicity and religious. The institution insisted that it would not be distracted by succumbing to deliberate […]

•Kills 3, destroys Govt House fence, multi-million naira property By Shina Abubakar When the heavens paved way for a downpour on Osun state on Tuesday, August 3, 2120, little did the residents; especially those of Osogbo, Erin-Osun, Ilobu knew that it would be a rain of terror. Unlike previous floods in the state that came […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and heads of security chiefs are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the security situation in the country. At the meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, and other security chiefs are expected to brief the President on recent developments associated with the security […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin CONDEMNATION and outright rejection have continued to trail a plan by some Shuwa Arabs which is said to be an ethnic group from Borno, to crown one Idris Adanno as the Sultan of Shuwa Arab of Edo State across the state. An invitation that went viral on social media said […]

Police nab suspect, launch manhunt others By Davies Iheamnachor There is pandemonium in Rivers State University, RSU, as gunmen kill a 400-level student of the institution. The victim whose name could not be ascertained at press time was a student in the Engineering Faculty of the university. It was gathered that the victim was shot […]

Sunday Dare, the Youth and Sports Development Minister has hailed the Nigerian U20 4x400m mixed relay team for making history at the ongoing World Athletics U20 Championship in Nairobi, Kenya. The quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Nse Uko, Opeyemi Oke and Bamidele Ajayi ran a new 3:19.70 African and Championship record to become the first […]

“We are telling them that when you invest in football, you are investing in our people,” the CAF president said, adding, “we are also encouraging the private sector to invest in football by partnering with CAF”.

Team Nigeria lived up to pre-race billings as the 4x400m mixed relay team won the gold medal in a new Championship record time of 3:19.70. The quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Nse Uko, Opeyemi Oke and Bamidele Ajayi also made history as the first winners of the event at the World U20 Championship, beating Poland […]

*as NPA, FRC bicker over N255bn liability By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives, yesterday, showed displeasure to the constant borrowing quest of the federal government. It however heaped the blame some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for not utilizing their revenues, thereby starving the federal government the funds to execute projects. Chairman, House Committee on […]

….Pleads with N-Delta leaders to sheathe their swords …Laments over N44 trillion mismanaged in region in 22 years By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: In spite of oppositions against it, the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, in the Niger Delta region, has endorsed the 3 percent Host Community Fund approved in the Petroleum […]

By Ahmed Ibrahim When Professor Adesoji Adesugba was appointed the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) in June 2020, he did not waste time before he hit the ground running to reactivate some of the Nigeria’s free zones worth over $30 billion. NEPZA has licensed over 40 zones spread across the […]

By Jacob Ajom The age-long rivalry among the four kingdoms in Egbaland will be rekindled when the second edition of the King’s Cup golf tournament holds later in the year at the Abeokuta Golf Club. The tournament which has been slated for 10 October, will feature 150 golfers representing teams from Ake, Gbagura, Owu and […]

The 2021 Afrikanwatch Network Communications lecture and award will hold on August 21 at the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, under the Chairmanship of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, as Prof. Solomon Akinboye would deliver the theme of the lecture titled, The Kind of leaders Nigeria needs…our Collective responsibility.

The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has disclosed that its next point of call in the ongoing demolition of illegal and street markets is the mayor bus stop market along Agbani road, Enugu.