Niger’s newly-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, is set to be sworn into office on Friday, a democratic watershed overshadowed by jihadist violence and alleged coup bid two days ago. The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. […]

ABUJA: National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has urged Nigerians to live in peace and harmony as Christian faithful celebrate Easter.

Madagascar’s health minister on Thursday announced the country had joined the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme, following through with a recent pledge to roll out jabs after months of resistance from the president. Vaccination has yet to begin on the Indian Ocean island nation, where President Andry Rajoelina took a hard-line stance against jabs that most other […]

The Police Command in Niger have shot and killed three suspected kidnappers and recovered firearms at Fapo village of Lapai Local Government Area of the state.

The Senate has urged the Bank of Industry (BOI) to increase the percentage of dividends accruing to the Federal Government, even after it had paid an N8.2 billion dividend to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, between 2014 and 2019.

AN amalgamation of five Niger-Delta groups has appealed to monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the oil region furious over the protracted delay in inaugurating the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to demonstrate patience for few more months.

There are indications that the Nigerian Airforce fighter jet, an Alpha jet which went missing while on interdiction mission on Wednesday in Borno, may have crashed.

…200 traders lose yams, 1,000 shops burnt By Marie-Therese Nanlong MANY traders in Plateau are now counting huge losses following the outbreak of strange fires that razed no fewer than three yam markets in different locations in the state. The traders, whose major means of livelihood have been reduced to ashes in the affected markets, […]

By John Mayaki Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the people’s Comrade whose fearlessness and uncompromising devotion to social justice seared the soul of corrupt administrators and endeared him to millions across the globe, resulting in a successful political career that rekindled hopes and faith in democracy as a government of the people, by the people and for […]

TODAY is Good Friday in the life of the Christian community all over the world. It is one of the high points of Easter which is one of the religious festivals marked with public holidays in Nigeria and the rest of the world. Easter is a very important period in the Christian calendar because it […]

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday, said he would be shocked if Wednesday’s attack during a townhall meeting was politically motivated and targetted at him because no office is worth the life of even a chicken.

By Azu Ishiekwene BRAZIL has proved a disaster in  the management of COVID-19, but there are other areas where we can use their examples. Like what to do about failing refineries. This hot-button topic returned to the front burner after the Nigerian government recently announced plans to repair the Port Harcourt Refinery. That refinery and the […]

By Owei Lakemfa IN the name of order or for disorder, but definitely in their interests, international powers perpetually intervene in African affairs in order to build the world in their graven image. This week, the United States, US, under the cover of human rights, intervened in the Nigerian judicial process. There were mass protests […]

AN emergency stakeholders’ meeting between representatives of the Lagos State Government and union leaders in ports operation, yesterday, ended in a deadlock.

THE Federal Government yesterday said there is no plan to lift the ban on new Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, registrations any time soon for security reasons.