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Are ‘balloons’ the new drug epidemic in Nigeria?

They may look like the normal balloons you see at children’s birthday parties or those used for decoration at weddings or other celebrations,...

APC National Chairman, Sen. Adamu, has resigned — Nze Duru, Deputy National Organising Secretary, confirms

“Our party’s constitution has provided adequately for a transition process in the leadership of the party. The Deputy National Chairman, North, will assume...

APC crisis: Kyari takes over from Adamu as National Chair, presides over emergency NWC meeting

Following the resignation of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as...

Structurally defective storey building of classrooms donated by Sen. Iyabo Obasanjo collapses, students, teachers escape death

“We all knew it would give way one day, but the authorities did nothing about it. Thank God, no lives were lost. This...

National Leadership Crisis: APC Chair, Adamu Resigns?

All is not well with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as strong indications emerged on Sunday that the party’s National Chairman, Sen....

British Airways pilot knife-stabbed while on a run between flights

A British Airways captain who was going for a run between flights in South Africa, has been stabbed. A man described as a...

Akpabio, Abass get 7-day ultimatum to stop plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas have been given seven days ultimatum to drop the...

Ex-Ogun Gov. Osoba at 84: Tinubu extols media icon, describes him an exemplar in politics, journalism

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated veteran journalist, elder statesman and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on his 84thbirthday, saying his...

From Fame to Penury: The Despicable Tales of Nigerian Veteran Thespians

The entertainment industry, particularly the movie circle, has been in the eye of the storm in the last few years and the reason...

Buhari’s govt. borrowed N1.83tn from CBN in Q1 2023, pushes borrowings from the bank to N25trn, says official report

The ex-President Muhammadu Buhari government borrowed N1.83tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the “Ways and Means Loan” in the first...

Over 25m “hungry Nigerians” to get reprieve as Ukraine builds grain terminal in Lekki, Lagos

Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu declared state of emergency on the nation’s food sector, Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and...

Tinubu jets out to Kenya on Saturday for AU meeting, the third foreign trip since assumption of office

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday fly to Nairobi, Kenyan capital, to participate in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) of the African...

Ex-Lagos Gov. Ambode storm Aso Rock for Pres. Tinubu after four years of political estrangement

After four years of political estrangement with his godfather, a former Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday visited President Bola Tinubu.at...

Narcotics: NDLEA busts importers, seizes 64,863kg of Nitrous Oxide in Lagos, Imo

Barely 24 hours after the Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, ordered a nationwide clamp down...

N2.9bn fraud: For the third time, ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha freed by court

Thrice prosecuted in court, thrice discharged is the political career trajectory of Ex-Imo Governor and serving Senator, Rochas Okorocha, as he was again...