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New Omicron Covid variant: Why locking away Africa when virus is already on three continents — Vaccine expert

  Outraged by the banning of Africa over the new Omicron variant first discovered in South Africa, an African Union vaccine expert and...

Omicron COVID-19 variant

Just in: New Omicron COVID variant detected in 2 travellers from Nigeria in Canada

  Canada’s Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in two individuals who recently travelled from Nigeria to...

Five years after going solo, Psquare perform together in Freetown

  Five years after going solo, Psquare perform together in Freetown By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Nigerian music duo, Peter and Paul Okoye a.k.a...

Ugandan Government

China to take over Uganda’s only International airport over $207m loan

  The Ugandan Government has signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent...

20 days after, oil spill ravaging Opu Nembe in Bayelsa uncurtailed

  More than 20 days after an oil spill which resulted in inferno broke out in Opu Nembe Community at the Southern field...

kidnappers on abuja-kaduna expressway

It’s daily nocturnal sexual and psychological violence in the kidnappers’ den, while men are beaten black and blue, says female victim – a PSN exclusive

  Thirty-two-year-old Lukas (not the real name) was traveling to Kaduna for his cousin’s wedding when he was kidnapped along with nine other...

Monthly N250bn subsidy robs Nigeria of N3trn revenue annually from NNPC Ltd, says Finance Minister

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) is incapacitated to remit about N3 trillion yearly into the Federation Account because of...

Hard times: Father, mother sell two daughters for N700,000 to settle debts

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 40-year-old man has been apprehended by operatives of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Security and...

New National Carrier — Air Nigeria — for inauguration April 2022, says Aviation Minister

Nigeria’s new national carrier, Air Nigeria, will debut by April 2022, according to the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. The new national...

Ogun State Attorney general

Ogun Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniran, quits

  The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Akingbolahan Adeniran, has quit his job. The news of his resignation dominated...

Anambra poll: Gov.-elect, Prof. Soludo, gets felicitations from South Africa

    With President Muhammadu Buhari leading the pack, another congratulatory message from South Africa has poured in for ex-CBN governor and Anambra...

2023 presidential poll: Why we want Osinbajo to succeed Buhari, by monarch

    As Nigeria gears up for the 2023 polls, another monarch of prominence and paramountcy has canvassed support for the candidacy of...

Just in: Fake Ph.D certificate: FIIRO ex-DG, Igwe, remanded in prison

  Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) is currently cooling his heels in prison over...

Just in: Maina jailed 61 years for pension fraud, money laundering

  Erstwhile Chairman of the defunct Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, is to spend the next 61 years in jail, a court...

TEF Entrepreneurship Program

Tony Elumelu Foundation announces 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme beneficiaries on Nov. 12

    The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, says it will on November 12, 2021 announce 2021 TEF...