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Buhari reappoints NPA MD Hadiza Bala Usman for second term

  The Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman, has been reappointed for a five-year tenure by President Muhammadu...

U S. President Biden annuls Trump’s travel ban on Nigeria, other countries

  U.S. President Joe Biden, on assumption of office on Wednesday, signed an Executive Order repealing the travel ban slammed on citizens from...

Cristiano Ronaldo is world’s top goal scorer in football history

  By Boye Ajayi   Cristiano Ronaldo has etched his name in the annals of world football by emerging as the all-time top...

Buhari, other world leaders excited, give new U.S. President Biden warm welcome

  …British PM Johnson: look forward to a close relationship …Trump a tyrant, says Iran’s President President Muhammadu Buhari and other world leaders...

Kyari mourns, extols late Festus Marinho, pioneer NNPC MD

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has expressed grief on the death of the...

We will live up to our billing, mandate in anti-graft war – newly-inaugurated Code of Conduct Bureau members

  The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has vowed to live up to its billing by being tactical, honest and sincere in the...

Buhari/Akeredolu faceoff over quit order to herders: Ondo govt. raps Presidency

  Less than 10 hours after the Presidency purportedly rejected the seven-day vacation order issued by Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu to herders to leave...

Presidency, Gov. Akeredolu on war path over order to herders to quit Ondo forests

  There is a face-off between the Presidency and Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on the seven-day ultimatum given to herders to vacate forests...

Ogun records first petrol tanker tragedy on its flyovers

    Ogun State recorded its first petrol tanker fire on Tuesday since the flyovers were constructed by the immediate past administration of...

Bishop Kukah’s comment on Buhari did not denigrate Islam, says Soyinka

  Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday clarified that he had flipped through the Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah’s New...

Renewed wave of kidnapping: Quit Ondo forest reserves now, Gov. Akeredolu orders herdsmen

  Following unrelenting and unrepentant wave of kidnapping and banditry in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday gave a marching order to...

NNPC records export receipts of $120.49m crude oil in September 2020

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded a total export receipts for crude oil and gas of $120.49 million for...

SERAP to NASS : Halt sale of government properties by Buhari to fund 2021 budget

  Incensed by the planned sale of some national assets to fund the 2021 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Socio-Economic Rights and...

“Wait On God’’ comment: Smacks of Buhari administration’s witlessness, helplessness, incompetence – PDP

  The Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina’s comment that only God can resolve the lingering security challenges facing the...

NDLEA declares war on drug barons

Ex-Lagos Governor Buba Marwa is new NDLEA Chairman

  A former military administrator of Lagos and Borno States, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa has been appointed the Chairman/CEO of the National...

Tension in Oyo community residents as herdsmen hack farmers to death

 By Boye Ajayi Following the killing of some farmers in Igangan community in Oyo State by suspected herdsmen, the people have been gripped...