By Segun Ige As a political contributor on major  Nigerian issues, for some time I’d been in a hibernation – not triggered or inspired to write or comment on anything significantly. I’d rather I traced such dispassion instructively on two things: first it was high time I turned over to my other passion, namely computational […]

The United Nations will offer a 1.1 billion dollars humanitarian assistance to 8.4 million people in the North-East in 2022.

The Federal Government can be very confusing in its approach to the war on terrorism. Governor Umara Zulum of Borno State has raised the alarm that the Islamic State in West Africa Province, ISWAP, is recruiting massively and fast gaining ground. He said unless something is done against them, Boko Haram, which has held Nigeria […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday pleaded with members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to play down their political ambitions ahead of 2023 general elections and focus on how to unite the Party to rescue the country from the shackles of maladministration inflicted on her by the All Progressive Congress, APC led-Federal Government

By Chioma Obinna A middle-aged man, Ogbodo  Friday,  will be spending the next seven years behind bars as he was sentenced by a  Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State over the falsification of Emzor paracetamol. Ogbodo was arrested by the Investigation and Enforcement officers of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, […]

One week after detection of bad petrol in some states of the federation, evacuation is yet to start due mainly to huge volume of the product, logistics and costs to be borne in the process of moving it from depots and filling stations to designated points.

By Mary Obaebor Jubril Dokun, 16, a student of Brainfield College, Salolo, Lagos State has emerged winner in the third edition of InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition, the CSR initiative of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch. After successfully scaling through multiple rigorous stages in the competition, Dokun was awarded the grand prize […]

The police in Imo  State have attributed the killing of seven persons at Mmaahu community in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state to cult activities.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti There was pandemonium along Ado-Ijan-Ikare road, yesterday, when a truck killed a student of Ayo Daramola Community Secondary School, Ijan Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Another student and sibling of the deceased also lost his lower limbs in the auto crash that occurred at a bad portion […]

By Ogalah Ibrahim & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo A Divisional Police Officer,  Abdulkadir Rano, was yesterday, killed alongside a soldier and one other by bandits in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The terrorists were also said to have robbed one Haliru of N2 million and abducted his wife in the course of the operation. The […]

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has won Booking.com’s Traveller Review Award 2022. The award celebrates businesses that consistently exceeded travellers’ expectations, having earned great traveler reviews.

Welcome to this week’s “Mental Health Chat Room”, this is a chat room where we discuss the basics of our mental health in order to understand and have a full grasp of the rudiments of mental health and mental well-being. This is part of our mental health advocacy activities aimed at promoting our wholesome wellness, […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State government, yesterday, placed a ban on the use of sound amplifiers, microphones and other form of sound systems at motor parks across the state to curtail noise pollution and  ensure noiseless, healthy environment. Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, announced this at a joint-press briefing organised by Lagos […]

The journey to the crowning of the most beautiful girl in Ogun is in top gear as the organisers have officially unveiled the date of the epochmaking event.

AS the Buhari-led administration continues to harp on diversification of the economy to solid minerals and agricultural sectors of the economy, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Wednesday, assured completion of Kano Gold Souk in 2022.