By Emmanuel Elebeke, Abuja The UK Government has promised to support Nasarawa State in the area of trade and investment. The British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, made the promise during her visit to the state for high-level discussions with the state governor and key stakeholders in the state government, civil society and business leaders. During […]

Pele remains in hospital but is recovering well after having surgery to remove a tumour from his large intestine. The Brazil legend, who is one of just four players to score in four different World Cups, has been in Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital since August 31 undergoing routine tests to combat the colon tumour. […]

Central and South American players who were barred from travelling to World Cup qualifiers by their Premier League teams will be available this weekend after their countries backed down from a request to ban them under FIFA rules. Players from Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Paraguay are cleared to play as their national federations agreed late […]

…urges NASS to accelerate the passage of Electoral Amendment Bill By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja Ahead of the Isoko South State Assembly Constituency bye-election in Delta State and the Anambra Governorship election on November 6, 2021, an election observer, Yiaga Africa, Friday, hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for deploying the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, […]

•Group urges govt to protect schools in Nigeria  •Says number of out-of-school children to increase By Ibrahim Wuyo, Kaduna  Save the Children International has urged the Federal and state governments in Nigeria to put in place mechanisms that would ensure the protection of schools and other learning environments.  The organisation said from January to August, […]

The Nigeria-Vietnam Economic, Trade and Cultural Association, (NVETCA) has been constituted, with the aim of promoting economic and cultural relations between the two counties.

Enuwese Wisdom, popularly known as Championboyddmd is a Nigerian music producer-songwriter, choreographer and record label executive. Born March 9, 1995, he hails from Delta State, Nigeria and grew up in Warri. Speaking on his musical career and inspiration, Championboyddmd revealed that his love for dance and music meant he was always dancing or singing or […]

A 200 level medical student from Bayelsa State, who identified herself as Eva has recounted how she miraculously received healing from alleged Monkey Pox disease at Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, a church founded and pastored by billionaire prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin.

Following his nine-year hiatus from the entertainment scene since his sensational stint on the 2012 MTN Project Fame reality show, Marvellous Odiete is set to take the gospel music industry by storm.

By Moses Nosike The Chief Executive Officer of 1040 Entertainment, Oluwasegun Ikuesewo, has said he is determined to take Nigerian music band to a global stage. Based in Turkey, Ikuesewo said he had been in the entertainment industry since 2014 but he officially registered his company in 2017. He said: “1040Ent was established in June […]

The Office of Public-Private Partnerships, OPPP, in conjunction with the Lagos Ministry of Health, has concluded plans to set up a Medical Park on 2.175 hectares of land along Awolowo Road, Ikoyi. on Lagos Island, as part of initiatives to reform the health sector in the state and build facilities that meet global standards.

Nigerian international midfielder Ramon Azeez is now a free agent after Granada CF decided to terminate his contract. Azeez joined the Nazaries in January 2019 after impressing for lower league club Lugo and went on to make 46 appearances for them, scoring two goals. However, the former Golden Eaglets star spent the latter part of […]

Worried by social issues such as poverty, youth restiveness among others in the state, the Kano State government said it has resolved to commit 10 per cent of its annual budget allocation starting from 2022 for implementation of the social protection policies in the state.

By Vincent Ujumadu THERE was jubilation in Anambra State last week when information filtered in that the state had joined the prestigious and buoyant league of oil producing states in the country.   The journey to the new status began on August 30, 2012 when the then President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan commissioned the multimillion naira Orient […]

By Abdulhamid Ibrahim The relationship between top leaders such as presidents, governors and their deputies has sometimes become a matter of controversy in our climes and even beyond. Some presidents and their vice presidents as well as governors and deputies have sometimes had strained relations during their common term in office. Many Nigerians remember very well the […]