Rotimi Obajimi, a former athletics coach stole the show at the maiden edition of Polaris Bank-sponsored Unity Cup Golf Championship. To emerge winner, Obajimi grossed 81, for 69-net score to lift the tournaments coveted trophy. The event which attracted golfers from across the country also served as the Inaugural tournament for the newly elected Captain, […]

By Tony Eluemunor Last Saturday provided a peek into the anatomy of corruption in Nigeria between 1999 and 2007. Corrupt practices were of epic dimensions and the practitioners were audacious despite President Olusegun Obasanjo and EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu’s advertised anti-graft stance. Scandalised readers asked what happened to Pentascope after it had ruined NITEL/M-Tel. Answer: […]

Last week, precisely on Friday 26th March 2021, the Borno State House of Assembly had to convene for an Emergency Meeting of Public Importance at the complex in Maiduguri, despite the nationwide strike embarked upon by parliamentarian workers demanding financial autonomy.

The National Primary Health Care Agency (NPHCDA) said 513,626 persons have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine across the country.

Mascot Kalu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency bye-election, says he has accepted the result of the poll.

UNIVERSAL Health Coverage, UHC, as defined by the World Health Organisation, WHO, is the presentation of healthcare systems in a way that provides a specific benefit package to all members of a defined population, through provision of financial risk protection in the course of accessing necessary health care services. The core concept of UHC was […]

A children’s book author, Mr. Anote Ajeluorou, has lamented the increasing rate of school children abduction in northern states like Niger, Zamfara, Katsina, and Kaduna, stating that the ugly trend needed to be halted at once, so as not to truncate the education of the Nigerian child. He specifically blamed President Muhammadu Buhari-led’s administration for […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 104 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,593.

With over $9 billion in value pools, the Nigerian banking sector remains an attractive sector for investors. In the first nine months of 2020, Nigeria’s leading banks performed remarkably well as their earning results revealed much lower-than-expected loan loss provisions, coupled with exceptional revenue from the banks’ trading portfolios and mark-to-market gains. As Africa’s largest […]

Along Iraq’s borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties, and crooked officials. The prime beneficiaries are Iran-linked Shiite paramilitaries that intimidate federal officials who dare obstruct them, sometimes through chillingly specific death threats, a six-month AFP investigation has found. The network is so well-oiled […]

OctaFX collaborated with popular singer and songwriter Peruzzi for his latest music video. The video was shot for his music track, ‘Somebody Baby’, and was released on 24 March 2021. The singer and songwriter Peruzzi and his friend and label mate, Davido, released a new music video to Peruzzi’s song ‘Somebody Baby’. One of the […]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday urged the clergy in the country to be bold and speak truth to political leaders so as to make the nation better.

By Prisca Sam-Duru Restrictions on social life across the globe notwithstanding, the 2021 commemoration of World Poetry Day, held March 21, was outstanding. Through the platform of UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature, poets from around the world, joined forces to mark the literary event. Created in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, UCCN, which assembles […]

England enters the second phase of its lockdown easing on Monday thanks to a successful vaccination drive, but the government is urging vigilance as another wave of coronavirus sweeps Europe. After schools reopened on March 8, England’s stay-at-home order will be relaxed to enable outdoor gatherings of up to six people, or two households, in […]

-As Lalong harps on reducing costs of governance By Ibrahim HassanWuyo National leader of the All Progressives Congress,APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that while states and local government must shape their budgets to fit their revenues, the federal government should spend more to create more jobs for the youth in both the north […]