Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on tackling security challenges and other unending financial issues bedevilling Nigerians rather than receiving political defectors into the ruling APC.

The EU on Wednesday tightened its rules on Covid-19 vaccine exports, making authorisations contingent on destination countries behaving “fairly” in return — particularly vaccine-producing ones. The action came as Brussels wrangled with UK-based vaccine producer AstraZeneca over a supply shortfall, spurring a British warning against “arbitrary blockades”. But Britain and the European Commission later issued […]

It’s common to struggle with switching your brain off when the workday has ended, and many of us will find ourselves struggling to get to sleep at night because our mind is being overcrowded by thoughts about work responsibilities. Model Laura Iafrate believes in the importance of balancing the time you spend on both your […]

By Zerry Ihekwaba IT was at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, that we first met over 40 years ago. We were part of the 1980 matriculating class of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Agbebi College of Engineering. He was young, conspicuous, and everywhere striking acquaintances. The round-faced, ebony black, chubby fellow would walk […]

To those who tend to regard Kristen Dawodu, CEO of Lagos-based KD Records as a newbie promoter to the music business, the US-based showbiz impresario has dispelled all doubts about his credential. “I have been in the business of music since 2014,” he said. “In the beginning, I kept a low profile. People hardly knew […]

Amid rising cases of insecurity and threat of secession in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged religious leaders to support the government in propagating peace and moral living among citizens in the quest to build a better and thriving society.

By Evelyn Usman The Police yesterday, arraigned former Managing Director of an aviation fuelling company, Star Orient Nigeria Limited, Dare Osamo, alongside a female lawyer and one other woman, before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, over alleged theft of N1.6 billion . The trio of Osamo, Ayoola Abisola, 30 and Hussaina Abdulkadir, 32, […]

Controversies have continued to trail the proposed Investiture of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, as the Grand Patron of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the South West over reservations expressed by the six-state council chairmen in the zone about the justification for the award.

By Kelechi Obiajulu As Nigeria continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis is quietly spreading across the country — a surge in substance abuse that experts are calling a “pandemic within a pandemic.” Lockdowns, economic hardship, and disrupted health services are driving more Nigerians, particularly young people, toward dangerous drug use. One of the […]

Nigerians from different economic, social, ethnic and religious backgrounds have differed on the propriety or otherwise of organising lavish and elaborate burial ceremonies, following the loss of loved ones. The outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria in February 2020, resulting in restriction of movements, religious and public gatherings as well as use of face masks and […]

Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Wednesday said the state is capable of meeting Nigeria’s demand for if the Federal Government can empower it with funds and inputs

By BASHIR ADEFAKA “I can only advise the five governors, ministers, national and states’ assembly members as well as all traditional and community leaders in Igbo Land to come together under one purpose. “Only by this they can have access to development and only by forgiving and having respect for one another, especially their leaders, […]

…Says go to court if you’re aggrieved with Ohanaeze Ndigbo The newly appointed media and publicity consultant to Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide (ONGAW), Prince Bashir Adefaka, has said that, as Yoruba man, his job is not to speak for the Assembly of Igbos worldwide. Frowning at the negative lexicons used to describe ONGAW, Adefaka, […]

By Chioma  Obinna In a ceremony that spotlighted Nigeria’s most high-impact voices in healthcare, Hamidah Garuba stood among the distinguished recipients of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA), a recognition that honored her individual achievements in clinical research and highlighted the global impact of expertise developed through addressing Africa’s health challenges. Presented at the Nigerian Healthcare […]

President of the Association of Well Drilling Rig Owners Practitioners (AWDROP), Mr Michael Ale, has said Nigeria can meet her water needs if the government collaborates with experts in the area and take advice that would lead to providing safe drinking water for the people.