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Don’t borrow from dormant accounts in banks, unclaimed dividends, SERAP cautions Buhari

  The plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895 billion from unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts to finance 2021...

Certificate Forgery Suit: Obaseki Floors APC Again As Court Dismisses Suit 

  The certificate forgery suit filed against Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki by the opposition party in the state, APC, has been thrown out...

Elon Musk outstrips Jeff Bezos as world’s wealthiest person

  Elon Musk, the outspoken and envelope-pushing chief executive of Tesla, overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s wealthiest person, US...

Kyari : A newshound’s delight …a brainbox

By Femi Soneye   From the prism of a media executive who has had unique interactive sessions with Mele Kyari, the verdict is...

Nigerian VP Osinbajo and outgoing U.S. VP, an invidious comparison, say Nigerians

  Some Nigerians were on Thursday down to earth as they knocked comparing Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to outgoing Vice-President Mike Pence of...

National identity card registration runs into hitch as NIMC workers begin strike

    The ongoing registration of Nigerians for the national identity card on Thursday suffered a setback as the workers of the National Identity...

British Prime Minister, International leaders condemn Pro-Trump riots in US Capitol

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday called for an end to the “disgraceful scenes” in Washington, DC. “The United States stands for democracy...

US polls: Curfew imposed on Washington amid pro-Trump protest

     ‌ Washington, DC, will be under a 6:00 p.m. curfew tonight, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a tweeted statement. It...

Banditry: Emirs, village heads to be dethroned, says Gov. Bello

  In Niger State, any emir or village head caught giving support to bandits will lose his throne. Also if they are found wanting...

NERC denies 50 per cent electricity tariff increase

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has denied approving a 50 per cent increase in electricity tariff in the country. “The commission hereby state...

Global economy to expand by 4 percent in 2021

…incomes likely to stay low for extended period The global economy is expected to expand 4 percent in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19...

Me comment on Buhari govt, No never, says Prof. Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he may no longer comment on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as it is nauseating and sickening...

Detention, torture of Sowore, others: SERAP drags FG to United Nations

  For arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Omoyele Sowore and four other activists, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the United...

Breaking: Ex-Unilag Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibidapo-Obe, dies at 72

COVID-19 has claimed another academic icon and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe. Obe, who died on Sunday, January...

Just in: For fairness, justice:Ogun government suspends commissioner over alleged sexual harassment

Pending an independent investigation, Ogun State Government has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Abiodun Abudu-Balogun from office over alleged sexual harassment of a...

Horny FCMB MD on the firing line as 1,000 people call for his sack for impregnating married woman-staff twice

… adulterous woman escapes to U.S. seeking asylum to cover up the shame The days of an adulterous Managing Director, Adam Nuru, of First...