By Olasukanmi Akoni, Adesina Wahab  & Ozioruva Aliu AS the controversy over where thousands of artefacts taken from the palace of the Oba of Benin in 1897 by the Europeans should be domiciled rages, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, historians and leaders in Benin kingdom have said the stolen artefacts belong to the palace of […]

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that the clamour in some quarters for the inclusion of electronic voting and transmission of election results electronically in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, for the 2023 general elections will not work in the northern part of the country.

THE Trade Union Congress, TUC, has frowned on the level of external borrowings by the Federal Government and warned that the future of the country should not be mortgaged.

….Dies at 44 after battle with cancer By Benjamin Njoku, Juliet Ebirim & Adeola Badru NIGERIAN singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan, is dead. He died, yesterday, after battling with a rare form of cancer. He was 44. The Jagbajantis crooner was diagnosed with ‘angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma’ months back but, unfortunately, he lost […]

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, yesterday, expressed worry over the state of the country, warning that Nigeria is at the brink of an avoidable catastrophe that requires urgent actions.

When Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu, member of the House of Representatives representing Ahiazu-Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency of Imo State, introduced a Bill seeking to punish those who engage in mob action, he never envisaged that the intent of the Bill will be grossly misrepresented to mean a Bill seeking to jail protesters.

As 25 abandon workers group life insurance By Rosemary Iwunze The fate of workers in 22 states appears to be hanging in a balance over their retirement entitlements as the affected states may have abandoned the implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, about 17 years after the mandatory law was enacted. The total amount […]

By Tope Aderonke Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest yet most preventable diseases affecting women globally. In Nigeria, the disease claims thousands of lives every year, with estimates suggesting more than 14,000 new cases annually and a mortality rate among the highest in Africa. Despite the availability of preventive tools — such as Pap […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday said that only 1 per cent of Lagos residents received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Sanwo-Olu made this known in the update of the coronavirus pandemic situation in Lagos State. He said that one of the major tenets of the mitigation strategy against the third wave of […]

NIGERIA’s general incompetence in managing its diversity has been at play in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saga. Thirteen years after the late President Umaru Yar’Adua introduced it as a follow-up to his efforts to douse militancy in the Niger Delta, a second attempt at making it into law has exhibited a total miscarriage of […]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama, has hailed the impact of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Segun Awolowo, describing him as a man of boundless energy, who has made the agency one of the most successful in Nigeria. The minister expressed this at the weekend when he paid […]

The newly constituted caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has been charged to reconcile all its aggrieved members in the state for the progress of the party. The call is part of the terms of reference given to the new leadership by the national secretariat of the party via a letter, […]

By Segun Odegbami The world of sport has been agog with action this past week. As much attention is being paid to the Games as to the resurgent Coronavirus. From the ongoing Wimbledon Tennis championship to football across 11 European cities for Euro 2020, to athletics meets all over the world, to the CONCACAF Gold […]

By Erasmus Ikhide POPULAR consensus is that corruption is the hydra- headed monster that has kept Nigeria – the ‘Giant’ of Africa from attaining its great potential. The first coup masterminded by the five majors led by Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu was plotted to rid the nation of corruption as announced by the young […]

According to Peter Drucker Foundation, leaders ascend to the altitude of immortality through their attitude, conduct and display of sterling managerial acumen at moments of challenge and controversy.