THE All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, weekend, appraised the Buhari-led administration in agricultural sector development from 2015-2022.

By Emma Amaize Okpanam Kingdom in Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State has not known peace for some years now following intra-communal headship and land disagreements, but the matter came to a head when some gun toting police officers from Abuja stormed the community, December 19, last year, seized and whisked the Ugoani (traditional […]

…Emir prays for higher office for Minister By Ogalah Ibrahim, Daura  The Emir of Daura, HRH Faruk Umar Faruk, yesterday, in Daura, Katsina State prayed for the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, whom he described as a goal getter, to attain a higher office. The revered Emir prayed the prayer while honoring Amaechi with the […]

By Esther Onyegbula Director of Muslim Rights Concern,MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, has accused the police of foot-dragging on the alleged killing of a student, Habeeb Idris, of Baptist High School, Ijagbo, in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The deceased was said to have been shot dead on Thursday, during a protest over hijab. Four […]

By Dele Sobowale “There are two forces in the world; the sword and the pen. In the end, the pen will overcome the sword” -Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821. That was true, and is still a fact, of the civilised world. But, this is Africa, the Dark Continent; and this is Nigeria, the biggest of all dark races on […]

 By Emma Amaize ASABA- Ijaw Agenda for Governorship 2023, DIA-G23, an Ijaw sociocultural pressure group, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, to select Senator James Manager as its 2023 governorship standard-bearer, saying Ijaw ethnic nationality in Delta South senatorial district cannot wait until 2031 to govern the state.  The group in […]

By Chris Ochayi The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has explained that the ongoing load shedding in Lagos axis was as a result of fire that gutted Egbin power station on Wednesday. The General Manager, Public Affairs at TCN, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, who gave the explanation via a statement in Abuja, said the fire incident […]

Babatinde Majiyagbe is a Lagos-based bank executive, who is a die-hard Super Eagles fan. Majiyagbe flew to Douala, waited for two days, before he took a connecting flight to Garoua, northern Cameroon, where the Super Eagles undertook their AFCON 2021 campaign. Before the shocking exit of the Eagles from AFCON, he was in high spirits, […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela   After weeks of speculation, former Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti State, yesterday, defected from the People’s Democratic Party. It was gathered that the former governor, who lost the PDP ticket to contest June governorship election in Ekiti,  left the party with a   large number of party members. READ ALSO:APC convention: Buhari to […]

THE Federal Government should close the gender gaps between men and women to create more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies, the Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, industry, Mines and Agriculture Business Women Group, NAWORG, has said.