Targets fossil-free future, renewable energy  By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigerians continue to suffer the brunt of inadequate power supply, outrageous estimated billings, and darkness that have crippled the industrial sector over the years, a Civil Society Organisation, Health for Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, Monday, disclosed launching ‘Shifting Power Lines’ advocacy January 2021. Explaining […]

Vying for a political office either at the federal, state or local government is no longer for neophites but for someone who is matured politically. Gone are the days when people clamour to contest for political offices without understanding what it takes occupy such offices. Contesting for political offices like the office of the President, […]

ECONOMY By Obas Esiedesa FOLLOWING fears that Nigeria may have returned to the era of petrol subsidy payment, the Federal Government has been accused of lacking policy clarity in the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. The immediate past Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Council Nigeria, Engr. Joe Nwakwue, […]

By Sharon Pande It is obvious that members of United Kingdom House of Lords who called on the UK Government to apply sanctions on Nigeria due to their shallow understanding of what constitutes the security problems in the country are not looking at the big picture. From all indication, their conclusion is projected on a […]

Sen. Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has commiserated with the Chairman of Premier Lotto, Chief Kessington Adebutu, over the death of one of his wives, Rosemary.

By Godfrey Bivbere ECONOMY The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on the Federal Government to address the infrastructural deficit in the country to make the nation truly competitive following the take-off of the African Continental Trade Agreement, AfCTA, this month. MAN also expressed fears that unless proper implementation of the rule of origin, […]

Crypto Investor, Paschal Offor has warned about the dangers of investing in cryptocurrency, days after bitcoin’s price soared to new record highs. The latest warning comes amid renewed investor interest in the space and a recent surge in the price of bitcoin. Bitcoin has rallied around 300% since October 2020 and has repeatedly reached new […]

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the emergence of Professor George Obiozor as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo was linked to everything Ndigbo. Governor Ikpeazu specifically said that Obiozor’s election was linked to Ndigbo’s survival politically, economically and to “the future of our children”. The governor said this on Channels TV Politics […]

Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced an article of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump on Monday, as Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Pence to remove his boss from office. The single impeachment article charges Trump with incitement of insurrection. It accuses him of stoking violence against the US government […]

As JOMSAN hails arrest, promise support By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As food prices remain on the high side across the country, Police personnel under Inspector General’s team has arrested the leader of the illegal revenue collection team, one Mike Eboziegbe, over alleged extortion and harassment of agricultural produce transporters in South West, particularly Lagos […]

The Federal Government says increasing  cases of COVID-19   are imposing enormous burden on the nation’s health facilities. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja at a briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said that the 18,699 active COVID-19  cases were stretching health […]

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 43 clubbers, including strippers at Eclipse Night Club, Victoria Island, for allegedly violating COVID-19 protocols. The command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Adejobi stated that the suspects were arrested on January 10 in continuation of the command’s enforcement of the […]

By Boyede Akinwunmi The role of software engineering is key in maximizing the vast potentials of financial technology. The individuals saddled with the responsibility of creating innovative solutions are software engineers. One amongst the multitude , Onyinye Anyamele,  is an accomplished software engineer who has left an indelible mark with her groundbreaking work at a […]

The Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Anthony Ayine, on Monday, reopened the Zamfara Federal Audit office, closed in 2014, due to logistics challenges. The AGF, who was represented at the occasion by Mr John Vandu, the Director of Audit, said the Zamfara office had been carrying out its affairs in the last six years […]

By Temisan Amoye, Premier League champions, Liverpool will travel to Manchester to face perennial rivals Manchester United in a highly-anticipated FA Cup fourth-round clash Liverpool strolled 4-1 past a very youthful Aston Villa team due to a COVID-19 outbreak that swept through the midlands team, while United edged past Championship side, Watford, in a 1-0 […]