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Tinubu returns to Nigeria today – Presidency

President Bola Tinubu will arrive in Abuja on Wednesday from Europe, the Presidency has disclosed. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr....

Another gas explosion rocks Lagos, leaving three dead

Another gas explosion in Lagos has killed three people, this time at a vendor’s shop in the Ibeju-Lekki area. On Tuesday afternoon, a...

Shell Nigeria paid $1.09bn in taxes, royalties in 2023 to Nigerian government – SPDC MD Okunbor

Shell says it paid $1.09 billion in corporate taxes and royalties to the government of Nigeria in 2023 through the operations of The...

Release FIJ journalist Daniel Ojukwu, Spaces for Change urges police authorities

Spaces for Change (S4C) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation of Investigative Journalism...

Crazy father asks wife to throw their disabled 6-year-old son into crocodile-infested river, mauled to death

A mother has thrown her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river, where he has reportedly been mauled to death by reptiles. Savitri...

Rivers political crisis: You are extinct in the eyes of the law, Fubara tells state assembly

The simmering tension between Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the pro-Wike members of the Rivers House of Assembly has taken a new turn...

Lagos lawmakers to IGP: Your position on state police unacceptable

The Lagos State House of Assembly has disagreed with the position of the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Olukayode Egbetokun, that Nigeria is not...

Again, two Nigerians killed in South Africa, a month after killing five

Two more Nigerians have been killed in cold blood in Germiston, South Africa, exacerbating the pain and grief of losing five of their...

Unsavory developments in Togo

By Paul Ejime As widely expected, Togo’s national electoral commission has declared the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) Party, as the overwhelming...

The Minimum Wage Issue: Numbers vs Value by Dakuku Peterside

The issue of minimum wage or salary increase or by whatever nomenclature is a complicated policy issue. The wage increase is neither good...

Ex- Minister of State for Education, Kenneth Gbagi, dies at 62

A former Minister of State for Education and governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections in Delta State,...

37-year-old Australian MP allegedly drugged, sexually assaulted

Brittany Lauga, a 37-year-old member of parliament for Queensland, has reported to the Australian Police that some unidentified thugs drugged and sexually assaulted...

FG Unbundles Transmission Company of Nigeria

The Federal Government has announced the unbundling of the Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN) into two separate entities. The entities are Nigerian Independent...

Nursing mother, her three-month-old baby, six others roasted in a Delta petrol tanker fire

In a desperate attempt to save her trapped three-month-old baby, a nursing mother lost her life in a petrol tanker fire on Friday...

Just in: EFCC: Appeal Court overturns Kogi high court order, rules against Yahaya Bello

In a contempt case filed by Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, the Court of Appeal has set aside the Lokoja High Court order...

K1’s daughter’s appointment as Sanwo-Olu’s SSA sparks mixed reactions 

The appointment of Damililola Marshall, daughter of Fuji music star Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, as the Senior Special Assistant...