Nigeria receives 16m doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Contrary to some media reports, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 16 million AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received...
Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s suit against Buhari administration
The suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government for its failure to prevent, account for...
Fashion designer bags four months of community service for Cybercrime
By Boye Ajayi A 32-year-old, Oyelakin Babatunde, a self-acclaimed fashion designer, has been sentenced to four months of intensive community service for...
Breaking: Tragedy: Ekweremadu slumps, dies
A former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has lost his elder brother, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, the Enugu State Commissioner for Transport....
Retired IG-P Adamu’s tenure elongation: An illegality, breach of Police Act, Constitution — Senior lawyers
President Muhammadu Buhari’s elongation of the tenure of retired Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, for three months has received a swipe...
Breaking: Buhari rewards Buratai, Olonisakin, other ex-Service Chiefs with ambassadorial jobs
Barely two weeks after their retirement, the five immediate past Service Chiefs have been nominated as non-career Ambassadors-designate. Well-meaning Nigerians, governors and...
Breaking: Retired IG-P Adamu gets 3-month tenure elongation
Mr Mohammed Adamu, who attained retirement age on February 1, 2021, has been given three months tenure extension as the Inspector-General of...
Faisal, Maina’s son, jumps N60m bail, bolts to U.S.
Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trial alongside his father, for laundering pensioners’ money to the tune of billions, has...
United Nations says eating less meat can help reduce risk of pandemic
The United Nations Environment Programme says eating less meat can help reduce the risk of a pandemic, and also save the environment....
FG approves licence for 20 new universities, pushing the number to 190
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja on Wednesday approved 20 new including nine private ones, pushing the number of universities in...
Insecurity: Gov. to FG: All citizens should be licensed to carry guns
Overwhelmed and frustrated by the deteriorating security situation in the state, Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has asked Federal Government to grant all...
The Day In Pictures: VP Osinbajo with Ondo and Oyo Govs
VP engaging and doing follow up with Ondo and Oyo Govs last week after their meeting with the President
A Peep into Air Peace New E-195 Aircraft
Nigeria’s airline Air Peace has taken delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 this week. Registered 5N-BYF, the new E-195 provides a 2-2 seating configuration but...
Real Madrid FC President, Florentino Contracts COVID-19
By Boye Ajayi Real Madrid President, Florentino Pérez, has tested positive for COVID-19, reports Persecondnews. The club made the announcement in...
Tragicomedy of a nation in need of direction
BY OLUKAYODE OYELEYE Nigeria’s population is rising and, today, it has more than quadrupled the figure at independence over 60 years ago....
Buhari has failed to meet expectations of Nigerians, says his ally, Pastor Bakare
Fiery Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder and senior pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, says, President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed...
