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TRIBUTE: Pius Anyim Pius: Still Impacting His Milieu @ 60

  By James Ume He is no less a child of providence, wielding influence with alluring humility and exemplary focus. He has spoken...

Sack of 39 oil workers: NUPENG, Valiant resolve months-long industrial crisis

  The several months of industrial faceoff between the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and VALIANT Energy Services West...

Buhari to new ambassadors: Fight hard for Nigeria, Nigerians abroad

  President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the new set of ambassadors to protect the interests of Nigerians living abroad and also fight hard...

FACTS ABOUT NEW EFCC BOSS, ABDULRASHEED BAWA

FACTS ABOUT NEW EFCC BOSS, ABDULRASHEED BAWA

  Born in Kebbi State some 40 years ago, Abdulrasheed Bawa, a Deputy Chief Detective Superindent (DCDS), is a trained Economic and Financial...

Breaking: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala named WTO Director-General

  Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the first African...

For his dedication, serving in Boko Haram territory, Ogun-born medical doctor gets N13.9m Borno Gov. largesse

  By Boye Ajayi   The Borno State Government has compensated a 65-year-old medical doctor from Ogun State, Dr Isa Akinbode with N13.9...

N148bn credit facility doled out for agribusiness, agriculture across Nigeria, says NIRSAL

  In line with its mandate, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Leading (NIRSAL) says it has facilitated over N148 billion...

Body of first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande a.k.a LKJ, interred in Lagos

  Ex-Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who passed on peacefully at his Ilupeju residence, was on Friday buried in Ikoyi cemetery...

This Day in Pictures: Ex-Lagos Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande buried in Lagos

The late first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on yesterday at the age of 91, has been...

Lagos NUJ to rename its Lighthouse complex in Victoria Island, Lagos, after Jakande

  The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, is to rename the NUJ Lighthouse complex on Victoria Island, Lagos, after late...

BREAKING: Former Lagos State Governor, nonagenarian, Lateef Jakande exits the world

  The first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died on Thursday morning in Lagos at the age...

It’s fake news: No herders attack on Prof. Soyinka’s Abeokuta home — Son

  The story making the rounds that Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s house in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, was attacked by Fulani herdsmen...

Unity, Peace of Nigeria Imperative, says VP Osinbajo

Worried by divisive tendencies among Nigerians, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged Nigerians to shun threats to the country’s unity and peace. According...

Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, is overvalued, says IMF

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s currency, the Naira is overvalued at the official market by about 18.5 per cent, advising...

War against cultism: Lagos Police nab 19 suspects at Alakuko

  In its relentless war to rout cultists and other bandits, the Lagos State Police Command on Monday captured 19 suspected cultists during...