*Son narrates father’s near-death experience *We’ll not rest until we flush out killer herdsmen—Sunday Igboho *Police vow to fish out perpetrators of attack By Adeola Badru RESIDENTS of lsokun area of Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State were thrown into another confusion, following a fresh attack by Fulani herders, as they […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, Dr Patience Jonathan, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs under President Goodluck Jonathan are among the dignitaries that honour First Lady, Aisha Buhari at the presentation of her book, “Aisha Buhari Being Different.”

Dr Titus Okunrounmu, former Director, Budgeting Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says Nigeria’s economy can grow by between seven per cent and 10 per cent annually if the necessary measures are put in place. Okunrounmu made the projection in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ota, Ogun. The […]

Mr. Chiedu Okpala is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kobobid. In this interview, Okpala speaks about growing up, his professional background and his role as Kobobid CTO. He also speaks on the firm’s core principles and Kobo auctions.

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Following an earlier announced three days strike scheduled to commence on Thursday 8th April 2021, by workers in Kano, protesting the reversion to the former minimum wage of N18,000.00 from the new minimum wage of N30,600.00, the Kano council of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has announced the suspension of […]

By Olu Fasan THE drumbeat of secession across Nigeria portends real danger ahead. Rather than being an empty blustering, it’s creating deep inter-ethnic resentment and entrenched centrifugal positions. This could pull Nigeria apart irretrievably, and eventually trigger its break-up. Proverbs 22.3 says: “Wise men see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and […]

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has clarified that the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, is going on as planned with competitions going on as scheduled. The Ministry and the Main Organising Committee (MOC) for the festival are unaware of any plans or threat by the Edo State Government to shut down the […]

The people of Ntighauzo Amairi community and Isiala Ntighauzo communities in Obingwa council of Abia State, have handed a 30-day ultimatum to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over the abandoned Apu na Ali and Iferife road projects linking the two communities.

…seeks support for Scheme’s grassroots devt initiatives By Luminous Jannamike The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Wednesday, said that Nigeria’s education and health sectors would ‘collapse’ if the Scheme was shut down or corps members withdrew their services. He made the remark at a meeting of NYSC’s top management […]

Two hundred pioneer students recently bagged their Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Nexford University in Lagos in what has been described as a milestone for the institution. Country director of the University, Ms. Olamidun Majekodunmi, said her meeting with Nexford’s founder and CEO, Fadl Al Tarzi laid the foundation for bringing to Nigeria […]

By Steve Oko As intrigues are gradually gathering momentum ahead of the 2023 governorship poll, the Ohafia clan in Abia North have insisted on producing the next governor of the state. The people who met under the plank of Mben Political Assembly, MPA, appealed to political parties in the state to cede their governorship ticket […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Henceforth, the 17 local government areas in Plateau State are to handle the salaries of their workforce individually to curb the trend of blanket industrial action which cripple activities in the entire State. The State Chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON in a unanimous decision said the development […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth has urged the governors on the platform of the party to call Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal and former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose to order. The PDP youth accused the duo of festering the crisis in South West of the party. Recall that Fayose and Oyo state governor, […]

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested 50 arms-bearing herdsmen. “We arrested 50 illegally armed herdsmen and realised that some of them are into cattle rustling and kidnapping,’’ Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday in Abuja He made the declaration while presenting licences to private guard […]

The Local Organising Committee has threatened to shut down the National Sports Festival over the failure of the Federal Government to release funds. Coordinator of Media and Publicity, National Sports Festival, Ebomhiana Musa, confirmed in a statement after a meeting if the LOC. He said that the Federal Government had promised to make funds available […]