PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES
Reflections on 61 years of U.S. – Nigerian Engagement
By: Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria As Nigeria celebrates its national day, we celebrate our enduring bilateral partnership with the...
Revenue: Future of crude oil bleak, taxation only sustainable source – FIRS boss
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, says the future of crude oil as a major...
FG approves 14-day paternity leave for fathers
The Federal Government has approved a 14-day paternity leave for fathers to enable them to bond with their newborn baby or adopted...
Woman nabbed for collecting N50,000 “settlement” from parents of teenager who defiled her 3-year-old granddaughter
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A woman has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly collecting N50,000 from parents of...
Spaces for Change worries about “over-application or abuse’’ of security infrastructure to crack down on civic actors
“According to the dialogists including media professionals, misapplication or misuse of counter-terrorism strategies have resulted in some politically-motivated criminal prosecutions bordering on...
Power surge, interrupted power supply in Nigeria: Schneider Electric to the rescue
In its commitment to mitigating power surge and interrupted power supply which remains a common problem in Nigeria, Schneider Electric, the leader...
Terrible tragedy! Widower of late Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, killed
Prowling gunmen have again wreak havoc in Anambra State following the assassination of Dr Chike Akunyili, the widower of former Information Minister,...
Several people roasted, several houses razed as two petrol tankers collide, explode in Rivers
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Unspecified number of people have been reported roasted in an inferno caused by two petrol tankers that collided...
Kidnappers invade Lagos, abduct retired Air Vice Marshal
Lagos which prides itself as a secure state, recorded its first high-profile kidnapping on Tuesday following the abduction of retired Air...
Nigeria’s Supreme Court loses another jurist, Samuel Oseji, within seven months
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, has passed on. The jurist, who breathed his last on Tuesday...
Northern governors knock Southern governors over zoning of President to South in 2023, others
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) on Monday attacked the position taken by the 17 Southern governors on some critical national issues...
World Tourism Day: Information and Culture Minister rues COVID “vaccine nationalism” hindering restart of tourism
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says ‘COVID-19 vaccine nationalism’ is hindering efforts to restart the tourism sector after...
Nigeria’s N35.5trn debt, humongous rise in FG’s expenditure profile worry NECA
Nigeria’s rising debt profile and financing infrastructure deficit with foreign loans has been criticized by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), calling...
2004 Philosophy graduate of Lagos State University bags professorship in U.S. Varsity
A 2004 Philosophy graduate of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, Prof. Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey, has been appointed a Professor of Philosophy and...
N6trn NDDC misappropriated funds: Pres. Buhari gets 14-day ultimatum to publish names of looters, recover funds
“Taking these decisive steps would advance the victims’ right to restitution, compensation and guarantee of non-repetition, as well as improve public confidence...
