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Heirs Holdings acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total, ENI

Heirs Holdings, a leading African strategic investor in partnership with affiliated company, Transcorp Plc,  Nigeria’s largest publicly listed conglomerate, has announced  the unconditional...

Shock, disappointment as Buhari’s white pigeons could not fly 

The ceremonial release of white pigeons to commemorate 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja by the President Muhammadu Buhari experienced a hitch as they...

Nigeria’s inflation rate hit all-time high of 15.75 per cent 

… it’s a hydra-headed monster that has eroded disposable and discretionary income of consumers Nigeria’s inflation rate has spiralled to its highest level in...

55-year-old serial rapist nabbed for violating 7 teenage hawkers 

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 55-year-old man identified as Abdulhamid Sale, has been arrested for allegedly raping seven teenagers in Bukuru community in...

96 reputable firms bid for NNPC pipelines, depots, terminals rehabilitation on BOT financing 

  No fewer than 96 reputable companies  have indicated interest in rehabilitating the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) downstream infrastructure including pipelines, depots...

Just in: Eight days to go, Donald Trump impeached for ‘incitement of insurrection’

With less than eight days to the end of his tenure, the United States House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for...

Clark hits Akpabio hard: Stop meddling in NDDC affairs 

    The Ijaw National leader and Chairman of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),  Chief Edwin Clark, has sent a strong warning to the...

Octogenarian NADECO chieftain and ex-Imo governor, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu passes on

  Retired Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu, ex-military governor of Imo State and chieftain of the pro-democracy organization — the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, is...

Jealous 18-year-old lover sets boyfriend ablaze for jilting her

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A young man, Chidinma Omah, has died after he was set ablaze by his 18-year-old girlfriend, Esther, in...

Hunter becomes the hunted: Notorious Abuja kidnapper kidnapped by another kidnapper

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Even among criminals they get masters and superiors. This played out in a case of an Abuja notorious kidnapper,...

Bartender bags 8 years for stealing his employer’s ATM card, withdrawing N1.07m from his account

  By Boye Ajayi   A 35-year-old bartender, Godwin Job, is to spend the next eight years in jail for stealing the ATM...

Social media laudatory comments for Osinbajo on digital technology promotion for youth employment

  Nigerians particularly the youth have taken to the social media extolling Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s contributions to the promotion of opportunities for the...

Another COVID-19 lockdown imminent, warns FG

  Unless Nigerians comply with the COVID-19 protocols to flatten the curve of the second wave of the virus, the Federal Goverment says...

The year 2020 in Nigeria in retrospect: Its many furies

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh 2020 was indeed one of the toughest and most harrowing and challenging year not only for Nigeria, but...

Outrage, condemnation trail distribution of cutlasses, wheelbarrows at launch of FG’s 774,000 jobs

  Outrage, disdain and disappointment greeted the launch of the 774,000 jobs in Delta State for unemployed youths as the Federal Goverment distributed cutlasses and...

Ex-Benue military administrator, Kontagora, is dead

  A one-time military administrator of Benue State from 1996 and 1998, retired Col. Aminu Isa Kontagora, is dead. Aged 65, Kontagora passed on...