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Africa Cup of Nations moved to January 2024

With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals...

Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike

After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...

3m Nigerians suffer from drug use disorder, NDLEA boss raises alarm

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that approximately three million Nigerians are suffering from Drug Use Disorder (DUD) as a...

16-year old boy’s eyes plucked by ‘friend’ in Bauchi

A teenager, Uzairu Salisu, has had his eyes plucked out by his ‘friend’ in the Dutsen Jira area of Yelwa area, Bauchi State....

Lagos ranks 171 out of 172 worst liveable city in the world

Nigeria’s commercial hub and capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrests, terrorism...

How Forex scarcity, power outage, others trigger food inflation, food insecurity, short-changing of consumers by manufacturers

“How much do you sell your Grand loaf bread?” , a shopper asks a young man who owns a provision shop beside the...

Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife risk 12 months or life imprisonment

Former Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, risk 12 months or life imprisonment in the UK if found...

Nigeria to exit petrol importation soon, says Wunti,  NAPIMS boss 

 He said rather than trying to replace hydrocarbons in Nigeria’s energy transition, the nation’s focus is on how hydrocarbons are delivered in a clean,...

Tricycle operator nabbed over gunpoint rape, robbery of female passenger

A 22-year-old tricycle operator, Rasaq Tahoeed, is cooling his heels in police cell in Ogun state for allegedly robbing and raping a female...

Nigeria is withholding $450 million in payments due to foreign airlines – IATA

“The excuse was that 'we don't have hard cash and this is why we can't do it' but you have to note that...

LASG partners Tony Elumelu’s Afriland Properties to build world-class luxury Falomo towers

  The Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) has sealed a joint redevelopment partnership desl with Afriland Properties Plc to turn the...

APC’s Oyebanji wins Ekiti governorship poll by wide margin

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji has emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ekiti State. According to the...

Britain approves extradition of Julian Assange to US

The WikiLeaks founder has been at the centre of a protracted legal fight for more than a decade. Next week marks 10 years...

NAPIMS GGM, Wunti, in New York, throws Nigeria’s huge gas reserves of 450 QBTU at investors

``It will unlock a lot of investment and therefore the investing communities are very much cordially invited to this investment destination in Africa,’’...

Pakistan’s ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s organs failing,family says he’s in final hours

Pakistan's defence minister also gave his blessing to Gen Musharraf's return and said the former dictator should be able to spend the rest...