By Arogbonlo Israel The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has said “the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) poses a significant threat to the safety and security of Nigerian citizens”. Garba, who spoke on Friday while presenting a paper at the 10th anniversary of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina, […]

The draw for the FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs has been postponed to next year following a CAF decision on Friday at the Extraordinary Assembly. The draw which was initially scheduled for 18 December 2021 will now be done on 26 January 2022. [ALSO READ] Euro Play-off Draw: Italy or Portugal will not be at […]

Declaring bandits as terrorists is just a decision taken for political expediency, renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said.

…says it Won’t Change Anything By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Declaring the herdsmen banditry as terrorists is just a decision taken for political expediency, renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said. According to him, “I think the federal government has succumbed to media blackmail by a section of the country. It will not have any practical […]

By Luminous Jannamike The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to consider the option of upgrading the country’s oil refineries to functional levels while rejecting the planned fuel price increase. NANS President, Comrade Asefon Sunday Adedayo, who made the call while briefing journalists in Abuja, on Friday, described as […]

The European Union, EU, and other development partners have indicated interest to fund a special sexual and gender-based violence redress court in Nigeria if the government passes law establishing such court.

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Friday said the Federal government’s proposed legal framework on mining would end banditry in the state. Matawalle in a statement signed by Malam Yusuf Idris, his Director-General Media Public Enlightenment and Communication, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for setting up the committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

“It’s da bomb”, yes, “da bomb”, I mean what Davido did with his popular ‘joke’ recently. No known joke has been louder. He called out friends for donations for what those friends surely knew he could afford. Promptly, they responded and eventually, he netted two hundred million naira.  Promptly too, he topped it up with fifty million naira.

By Emmanuel Okogba The Confederation of African Football, CAF, is in support of making the FIFA World Cup happen every two years as against the exisiting four years. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino hinted of plans to hold the men’s and women’s World Cup every two years and CAF bought into the idea at an Extraordinary General […]

By Bashir Bello Ahead of the 2023 Presidential race, a Coalition for Arewa APC Support Group have thrown their weight behind the candidature of former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha to be the next president. The group said it resolved to endorse him based on his antecedent as related to his numerous interventions […]

To ensure safety of ferry passengers and operators on Lagos waterways, the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, has commenced the annual  clearing and removal of  water hyacinth across jetties and terminals in the State.

The ‘Coalition for Good Governance and Equity,’ a pressure group, launched a campaign on Thursday to transfer political power to Enugu East Senatorial District in order to produce the next Governor of Enugu State in 2023.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, and six other Justices of the Supreme Court, will on Saturday, mark their 40th Call-to-Bar Anniversary. Chairman of the National Planning Committee of the event, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, while speaking to Judiciary correspondents in Abuja in the company of the […]

Ahead of World AIDS Day, 2022, an Abuja-based public health consultant, Thomas Ofem, has called on the National Assembly to urgently make a law to protect the rights of all Nigerians to the healthcare they need and ensure its enforcement.

The quagmire confronting the poor masses of Nigeria is coming to its apex by the recent declaration of the Federal Government to remove petroleum subsidy by 2022.