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.