If FG backs Obasanjo-Gumi initiative, herdsmen attacks, banditry can end in...
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party and member of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Dr Umar Ardo, tells JESUSEGUN ALAGBE he believes Fulani herdsmen attacks and banditry can end by July if...
View ArticleTwo weeks not enough to complete assets declaration, bank workers tell EFCC
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, on Saturday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to extend the two-week period given for senior bank officials to...
View ArticleAkpabio promised NDDC board’ll be ready before June 30 –Tompolo
Niger Delta ex-militant, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on Saturday revealed the outcome of the recent meeting he held with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator...
View ArticleZoning remains knotty as APC convention date remains uncertain
The search for a consensus around the issue of zoning of party offices is partly responsible for the delay in releasing the timetable for the proposed National Convention of the All Progressives...
View ArticleOndo doctors disagree with Akeredolu over part salary payment
Doctors in Ondo State, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association, have condemned the statement allegedly credited to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on refusal of the members of the association to...
View ArticleWhy crude oil receipts have not impacted lives in Africa –Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, says several years of oil and gas production in Africa has not promoted economic growth on the continent and improved the living...
View ArticleHow we used COVID-19 restrictions to strengthen e-governance in Nigeria –...
Prof Muhammed Abubakar is the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, a digital infrastructure and shared services provider with the responsibility of developing and implementing a national network and...
View ArticleI’m still baffled Facebook blocked my account for soliciting kidney donor for...
Broadcast journalist and blogger, Blossom Martins, whose Facebook and Instagram accounts were recently taken down, tells GODFREY GEORGE she has lost huge economic opportunities Tell us about yourself....
View ArticleI told Ayade his popularity would start eroding from his first day in office...
The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, former Governor of Cross River State, and former Minister of Power and Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke, fields questions on the political developments in his state....
View ArticleAbandoned by family, six siblings look up to society for succour amid...
TESSY IGOMU mirrors the pitiable plight of six children abandoned by their parents and what still appears to be their thorny path to a normal life amid possible irreparable damage done to their mental...
View ArticleLagos-Badagry Expressway: Deplorable highway hinders Nigeria’s multi-billion...
The poor condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is discouraging local and international tourists from visiting Badagry thereby killing the toursim potential of the ancient town, Afeez Hanafi reports...
View ArticleLagos vows to continue demolition of abandoned properties
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, has said the state government will not back down in its bid to demolish abandoned properties. Salako said this...
View ArticleThose who want Buhari to succeed
I was shocked last week to hear the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd) criticising those who “want me to fail.” He described them as sponsors and orchestrators of insecurity in Nigeria....
View ArticleNIGCOMSAT, others test-run SBAS helicopter between Douala and Kribi
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limted, the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, and Thales Alenia Space carried out a Satellite-Based Augmentation System helicopter...
View ArticleSuspected herdsmen shoot Beninese farmer in Igangan
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked another farmer in Idiyan, a village near Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Our correspondent gathered that the farmer from Benin...
View ArticleWe’re investigating alleged killing of DSS officer by soldiers –Police
The police in Ekiti State on Saturday said they had begun investigation into the alleged killing of a Department of State Services officer by soldiers in a hotel in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The...
View ArticleRRS arrests 47-year-old car snatcher in Lagos
Officers of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad have recovered a stolen Prado Sport Utility Vehicle from a 47-year-old suspect, Chinebere Innocent. A statement by the police spokesperson in the state,...
View ArticleTwo nabbed for allegedly spending fake naira in Kwara
Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested two suspects for allegedly spending fake naira in a rural market in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. The two suspects,...
View ArticleUS Consulate, YALI, others celebrate World Environment Day
The Acting US Consul General Brandon Hudspeth, together with members of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative have celebrated this year’s World Environment Day by participating in a tree-planting event...
View ArticleNGO lauds FG on creation of senior citizens’ centre
The founder of Senior Citizens Care Foundation, Aare Jide Taiwo, has commended the Federal Government for the creation of the National Citizens Centre signed into law in 2017 and the recent...
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