The Katsina State House of Assembly has expressed serious concern over what it called the recent increase in bandit attacks on some communities in the state.

Last week’s protest by retired policeofficers clamouring for exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, once again, brought to the fore the knotty issue of police welfare. To be sure, this agitation is not new. It is as old as the scheme itself. So, to the extent that it was about improved welfare for policemen, serving and retired, it was […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has approved the appointment of Prince Olagoke Owoyomi as the new Obajio of Ife. This is contained in a statement signed by Otunba Moses Olafare, Director, Media and Public Affairs of the Ooni’s Palace, on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. Ooni said the selection followed a screening process […]

Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died in a climbing accident aged 31, her management and the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) confirmed to CNN Sports. The retired German biathlete was struck by falling rocks at around midday local time on Monday while climbing Pakistan’s Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range, her team said […]

Isabella Emike Olatunji, a dedicated advocate and community leader, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by being crowned Mrs. Canada Globe 2025-2026.

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Dr Musa Mohammed as the duly elected Executive President of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), bringing an end to a five-year leadership dispute within the influential transport union. The judgment, delivered yesterday in Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CB/467/2021, dismissed the case […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — THE Edo State Task Force on Protection of Government Property, yesterday, claimed that massive damage has been done to the Warri-Kaduna crude oil pipeline at Ekperi in Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state, where suspected vandals have escavated and stolen about 30km length of the pipes. It […]

An Itsekiri indigene, Romeo Ogedegbe, has urged President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, NSA, INEC, and the international community to wade into the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, INEC, delineation proposal in Warri Federal Constituency. Ogedegbe, in a statement, described the proposal as fraudulent, saying Itsekiri indigenes would no longer remain silent over the matter. […]

NADDC D-G, Mr Joseph Osanipin, has made a passionate call for a unified push toward the development of local content in Nigeria’s automotive sector

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,550 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,530 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly the naira depreciated to N1,537 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira rose to […]