By Evelyn Usman & Olasunkanmi Akoni Three, yet to be identified members of the same family, father, mother and their young child were recovered dead in the early hours of yesterday, in a multi auto crash, involving four vehicles at Lagos State Secretariat, inward Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. Men of the Lagos State […]

By Innocent Anaba The High Court of Lagos State sitting in Igbosere, has issued far-reaching pre-emptive orders restraining Industrial and General Insurance Plc, IGI, and The Four H Nigeria Limited from transferring or tampering with a large expanse of land in the Lekki Peninsula after a property development company, Bravematt Property and Investment Limited, alleged […]

Former Anambra State governor and immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), not a kidnap victim, despite a surge of panic and speculation that swept through political circles on Wednesday.

By Henry Ojelu Christy Akingboye, widow of the late Ondo State Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate, Bamidele Akingboye, has demanded the immediate release of her husband’s autopsy report, condemning what she described as wicked, malicious and pre-emptive claims surrounding the circumstances of his death. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, the grieving widow said it […]

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has called on the Federal Government to take concrete steps toward protecting the rights and dignity of Nigerians as the world marks the 2025 International Human Rights Day. In a statement by its President, Debo Adeniran, the group said this year’s theme, “Human Rights: Our Everyday […]

By Gift ChapiOdekina Abuja-A rowdy session broke out on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a motion alleging the non-remittance of more than N5.2 trillion in operating surpluses and N11 trillion in revenue discrepancies linked to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, between 2016 and 2022. The motion, moved […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja-Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, retd, has said but for Nigeria’s swift intervention, the coup plotters who wanted to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Tallon in the Republic of Benin would have succeeded, thanking President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness. “Our prompt response made sure that coup failed. […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped in to sort out diplomatic issues around the Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft seized by the government of Burkina Faso.

Members of Rivers State Caucus in the National Assembly have extended their heartfelt condolences to their colleague and member member representing Andoni/Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency of Rivers State in the House of Representatives, Rep. Awaji-Inombek Dagomie Abiante, PhD, following the passing of his beloved wife, Late Mrs Agnes Nwakaewgo Abiante.

By Adesina Wahab The first Professor of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in Africa, Professor Gerald Ndubuisi Okeke has been conferred with the prestigious Life Time Achievement in Optimistic Climate Impact Advocacy for his exceptional leadership impacts in Climate Change advocasies and vision for Africa’s future. The award was conferred on him at the  Africa Intercontinental […]

The Senate yesterday raised alarm over what some senators described as selective implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s order on withdrawal of police orderlies from Very Important Persons, VIPs, to complement efforts to tackle the high level insecurity in the country.

Governor Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State has said he suffered so much as a governor because he refused to tell his own side of the story in the lingering political crisis in the state.

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE Arewa Youth Assembly, Thursday, hailed President Bola Tinubu over the appointment of Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Idris Adamu (Retd) as Chairman of the Military Pension Board.  The group in a statement signed by its President, Amb Danbature Abdul, said Tinubu’s appointment of AVM Adamu was apt, and that it […]

The Senate has commenced the screening of career ambassadorial nominees submitted to it last week by President Bola Tinubu.

SEPLAT Energy has held a two-day capacity-building workshop for journalists from Edo and Delta states where they were equipped with modern skills in report writing, mobile journalism, personal effectiveness, media technology, and digital marketing.