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Presidency Slams Obasanjo the ‘Divider-in-Chief’

The Presidency on Sunday aimed directly at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, attacking him as the “divider-in-chief” and insisting the former leader is not...

Torrential rainfall: Lagos community loses two children to flood water 

For the residents of Oyebanjo Street in Ketu surburb  area of Lagos, Saturday’s torrential rainfall can be anything but a blessing as they have lost...

Rape: President George Weah declares national emergency

  Liberia has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after increase in cases across the...

Strike: Buhari directs MDAs to meet labour, open books to them

  In a bid to halt strikes by the organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed ministries and agencies to open the books...

I backed Adesina for AfDB job for his competence, says Buhari 

  …Adesina thanks Buhari for being his Supporter-in-Chief, and his Defender-in-Chief   President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he staked his integrity...

Carrot thief banished from circulation for two years

Guilt-racked carrot thief is to spend the next 24 months behind the bars, a court ruled on Thursday. The 25-year-old trader, Abba Arando,...

Pastor charged with first-degree murder after shooting wife outside bank where she worked

    A popular Ghananian Pastor in the United States was arrested after he fatally shot his wife outside an Orlando credit union...

SERAP criticizes arbitrary electricity tariffs, petrol price hike

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the patently unfair and arbitrary hike in electricity tariff and fuel price...

Let us blow our own trumpets, Buhari tells ministers, other officials

  “Information to the public should be better packaged; go on the offensive, we are proud of our achievements and we should blow...

My Response to President Trump’s Christian Massacre Allegation – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed he pushed back on U.S President Donald Trump’s claim that the Nigerian government was slaughtering Christians...

Gas pipeline contract cost inflation baseless, false, malicious, says NNPC

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has described as false, baseless and unfounded the allegation that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline...

U.S likely to have coronavirus vaccine by October says Trump

  US President Donald Trump revealed Monday that America could have a coronavirus vaccine by October. “We will end the pandemic under Operation...

Fuel Price: Buhari administration exterminates corruption-ridden fuel subsidy regime, pools resources for infrastructure development

It is no longer news that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), announced a...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Petrol, electricity tariff hike: Presidency says subsidy removal long overdue  

As the Organized Labour and civil society organizations warm up for a nationwide strike over a raise in petrol pump price from N148 to N161...

COVID-19 funds: FG responds to SERAP, CODE’s request, says it spent N31bn in 4 months 

The Federal Government on Sunday responded to a query by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE) on its COVID-19 expenses,...

Lagos airport receives first international flight few hours after FG reopens airspace 

    After a five-month closure of Nigeria’s airspace due to Coronavirus outbreak, the first international flight landed at the Murtala Muhammed International...