….Aregbesola missing By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday led personalities to Osogbo, Osun State capital to honour distinguished sons and daughters of Osun rewarded by the state government for their service to humanity. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, his Ogun state counterpart, […]

Foremost Media personality, Bunmi Davies has hinted that all is now set for the officialopening of yet another Jekaplay outlet. Jekaplay is a food court with recreational facilities. The project is clearly a product of hard-work, resilience and determined spirit. With a capacity of over 500 guests; the new outlet will boast of a food […]

Afrobeat sensation and Africa’s prime child of Ride N Roll fame who goes by the name Mowille has categorically stated that business of music has been strained by the world wide COVID 19 pandemic. He further stated that COVID 19 has built a lot of new acts and killed severally businesses. To start with , […]

By Owei Lakemfa HUMANITY represented by the 193-member states of the United Nations, UN, are gathered to discuss the challenges of the world and possibly provide solution. But it has so far been characterised by all sorts of drama, disputes, double speak and hope, quickly overtaken by hopelessness. The meeting, running from September 21-27, 2021, […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The United Kingdom-based Nigerian Artiste and Mechanical  Engineer,  Mr. BusayoOsakuade, has described the entertainment industry as another alternative revenue earner for the nation if the federal government can offer the industry necessary support, through enabling environment, legislation, and investment. Osakuade said the entertainment industry if properly managed and developed could provide massive […]

By Jimitota Onoyume, Warri Vice-Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo state, Professor Lawrence Ezemonye, has said Africa is the second-largest and second-most-populous continent on Earth with an estimated population of 1.033 billion people, stressing that collaboration among her universities and also with foreign ones would enhance quality research and scholarship. Speaking as the Guest Lecturer of […]

The raging controversy over Value Added Tax, VAT, continued yesterday with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and his counterpart in Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, insisting that collection of the tax remained the responsibility of states.

•He’s making a political statement —Igboho’s lawyer •Rule of law’ll prevail, says Ilana Omo Oodua •Afenifere tackles FG By Dapo Akinrefon, with agency report THE Federal Government said, yesterday, it will file a fresh action against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, following the judgment of Oyo State High Court, which awarded […]

ENVIRONMENTALIST and Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, and member, Steering committee of OilWatch International, Nnimmo Bassey, in this interview,  bares his mind on some worrisome environmental challenges faced by oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom State and Niger Delta in general.

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has been named winner of the 2020 Zik Prize in Public Policy.

Organised Labour in the Food and Beverage sector has raised the alarm over plans by the Federal Government to impose excise duty on non-alcoholic drinks, warning that such tax will cripple the sector.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that it spent N175.32 billion on petrol subsidy in the month of July 2021 which will be deducted from its remittance to Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in September.

Commercial motorcyclists popularly called okada, yesterday, went on  rampage killing a senior police officer, Chief Superintendent of Police, Kazeem attached to the  Operations Department of the Lagos State Police Command.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to desist from buying drugs from street hawkers as most of the drugs are counterfeits and poison.

Three members of the armed bandits, who kidnapped 126 students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Maraban Damishi in Kaduna State on July 5th, 2021, have been arrested by the Police Special Tactical Squad led by DCP Kolo Yusuf.