The Police Command in Jigawa has arrested a 25-year-old man for alleged defamation of character, criminal force and assault in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Friday. He said that the suspect was arrested after […]

In readiness for the conduct of council polls today, Saturday, July 24,2021, almost all the major roads in Lagos were deserted as motorists comply with restriction of movement order by the state government.

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo A young man chose lavishness for the funeral of his 75-year-old mother. He waited eight months to find ambiance and rhythm. At some rough patch in his life, he must have sworn to stuff sand into the mouth of poverty. Perhaps he has never begrudged ostentation. Unfettered by hypocrisy, therefore, his friends […]

By Evelyn Usman They looked forlorn and despondent. One of them has already committed suicide while some narrowly escaped suicide attempts. They are still in a state of shock, unsure of what to do. These are victims of an investment that went down the drain. More than 2000 Nigerians invested in a promised mouth-watering Return […]

By Chief Segun Odegbami Background That was an incredible opening ceremony of the Olympics yesterday in Tokyo – simply out of this world! I should be in Tokyo, Japan, by now, but I am not. I readily accepted an invitation to attend the 32nd Olympiad as an observer when it was offered me. That was […]

By Emeka Obasi I am on my way to INEC head office Abuja to submit Obinna Iyiegbu’s name as the next governor of Anambra State. Forget about deadline and party affiliation. Politics in Nigeria is Yahoo Plus. One does not need the Electoral Commission to win elections. My move will shock many compatriots. That is exactly […]

By Francis Ewherido I watched a short video some time ago. A man was in the bathroom when the wife requested to use his car. He agreed, but shortly after, he remembered that he left his phone in the car. He ran out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist and soap lather […]

After much dithering procrastination on the role he would play in the emergence of his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to play a decisive role in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Indeed, rarely has it been seen that a president anywhere did otherwise. The only idea of a president in Nigeria playing a role […]

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has handed over MV Platform Care I vessel to its owner, Blut Logistics Limited. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the impounded vessel was released to the owner on Friday at the Naval Base, Warri, sequel to directives from the Naval headquarters. NAN also reports that the […]

Some Residents of South-South region have said that their Senators who voted against electronic transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, do not deserve to represent them anymore in the Senate and should vacate the Red Chamber.

The proposal by the All Progressives Congress, APC to adopt the consensus method in choosing its officials and candidates in the forthcoming 2023 elections may have been triggered by the failure to pull down the structures of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, party sources have disclosed.

Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari was a former two-term Governor of Zamfara state and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Before serving out his term in 2019, he was the Chairman of the influential Nigeria Governors’ Forum NGF.

A Beninese Court sitting in Cotonou, Benin Republic, has asked the Nigerian government to provide on Monday, whatever evidence it has against Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho.

AFTER months of preparations, Lagos and Ogun states will hold local council polls, today.

WHEN the people of Opuama, Ogbinbiri, Polobubor, Ofunama, Ajakuruma and other communities of Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, cried out, early this month, over the siege to the riverine territory by the military Joint Task Force, JTF, little did they know that the soldiers were doing them good.