The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union, BEPU, said yesterday that Ansaru terrorist group has banned political activities in many communities in the eastern part of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

THE Federal Government yesterday gave insight into why no union in the nation’s university system education was invited to last Thursday’s meeting held to assess the progress made so far on addressing the few outstanding demands of the striking university workers, such as the contentious payment platform and the renegotiation of their conditions of service.

Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has said the present crop of presidential candidates cannot fix Nigeria.

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for nominating Mr Umana Okon Umana to the Senate for confirmation as minister.

THE Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has said enduring peace has come to stay in Warri, Delta State, noting that the era of fighting and other crises is gone in the oil-rich city.

A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, weekend, struck out the suit filed by one Prince Efe Henry Duku, challenging the state government’s N150 billion ‘bridging finance facility’ as approved by the Delta State House of Assembly.

The Federal Government has discreetly commenced the re-evaluation of the Act setting up the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, without the knowledge of the National Assembly and stakeholders of Niger Delta.

By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor, Henry Ojelu & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Zamfara State government has directed citizens in the state to obtain guns to defend themselves against bandits, a move many see as a sign of a failed state. The government also banned the use of motorcycles, otherwise known as Okada, in the state and directed security […]

By Nick Dazang AFTER teetering on the brink during the  conduct of the Anambra governorship election, made uphill by security challenges and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council Elections, bedevilled by logistics difficulties, the ever-resilient Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has finally got its mojo back on Saturday, June 18, 2022 during the conduct […]

In a few days, Reputation Poll International, a leading global reputation-management firm, known globally for its annual ranking of the 100 most reputable people and most reputable bank CEOs in various countries, is set to recognize banks, fintechs and individuals in the banking and financial technology sector who have built and played an imperative role […]

Lagos —Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, has announced the donation of more than 2,000 motorcycle helmets to its Delivery Associates (riders) in Nigeria as part of its Safe and Affordable Helmet Programme with FIA. This initiative aims to provide high-quality helmets meeting United Nations Regulation ECE 22.05 in territories where accessibility and affordability can […]

By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha, BENIN CITY A 33-year-old man, Mr Volt Blessing Gabriel, has been arrested by operatives of Delta State Police Command for using a hand saw to cut off the head of his one-year-old child for ritual purposes. Gabriel, who killed the child, identified as Godspower, in a bush in Benin-City, Edo […]

NOT a few analysts would have sworn that having defied all the odds to defeat all his opponents at the very transparent national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the matter of choosing who will run with him on the APC ticket would be a mere walk in the park for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

By Owei Lakemfa There is a massive movement led by the youths to register for the 2023 general elections. It is like a battle cry by those who are clearly qualified to vote in the elections rather than the underage and foreigners who are imported to vote. The cry is ‘Get your PVC (Permanent Voters Card) […]

ONE of the reasons Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world is that the country of more than 200 million people lacks viable sources of energy to produce, create employment and take care of its citizens. Successive administrations have utterly failed to provide electric power supply. The 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]