Some parts of Ibadan City in Oyo State on Wednesday witnessed unusual gridlock due to the prevailing scarcity of fuel across the country. The gridlock caused by heavy presence of car owners in many filling stations visited in the town, left many commuters stranded. Commenting, a businessman, Mr Mayowa Oluyinka, said that the situation became […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four gunmen of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) at Ihiala town in Anambra. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said troops received a distress call that the gunmen were out enforcing […]

BARELY forty- eight hours after he dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has appointed the former Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, as the Chairman of the Committee on Procurement.

Dear Bunmi, I’ve just discovered that my eldest daughter, who is 14, is pregnant. I’ve always brought her up to know the importance of safe sex, in spite of whatever sex education she must have been taught in school. As to be expected, I am devastated. I didn’t even realise she and her boyfriend, 16, were […]

The Yoruba Stakeholders’ Summit Group, yesterday called on all major political parties in the country to zone their presidential slot to South East or South-South of the country as a way of promoting equity and fairness.

By Emmanuel Okogba West Ham defender, Kurt Zouma has been fined two weeks wages by the club over a video of him kicking and slapping his pet cat. Zouma was seen in the video kicking the cat, before slapping it, and then chasing it around the house. The video has attracted heavy criticism in the […]

This weekend, it shall be moments to remember as A-list Nigerian artists will fly into the nation’s capital, Abuja for the Hustle & Bustle Anniversary weekend.

The Imo Hoteliers Association, on Wednesday, accused the Imo state government of extorting and impounding the vehicles of their members in the name of biometric data capturing and painting of their vehicles.

We will be discussing the status of implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in states of the Federation. Today, we will be discussing Abia State.  Abia state is among the states that I term to be the hibernating states. These states have enacted laws on the CPS, but cannot be said to have keyed into […]

Unless there is urgent intervention, two-year-old, Onyemaechi Chinedum, may not live to celebrate his 5th birthday the toddler is down with liver cirrhosis. Medical doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, say he needs an urgent liver transplant.

The global economic performance from the lens of the World Bank indicates an average growth of 4.1%, down by 0.2% from the previous projection. United Nations Organization (UNO) warned that global economic recovery is losing steam due to multi-faceted economic headwind amidst new wave of Covid-19 infection, persistent labour market challenges, supply chain hiccups (Culled from […]

Prince Osborn Nweze Umahi, son of the current governor of Ebonyi State, David Nweze has advised the youths against following the crowd, trend or things of the world. Osborn Nweze who is greatly inspired by his father via his Instagram page urged the younger generation to always put their trust in God the creator. “We’re […]

Barely 24 hours after terrorists attacked Bakori-Funtua axis in Katsina, the daredevils have struck again, this time in Magama, Jibia Local Government Area, killing the Divisional Police Officer of the area, DSP Abdulkadir Rano, a soldier and one other visiting Almajiri who recently arrived in the community.

As the preparations for the conduct of the 2022 population and housing census gathers momentum, the National Population Commission, NPC, has inaugurated the Census Technical Working Group, CTWG

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Traditional rulers and leaders of Gwer East Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state are to lead a delegation of the people of the area on a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the fire incident that razed his mango farm in Howe community. Governor Samuel Ortom approved the visit […]