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Breaking: #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest leader arrested by DSS in Abuja

Operatives believed to be officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested and detained Michael Lenin, a key leader of the...

Naira Abuse: After six months in jail, Bobrisky breathes air of freedom

After spending six months at Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, for abusing the naira, controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been...

Olympics: China’s Yuehong wins gold in 25m men’s rapid-fire pistol

By Samuel Akpan in Paris China’s Li Yuehong, twice a bronze medallist, won gold on Monday in the 25m men’s rapid-fire pistol in...

NNPC Ltd: An All-round Asset to Nigeria

By Olufemi Soneye In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian...

Olympics: D’Tigress defeat Canada, becomes first African team to reach the last 8

A groundbreaking performance has come from the D’Tigress of Nigeria, as they become the first African basketball team (male or female) to qualify...

Protests: NUJ condemns harassment of journalists, demands end to intimidation in Nigeria

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has denounced the attacks on journalists covering the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, calling for an immediate end to harassment...

Just in: Olympics: Favour Ofili defeats Britain’s Asher Smith to win Heat 6, qualifies for women’s 200m semifinals

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Nigeria’s sprint star Favour Ofili cruised into the semifinals of the women’s 200m on Sunday with 22.24s, reigniting...

FULL TEXT OF BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE NATIONWIDE PROTEST

  FULL TEXT OF BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF...

Gov. Abiodun did not call protesters sore losers – media aide

The Ogun State Government said on Saturday that Gov. Dapo Abiodun did not refer to protesters as sore losers. It said rather the...

Risks won’t deter doctors from treating hunger protest casualties – NMA President

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has promised to sustain its services, including critical medical emergency care, throughout the duration of the nationwide hunger...

NBA threatens legal action against govt over protesters’ killings in Niger State

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Suleja Branch in Niger State, says it will pursue legal action against security agencies for the alleged fatal...

Italian boxer who lost to Imane Khelif set to receive compensation prize money from IBA

The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award prize money equivalent to an Olympic champion to the Italian boxer who lost to Algerian ‘failed...

US poll: Vice-President Kamala Harris clinches Democratic Party nomination

United States Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. A virtual roll call to formally...

Call off ‘hunger protest’, Take-it-Back movement lawyer, Adegboruwa urges

Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has made a passionate appeal to the organizers of the nationwide hunger protest to call...

Nigerians, protesters criticize Gov. Abiodun for labelling them as “sore losers”

Nigerians have picked on Ogun State Gov. Dapo Abiodun for calling them ‘sore losers’ in his reaction to the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest that...

After Thursday’s protest, socio-economic activities resume in Lagos

Following the Thursday protest in Lagos State, socio-economic activities are once again thriving, with the usual vehicular movements across the Lagos metropolis. According...