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I left Afghanistan to prevent bloodshed – President

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said on Wednesday that he had left Kabul to prevent...

Breaking: Petroleum Industry Act: FG retains N162 as petrol pump price

  …Both labour and us have agreed on the process of putting the Infrastructure and the process in place. And once we are...

Just in: Ex-Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, dies at 74

A one-time Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, has passed on, according to family sources. Aged 74, Mantu, who was in the Senate in...

30 days after its passage, Pres. Buhari initials the Petroleum Industry Bill, scoring another first

  A month after the National Assembly passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 and sent a clean copy to the Executive, President...

22 worshippers murdered in cold blood on Plateau highway

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh No fewer than 25 travellers have been reportedly killed and 14 others injured by gunmen along Rukuba road...

COVID-19: FG places six states, FCT on red alert as delta variant cases increase

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As the cases of the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise gradually in Nigeria, the...

Ban of forex to BDC: Nigerians posing as travellers besiege banks in Lagos, Abuja for forex with fake documents, resell at black market

    The Central Bank of Nigeria’s ban of sales of foreign exchange to Bureau de Change (BDCs) has forced many Nigerians to...

Breaking: Late Gani Fawehinmi’s first son, Mohammed, is dead

  The first son of the late legal icon and human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Mohammed, has passed on. Aged 52, Mohammed,...

Just in: FG to resolve issues with Twitter in few days, says Information Minister

  …In the area of a Nigerian office, even though Twitter has agreed to the condition … the earliest it can establish it...

Arrest, dehumanization of Abuja six women : Two years after, Court slams Abuja Environmental Protection Board , police, others with several millions of naira as damages

      … the Inspector General of Police and Inspector Thomas Nzemekwe a.k.a Yellow to pay compensation to the women   “Justice...

November 6 Anambra Governorship Poll:  Prof. Charles Soludo is APGA’s candidate, Appeal Court affirms

Again, the coast is clearer and the way paved for Prof. Charles Soludo as APGA’s candidate for the November 6, 2021 Anambra State...

Changes in NNPC management: Senior staff elevated to top executive positions

…”redesignates Chief Operating Officer positions in the corporation as Group Executive Directors (GEDs) in line with the rules of Company and Allied Matters...

After months of respite, high-profile kidnappers relaunch attack on Ogun State, seize Swiss expatriate, driver, kill staff.

  The several months of breather enjoyed by residents of Ogun State, gunmen appear to have resumed their dastardly attacks in the state...

US pastor pledges N25 million to rebuild orphanage torched by bandits in Plateau state

  A New York City pastor has pledged to give $50,000 (N25M) to rebuild an orphanage in conflict-devastated Plateau State, which housed about...

#FixPolitics Initiative blasts NASS botched attempt at gagging Nigerian Press

    The #FixPolitics Initiative, a citizens-led research-based initiative designed to be executed as a “Big Push” for structural change of politics and...

No way for Atiku, Tinubu as Nigeria’s President in 2023, Babangida spits fire

  “I have started visualising a good Nigerian leader. That is, a person, who travels across the country and has a friend virtually...