By magnus onyibe The strange events that reached the crescendo on 6 January , in the country formerly known as the United States of America , USA , which with heavy heart l’m reluctantly rechristening , the Divided States of America, DSA, are indeed unprecedented and epochal , but fortunately not apocalyptic. That’s because at […]

* 6yrs on, APC has failed in promise to make Nigeria great -Wike By Egufe Yafugborhi SENATOR Rochas Okorocha on Monday called for a new political alliance between good leaders of like minds in ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and lead opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring there are bad people in both parties. The […]

Ekiti Assembly Service Commission has released a report of its staff audit, citing a lot of irregularities, barely 24-hours after organised labour in the state had raised alarm that the commission was going to use the audit to illegally sack some staff. Mr Taiwo Olatunbosun, Chairman of the Commission, disclosing details of the report to […]

By Emmanuel Okogba A kidnapper identified as Mohammed Ahmadu paid N1.5 million to regain his freedom from another kidnapper, Abubakar Umaru a.k.a Buba Bargu. Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, disclosed this while parading both kidnappers alongside other criminals in Abuja on Monday. He said Buba was notorious for kidnapping citizens on highways around […]

Members of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of the Federal University, Lokoja, on Tuesday commenced a three-day protest.

Keystone Bank Limited has upgraded its digital banking experience through the launch of a truly customer-centric mobile application – ‘KeyMobile’ . A statement by the lender said the upgrade is in demonstration of its commitment to deliver superior, convenient, and innovative banking solutions to its customers, thereby promoting the bank’s unwavering commitment to enable its […]

The former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Barrister Victor Ochei, has said that Nigeria cannot be described as a failed state despite the security challenges saying that the federal government was working assiduously to tackle such challenges. Ochei who is also the Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage in the Nigerian Maritime […]

 Nigeria Navy Ship, Pathfinder, Iwofe, Port Harcourt, Rivers State is in a deep face off with its host, Iwofe Community, over the alleged arrest of chiefs and elders of the area.

By Femi Salako Potash can easily be distinguished amongst stones, just the same way that the first lady of Ondo State is clearly standing very tall amongst her fellow first ladies in Nigeria. Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu is not only defined by her position as the first lady of Ondo State; she also a virtuous woman of […]

At least 13 people died and about 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Tuesday. According to the agency and local media reports, three people aged in their 60s and 80s died in Fukui Prefecture, while 47 people were […]

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has hinted at relocating the popular luxury bus terminal at Milverton Street in Aba, to decongest traffic in the city center. Ikpeazu disclosed this on Monday in Aba while inspecting ongoing road construction work on Eziukwu Road, Milverton Road, and Ojike Lane. The governor said that it was no […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Former Edo State Commissioner and General Secretary of the defunct United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, Didi Adodo is dead. Adodo, also the General Secretary of Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ISSSAN, died around 5 am this morning at a private hospital, in Benin City, Edo State. ALSO READ: Breaking: […]

By Chioma Obinna The  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,  on Monday night alerted that the non-adherence to public health and social measures by Nigerians was exacerbating the public health response efforts to limit the continued spread of COVID-19 in the country. Disclosing this in its latest Public Health Advisory released last night, the Centre noted that […]

Chief (Dr) Mrs Folashade Okoya (Nee Adeleye) was born in Lagos on the 25th of April 1977 into the family of the late Afhaji Taju and Alhaja Nimota Adeleye. She is a Muslim and from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State. Her early education was all in. Lagos where she grew up, she studied at Lagos […]

*Says FG may suspend NIN registration *To review safety protocols, schools resumption date *Says Nigeria’s hospital capacity strained *Declares no state’s immune, set to roll out rapid test kits in Abuja *NIMC staff threaten to down tools again, issue 21days ultimatum By Sola Ogundipe, Omeiza Ajayi, Emmanuel Elebeke & Gabriel Olawale The Federal Government, yesterday, […]