By Jason Ikegwu YEAR 2020 was a significant one for all people worldwide with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a year in which all aspects of our lives were drastically affected, exposing our collective fragility and increasing feelings of fear and uncertainty. The arrival of COVID-19 forced people’s lives to move online, […]

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has commended the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.

By Godwin Oritse IN a bid to free the port access roads of the perennial gridlock, Nigeria’s foremost shipping and cargo logistics services provider, Hull Blyth, has opened a rail hub at Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, for use by importers and exporters. The Wasimi Rail Hub, which is the first of […]

The Nigerian Mission in Tripoli said on Friday that it was evacuating 100 Nigerians stranded in Libya, with another set of 100 stranded Nigerians to be returned home in the next 10 days. Mr Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’affaires en titre of the Nigerian Embassy in Libya, disclosed this in a statement made available to the […]

By Godwin Oritse THE management of the Associated Port Marine Development Company (APMDC), has denied allegations of arbitrary charges and charging in foreign currency levelled against it by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). Recall that the council had shutdown the company’s terminal over allegations of non-compliance with regulatory directives and other arbitrary charges. READ ALSO:PDP […]

Nigeria and three other developing countries are to benefit from a £16.2 million grant from the UK Government to facilitate a united effort against plastic waste globally.

Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that the corps would soon launch “Operation Zero Tolerance” to curb road crashes in the ember months. Oyeyemi said this during the funeral service of Pastor Benjamin Olugbemide in Ibadan on Friday. Olugbemide was the father of Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, Commander, Lagos […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that more work needs to be done in terms of maximizing the economic impact on the citizens of the country such as job creation, employment generation, poverty eradication and the general living conditions.

After 74 years away from topflight football, Brentford FC announced their presence with a 2-0 thumping of an Arsenal side that was largely loose in coordination, but mainly blunt in attack. The English Premier League has started.

To enable those outside the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to have the opportunity to channel their complaints and grievances against the Service or its personnel, the Chief of the Air Staff has given the go-ahead for the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman.

By Adeola Badru – Ibadan The federal and state governments have been called upon to activate relevant policies and laws that will encourage active participation of youths in agriculture in the country.  This was part of the submissions by stakeholders at the 5th annual lecture, organised by Centre for Advocacy, Leadership and Development in Africa […]

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed delight at the many ways the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is promoting the spirit of ‘one Nigeria’ through the display of cultural identities of different ethnic groups in the country. The Interior Minister who spoke during a Gala Night organized in his […]

DESPITE the controversy that has trailed the allocation of three percent to host communities in the just passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, by the two chambers of the National Assembly, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said that the three percent of operating expenditure is a good starting point.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday paid tribute to pioneer civil servant, great statesman and patriot, Alhaji Ahmed Joda who died after a prolonged illness in his hometown, Yola, Adamawa State. He was the last surviving member of Governor Hassan Usman’s Northern Nigeria cabinet. President Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special […]

In practical demonstration of his administration’s determination towards achieving a sustainable food security, not only for residents in the state but citizenry despite global socioeconomic downturn, the youthful, energetic, cerebral Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, recently organized the first annual Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB) Seminar for Political and Crime Correspondents/Editors, in Abuja, aimed at […]