Aregbesola also charged Nigerians not to be lulled into a false sense of security on COVID-19 pandemic but to note that it is increasingly assuming a very dangerous and harmful dimension with the emergence of a virulent variant, Omicron.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, President, Pinnick Amaju has promised that the football house  would not owe new Super Eagles coach even as he also promised that they would clear Gernot Rohr’s outstanding debts in the coming days. ”We’re working on having other sponsors who will be responsible for his salaries. This way, there will […]

Dear Bunmi, I AM a divorced mother of two boys and in my late 40s. I live in a block of flats with another tenant who lives alone with his seven-year-old daughter. He never married her mother and now we have fallen hopelessly in love. I am 15 years older than him, but he says he […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. The declaration was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the […]

lMOE, Bayelsa govt, NOSDRA, Aiteo, others visit site l16,800 barrels of oil already recovered — Minister By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA—GOVERNOR Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has expressed dissatisfaction with comments credited to the Director-General of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Mr. Idris Musa, on the legality of the state’s technical committee on […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill his promise of opening an enquiry into the spate of political murders that the nation had undergone in recent years. Soyinka in his message at the “20th Year of Bola Ige Memorial Symposium, 2 Decades of Injustice: What Are the Implications n Nigerian […]

FG places NIS, NSCDC, NCS on high alert against  security breaches •Ondo new CP resumes,  promises to work with Amotekun, others By Dayo Johnson & Adeola Badru  South-West governors have ordered the Western Nigeria Security Network, WNSN, codenamed Amotekun, to begin a 24-hour patrol of the states in the region to ensure hitch-free Yuletide. Chairman of […]

Dear Bunmi, I’M 45 and a divorced mother of two teenage children. Three years ago, I met this man at a wedding and he told me straightaway he was a married man. Despite this we carried on seeing each other, as I felt safe with him, knowing the relationship wouldn’t go anywhere. He confided in me about […]

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA—Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, inaugurated two judges into the state High Court and three into the state Customary Court of Appeal, and approved an increase in judges’ rental allowances by100 per cent. It will now be 200 per cent of their basic salaries. At the inauguration ceremony, which took place at […]

By Gabriel Olawale The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has called on government at all levels to urgently cushion the effect of increasing prices of products and commodities in the country. Speaking during the 2021 edition of Ogun Festival in Lagos, Gani said that the rising cost of essential products and commodities, […]

Mixed reactions have begun to trail alleged extortion of suspected fraudsters by a woman police officer, DSP Cordelia Nwawe and members of her team attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, FCIID, Alagbon, Lagos., following calls by some Right activists on the need for a thorough investigation on the matter.

By Afe Babalola  THE National Assembly recently passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 wherein, among others, electronic voting and transmission of results were given a nod of approval, thereby empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the mode of conduct of elections and transmission of results.  Consequent upon its passage, the Bill was […]

–Briefs Buhari on the murder of 40 in state Says we’re helpless over military inability to reach bandits location  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has said that there is nothing like repentant bandits and that the state believes in dispatching the terrorists attacking innocent people to their creator. Governor el-Rufai […]

As Lagos calls for concerted efforts to combat menace By Olasunkanmi Akoni National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in collaboration with Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, destroyed at least 5,000 litres of expired codeine cough syrup seized during various operations. This came as Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, stressed the need for collaboration […]

Hajia Farida Waziri, a former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) has called for value reorientation in Nigeria, towards inculcating good values that can help the country out of its problems. Waziri spoke at the public presentation of four books written by former Nigerian Ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire, Chief Dennis Ukume on Tuesday […]