Information Minister excited by Nigerian film selected for 2021 Oscars
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed, has lauded the emergence of ‘The Milkmaid’ as Nigeria’s representative in the International Feature Film category...
EITI Standards: NNPC appoints woman petroleum geologist EITI Implementation Programme Manager
As part of efforts and commitment to transparency standards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Supporting Company, the Nigerian...
Tragedy: Cross River Police Commissioner is dead
Tragedy struck the nation’s police hierarchy on Saturday morning as the Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, died of pneumonia complications. The...
Doping: Russia gets ban from Olympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Others
By Boye Ajayi Russia’s name, flag and anthem have been banned from the next two Olympics and any world championship for the...
Abducted Kastina school boys released, says government spokesman
Kastina State Government has confirmed the release of the more than 300 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, who were abducted...
Two Lagos lawyers sent to jail for 24 months each for N24m fraud
For their involvement in financial fraud, two Lagos lawyers — Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi — have been sent to jail for two years...
Human rights lawyer, expectant wife, slaughtered by suspected herdsmen
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A human rights activist and lawyer, Moses Udam and his pregnant wife have been brutally murdered by...
At last, Buhari succumbs to pressures, reopens four of Nigeria’s land borders
Bowing to International, regional and local pressures, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the opening of four of the land borders shut...
We are now second-class citizens in our own country, laments Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark
“What type of country to do we belong to? We produce all the resources in this country and for me to benefit...
Polaris Bank offers Yuletide no-collateral salary advance for shopping
Polaris Bank has announced a Yuletide salary advance for both existing account holders and non-account holders. The bank said the facility will...
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits all-time high 14.89 per cent, says NBS
Nigeria’s land borders closure and other factors have pushed the country’s inflation rate to a 31-month high 14.89 per cent as at...
Breaking: World Bank grants Nigeria’s $1.5bn loan
After several months of application, the World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s $1.5 billion loan. The facility was prepared jointly with the...
Breaking: Trump’s Attorney-General, Barr, quits
Less than a month to the end of Trump administration, U.S. Attorney-General William Barr has jumped the ship. He said he is...
Insurgency, Banditry in Nigeria: We are fed up, says Sultan
Peeved with violent extremism and insurgency, the Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers, Sa’ad Abubakar, says they...
Amnesty International applauds ICC’s probe of Nigerian military for alleged war crimes
Amnesty International says the International Criminal Court’s decision to launch a probe into the alleged war crimes records of the Nigerian...
600 Kastina school children abduction: Nigeria is a nation at war, says Soyinka
600 Kastina school children abduction: Nigeria is a nation at war, says Soyinka Nigeria is at war and at war within...
