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Second Republic Minister, Maitama Yusuf, dies

A second republic Minister and Sardauna Dutse, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf, is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday in Kano...

Foreign exchange: CBN lifts restrictions on 43 items

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that Importers of all the 43 items previously restricted in 2015 are now free to...

Tinubu appoints Special Adviser for Digital Economy, new CEOs for NCC, NIGCOMSAT, NIPOST, others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the...

Guilt-racked Army General bags seven years for stealing $2.17m, N1bn

An Army General, Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed is to spend the next seven years in prison for theft of N1.06 billion and 2.17 million...

Of Oppprtunists, Scavengers, Blackmailers and Vitriolic Attacks on Mele Kyari

By Engr Kunle Sajimi The drawback of achievements and accomplishments in public life is that it often sparks jealousy and unrestrained animosity towards...

Nov. 11 Bayelsa guber poll: Court disqualifies APC candidate, Timipre Sylva

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and former Petroleum Minister, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been disqualified from contesting the November 11, 2023...

FG not paying petrol subsidy again — NNPCL GCEO, Kyari

Contrary to insinuations on the social media, the Bola Tinubu administration has not returned to payment of subsidy to any person or group...

Israeli-Gaza War: Is a Ground Invasion Imminent?

According to a 2017 research brief by the RAND corporation, Israel has the military capability to wipe out Hamas, but doing so could...

Kevin McCarthy and the Travails of Democracy by Dakuku Peterside

“Why should we be interested in the impeachment of McCarthy in the US? There are parallelisms in the issue of trust and mechanics...

After two years in exile in Benin Republic, Sunday Igboho regains freedom, jets out to Germany

Two years down the line after fleeing from ex-President Muhammadu Buhari government’s arrest and exiling in Benin Republic, celebrated Yoruba nation agitator, Chief...

NNPCL busts another fake news, denies awarding pipelines rehabilitation to “Northern oil cabals”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has refuted reports in an isolated section of the media, alleging underhand dealings in the award...

Buhari living in regret, his govt failed woefully, says ex-Minister Dalung

Ex-Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, on Sunday passed a damning judgment on former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his administration failed...

Centenarian business icon, lawyer, Chris Ogunbanjo, exits

Renowned corporate lawyer, businessman and philanthropist, Chief Chris Ogunbanjo, has passed on. The Erunwon-Ijebu-born Ogunbanjo died on Saturday, October 7, 2023, about two...

Yet-to-be apprehended gunman shoots fatally another Nigerian in South Africa

In a wave of resurgence of attacks on Nigerians and their businesses in South Africa, another Nigerian has been killed by an unknown...

Hajia of the Poor by Senator Babafemi Ojudu

In this photograph with me is Hajia Maryam Uwais, a lawyer, a wife, a mother and an activist. In Yoruba when a man...

Stop The Blackmail: Mele Kyari, NNPC Not The Problem by Tajudeen Suleiman

In an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by one Abba Muyiwa Oseni published by some newspapers on Friday, October 6, under...