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Alleged $2.4bn illegal crude oil sale to China: What you need to know about the subtle, close-knit plot to fleece Nigeria of millions of dollars of its crude oil through blackmail, intimidation

The prosecution of the petitioners which started in 2019 suffered setbacks due to a series of adjournments caused by the absence of the...

Interview: Nigeria’s worsening socio-economic situation raises cases of depression, drug abuse, says Neuropsychiatrist, Dr Uchendu

A Neuropsychiatrist and one-time Head, Mental Health Department, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ifedilichukwu Uchendu, has lamented the lack of attention being...

Plans to rehabilitate Tincan, Apapa, other ports underway, says NPA boss, Bello-Koko

The Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has disclosed that plans are underway to rehabilitate the ports across the...

President Biden, 80, officially declares he’s running for second-term

US President Joseph Biden Tuesday officially announced he will seek a second term as president of the United States in 2024 election. At...

Lack of funds, logistics, insecurity may force postponement of May 3 population census – PSN investigation

The 2023 population and housing census scheduled for between May 3 and May 5 may have run into logistic hitches as funds required...

AKK gas pipeline project 70% complete, commences operation September, says Kyari

Within the third quarter of this year, the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project is expected to begin supplying gas along that...

Weight loss can put Type 2 diabetes in remission ‘for at least five years’

By Neil Murphy Losing weight can put Type 2 diabetes in remission for at least five years, new data suggests. Figures from the...

Judicial meddlesomeness in NNPCL’s board’s chairmanship: Threat to company’s stability, corporate governance, investment drive

By Dele Akinsola The judicial pronouncement of a Federal High Court in Abuja, “annulling’ ‘a presidential nomination and appointment of the non-executive Chairman...

Some restaurants lacing their foods with drugs, health expert raises alarm

A Neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Ifedilichukwu Uchendu, has disclosed that some restaurants in Nigeria are now lacing their foods with drugs to get patrons addicted...

Appointment, remuneration, tenures of NNPC Ltd GCEO, CFO are in order — NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Following the controversy trailing the appointments, remuneration and tenures of the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian...

Investigate, prosecute Adamawa REC for declaring APC’s Binani gov.-elect, INEC writes IGP, SGF

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba Alkali, to investigate its Resident Electoral Commissioner...

Adamawa poll: Court declines APC’s Binani ex-parte motion barring INEC on her declaration as governor-elect

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declined an ex-parte motion filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress...

Brain drain: Can 5-year compulsory service bill curb Nigerian medical doctors’emigration to other countries?

What the proposed legislation may achieve if passed into law would be to increase the pool of unemployed and disenchanted Nigerians rather than...

FG to install luggage scanners worth N495m in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano railway station

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano railway stations. The...

May 29: Nothing must stop Tinubu’s inauguration as President, Northern elders warn

A Coalition of Northern Elders have warned that nothing must stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria...

Police arrest man for drugging, trafficking teenage girls to Libya

The Osun State Police command has confirmed the arrest of one Adebisi Muideen, for allegedly drugging four teenage girls and planning to traffic...