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NFF confirms Odion Ighalo will miss AFCON

  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that striker Odion Ighalo will not be available for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations...

Dowen College

Sylvester Oromoni update: LASG clears five students, staff as autopsy rules out murder

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Five students and five staff of Dowen College, accused of being involved in the death of 12-year-old...

Nigerian judiciary in dire straits in 2021

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   In 2021, the nation’s judiciary — the court and its officers — was on the flip...

17 months to go: Buhari names Ass. Prof. Doyin Salami, his Chief Economic Adviser

Barely 17 months to exit office, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Dr Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser....

2022 federal budget: Buhari to spend N2.3bn on local, foreign trips, Osinbajo N777m

  Ostensibly in pursuit of his diplomatic shuttle and foreign investment drive across the world, President Muhammadu Buhari is to spend about N2.3...

Tofa

MKO Abiola’s poll challenger, Bashir Tofa, 1993 NRC Presidential Candidate, dies

  The 1993 June 12 Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, from Kano, has passed on....

2021 in review: the good, the ugly, the tragedies

  Like every other year in Nigeria, the year 2021 was not turmoil-free; it has its ups and downs. As Nigerians put the...

Minor fire at Port Harcourt refinery put out, authorities say

    The early Saturday morning fire at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has been put out, authorities have said.   As...

Approach 2022 with optimism, positive disposition, Archbishop Martins urges Nigerians

    The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr Alfred Adewale Martins has enjoined Nigerians to be optimistic and embrace a positive...

Buhari signs N17.126trillion 2022 budget, queries NASS over ‘additions and reductions’

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Unimpressed with the alterations made in the 2022 Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the...

21 famous persons, celebrities, royalty, church leaders, who exited the world in 2021

The year 2021 came with its challenges, turbulence and calamities, leaving in its trail fatalities especially of no fewer than 21 notable personalities...

Buhari administration’s scorecard for 2021: Its stellar performance, says Information Minister

    In spite of insecurity and the COVID-19-triggered economic and health challenges which confronted the country, the Minister of Information and Culture,...

Igbo presidency not a right, requires negotiation, conversation with all parts of Nigeria — Abia Gov

  Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction come 2023 is a national question that requires negotiation, discussion and conversation...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, humiliates COVID-19, recuperating 

    Few days after he contracted COVID-19, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,...

Former US Senate leader Harry Reid dead at 82

  Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George...