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Mr Richard Mills Jr. named the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, replaces Mary Beth Leonard

After three years stint, US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has been replaced with Richard Mills Jr. President Joe Biden nominated Mills...

Mr Adebayo Lawal, Ex-State Justice Commissioner, ls Oyo new Deputy Governor

A new Deputy Governor has been appointed in Oyo State. He is Mr Adebayo Lawal, a lawyer and one-time State Attorney General and...

Portrait of an Intellectual Soldier

People have various ways of rationalizing death and consoling the bereaved, especially if the deceased died young. Igi to to ki pe ni...

Just in: Tragedy as Tinubu loses political ally, Mrs Kemi Nelson

Mrs Kemi Nelson, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s close loyalist, passes on. Aged...

NBA election: Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) takes over from Olumide Akpata as 36th President

Lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have elected a new President at their elections conducted at the weekend. He...

Just in: Vice-President Osinbajo announces his hospitalization for leg surgery

  In demonstration of his commitment to accountability and public scrutiny, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Saturday announced that he has checked into...

CONUA slams ASUU over five-month strike, says we are not on strike

"Perennial strikes over the years had done a systematic destruction of the local and global image of university education in Nigeria"

Court orders FG to pay N10m monthly salaries to CJN, N9m to other Supreme Court justices

Judicial officers in the country may now have reasons to smile as the National Industrial Court on Friday ordered the Federal Government to...

Inflation: Ghanian Govt approves 15% cost of living allowance for public workers

In a bid to cushion the effects of inflation, the Ghanian Government has introduced a 15 percent cost of living allowance (COLA) for...

Fireworks as ex-SGF, Lawal, faults Tinubu’s claim of competence in choice of Shettima, says Osinbajo is more competent than him

In an exchange of tantrums, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has faulted the claim of Asiwaju...

BREAKING: Sexual assault: Baba Ijesha bags 16 years in jail

  An Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, a.k.a Baba Ijesha, to 16 years imprisonment for sexually...

Breaking: Amid controversy, APC shelves official unveiling of Tinubu’s Muslim running mate

Amid controversy and strident criticisms of a Muslim-Muslim APC presidential ticket for 2023 polls, the publicized official unveiling of former Borno Gov. Kashim...

Distracting Politics and a Looming Food Crisis in Nigeria

by Frank Tietie   As the fevers of political permutations are rising among Nigerians over the coming 2023 elections, many forget that issues...

Despite restraining court order, Henry Ajagbawa, K.C. Akuma and others break into BEDC to take over

In spite of a subsisting court order restraining a takeover and occupation of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), two men purportedly appointed into...

MWUN joins three other unions in maritime sector to quit crisis-ridden COMTUA

A whirlwind has hit the Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations (COMTUA) in the nation’s maritime industry with the exit of another...