Abians in the Diaspora have congratulated Gov. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, on his 57th birthday, describing him as the Small and Medium Enterprises driver of the state.

Budding rapper, Aguero Banks has released his first music project in form of an EP dubbed Pains and Sacrifice. The project houses six tracks with elements of drill, trap and hip-hop. Aguero Banks introduces the EP with Pains, a record where he tells his grass to grace story. He gives props to his record label […]

HOPELESS, powerless, voiceless, helpless – an adaptation of a phrase my dear friend and sister, Aisha Yesufu, uses often to describe how Nigerians feel was my first title for this article.

By Adeparua Damilola I ONCE attended an event that kept me until late at night. While going back home around 8:30, there was this young girl of about 10 or 11 years, who was running helter-skelter in order to catch up with cars so as to sell her sachet water mindless of a possible accident […]

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has stated that anybody found guilty of fake news and hate speeches will be punished under the law in the state.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the immediate release of the international passport of a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, which was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that there was no legal justification for the action the NIS took against the former governor.

aheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibrahim, have separately approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the seizure of their international passports by the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation.

By Onyema Sylvester Ikechukwu             IT is extremely difficult to fault the precision, timing and genuineness of purpose of the Bill sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West in the 9th Senate titled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc) Act by Establishing the Campuses for the Nigerian Law School […]

A non-governmental organisation, Global Integrity Crusade Network, GICN, yesterday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, and the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, not to shield any employee of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, from investigation and prosecution over allegations of corruption.

The management of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has stressed the need for communities to ensure a healthy, clean environment as part of efforts towards achieving cleaner Lagos in the interest of the general public.

By Femi Ogbonnikan THE harrowing memory of the sustained attacks on inhabitants of Ketu-speaking communities in both Yewa North and Imeko-Afon Local Government Areas in Ogun State, can’t easily be erased. As a sad reminder, the attacks which occured between February and April 2021, took a terrific toll on human lives and also led to […]

By Owei Lakemfa WATER is life.  Yet it gets scarce. Deserts are advancing.  Although floods are causing havoc in some parts of the world, dry patches are becoming common. There was so much water shortage  in Southern Africa over the years, that countries like Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa were gasping for breath. Three years […]

Chichi Eriobu is the Founder and CEO of Phronesis Foods Nigeria Limited, a global growing food processing, packaging and export company, creating new food product lines from existing raw materials

Three persons reportedly died in a boat mishap in Iyasan and Ugbonla areas in Ondo State, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

Leader of Shi’ites in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has accused the Federal Government of marking him and his wife, Zeenat, for witholding their passports three months after they were discharged and acquitted of criminal charges by Kaduna State High Court.