The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Dr Yusuf Datti-Baba Ahmed, has paid a condolence visit to both the victims of Beruet market where a three-storey building collapsed at the Computer Village and the Kantin Kwari market where rainfall and flood destroyed properties in Kano. Yusuf Datti was ably received at the Kano […]

Obaseki assures improved welfare scheme for senior citizens

Surveillance contract: A’Ibom host communities, Ijaw, Ogulagha elders back Tompolo

Slain soldier: Rivers community wails as troops lay siege

In her book, The Power of Names: Understanding the Mystery of What We Are called, the Canadian Author and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Mavis Himes noted thus: “Our…name is as much a part of us as our own skin. It travels with us like a passport testifying to our unique presence on this earth.” The name Ogaga […]

Efosa Taiwo Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski has continued his spectacular UEFA Champions League form at his new clubside, Barcelona, netting a hat-trick in their 5-1 thumping of Czech Republic’s side Victoria Plzen. Ivorian Franck Kessie opened scoring in the 13th minute heading home from an assist from Jules Kounde to record his first goal for […]

A 41-year-old robbery suspect, Sunkanmi Adeoye, has revealed that he went into the crime to get fund to purchase baby things for his pregnant wife.

BY ISE-OLUWA IGE  Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is a name that usually sparks mixed reactions anywhere, any day. From being a motor boy, a mechanic and a photographer’s apprentice, he is today widely acknowledged as one of the most brilliant of his generation and one of the most sought-after for the most difficult of election cases, […]

A murder suspect, Wahab Hammed, 28, has disclosed that he conspired with his friend, Adegoke Ayobami, 31, to kill one Oguntade Wasiu because the deceased was making more money than the two of them.

‘Okada riders are seeping with our wives; pay our salaries now; pay us our 18-months salary; pay us our stipends and allowances now’, were some of the inscriptions on the placards carried by the protesting police constables in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, yesterday.

By Chris Onuoha The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) President, Dr.Victor Makanjuola on Friday expressed worry over the myriads of challenges bedeviling the health sector ranging from inappropriate remuneration for members, worsening brain drain and generally unsatisfactory conditions of service, and inadequate infrastructure in hospitals in the country. Speaking in Benin city, […]

At independence in 1960, Nigeria was classified as a developing new nation. But 61 years later, we are among the most underdeveloped and backward countries in the world. All our economic, social, political and human development indices are among the worst while the deficits are among the highest. The revelation that there are 56,000 abandoned […]

In a working democracy not polluted by soldiers of fortune, political parties and the power elite would have long courted the likes of Chief Ede Dafinone as a gubernatorial candidate or at least senatorial candidate to disrupt some dark forces and institutions that have held down the people for many years.

All appears set as the 2022 Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, led by the Chairman, Rt Hon Abubakar Suleiman, will embark on seven days legislative processes in government and capacity programs in Canada to further enhance and strengthen the capacity of the lawmakers. The visit, under the aegis of the Conference of […]

By Godwin Oritse The Nigerian Fleet Implementation Committee, NFIC, yesterday, turned in its interim report to the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo,    recommending the need to establish a strong and sustainable national fleet for Nigeria’s maritime industry. Receiving the report at the Ministry in Abuja, Sambo stated: “Nigeria is a maritime country and if […]