By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has restated a warning that okada riders and passengers found culpable of operating in certain locations where it has been banned will be jailed three years on conviction. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde issued this warning at a news conference to announce the kick-off of total enforcement […]

Some Nigerians who travelled to Dubai were detained at the airport and their passports seized.

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa has urged Nigerians to elect leaders based on competence rather than dwelling on the religious bias for the 2023 presidential elections. Obasa made this known at the 14th Annual Hijrah Lecture organised by the Lagos assembly’s Muslim community at the assembly complex in Lagos on […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Angry youths of Apir community in the outskirts of Makurdi town, Wednesday took over the ever busy Makurdi-Aliade road in protest over the state of the long abandoned collapsed federal road. The youths who sang solidarity songs came out in their numbers at about 7am after a truck conveying bags of […]

By Efosa Taiwo Cameroon and Egypt have arrived Abuja ahead of the U19 African Women Volleyball Championship. The African Volleyball governing body had announced Nigeria as the host country for the championship slated to take place at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The contingent from Cameroon and Egypt arrived Abuja on Wednesday afternoon ahead […]

By Biodun Busari The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, Matthew Kukah has cautioned that using religion to manipulate politics will have grave consequences on the development of the country. Kukah noted, on Tuesday, that Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler used religion to manipulate politics which came with devastating consequences. The Christian […]

By Adegboyega Adeleye The past week featured releases of incredible tunes, Extended Plays(EPs), Albums, and other superb music projects from talented Afrobeats singers such as Olamide, BNXN, Chike, Rema, DJ Tunez, Mz Kiss, Ayra Starr, Rema, Zinoleesky and others. Here’s a recap: Afrobeats superstar BNXN fka Buju released his much anticipated remarkable extended play titled […]

By Olayinka Ajayi THE All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Spokesman, Mr. Festus Keyamo, Wednesday, challenged the Delta State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential Candidate Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, over comments he made to ridicule the APC, presidential running made Kashim Shettima. Reacting to an online report in a tweet, Keyamo cited the […]

Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has urged youths and support groups of the party to shun hate speech and ensure that their utterances were unifying and not divisive ahead of the campaigns for the 2023 general elections. Okowa made the call at the inauguration of the […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, has dismissed the case brought by the Atheist Society of Nigeria, against the judgment of the Akwa Ibom High Court which had earlier held that  the Atheist Society of Nigeria had no locus standi to challenge the Powers of the  Government of Akwa Ibom State to build a befitting International Worship Centre for its people.

Members of the National Assembly cannot impeach President Muhammadu Buhari because they are partly responsible for the country’s economic and security woes,a former member of the House of Representatives and 2023 Governorship Aspirant in Kaduna State under the All ProgressivesCongress( APC), Mohammed Sani Sha’aban has said.

By John Alechenu, AbujaThe National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyiochia Ayu, has dismissed calls for his removal from office. He wondered where those championing such calls were when he and other patriotic Nigerians came together to form the party. Ayu spoke in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC, monitored […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has lamented the increasing scarcity of Jet A-1, (aviation fuel) stating that getting an operation license to import the commodity would save cost and helps in its operations. This was the view of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao while delivering a lecture […]

Nigeria’s youngest presidential candidate and candidate of Accord for the 2023 election, Prof Christopher Imumolen has lamented over the current status of power in Nigeria and has proffered modules for the development of the sector.

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 21-year-old man, Temple Samuel, for allegedly stealing and selling his boss’ Lexus ES 330 car in Ogba area of the state. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrestin a statement, he issued on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that operatives of the […]