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Dangote is Nigeria’s most valuable brand for 2020 trailed by MTN, Globacom

  Winning the award back-to back, Dangote Group, the pan-African and fully integrated conglomerate, has emerged as the Most Valuable Brand in Nigeria for the...

Breaking: Former Super Eagles Star Christian Obodo kidnapped.

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo has just been kidnapped by gunmen in Warri, Delta State. More details to come later.

New pump price: NNPC says N128 is ex-coastal price, N153.17 ex-depot price, not N130 and N155.17

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that the new petroleum products prices are N128 ex-coastal and N153.17 as ex-depot and not N130...

FG warns against resurgence of Lassa Fever, Ebola, others

  The Federal Government has warned against possible resurgence of other non-COVID-19 killer-diseases such as  Lassa Fever and Ebola particularly during the approaching dry...

Culture Minister lauds Ogun State digital marketing platform for tie and dye fabrics

Impressed by the launch of digital marketing platform for tie and dye fabrics in Ogun State,  the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...

Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dead at 73

  Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73, his family has announced. He died on Thursday morning at...

Ahead of inauguration, US President-elect Biden appoints Klain Chief of Staff

    Ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a top Democratic Party official, Mr Ron Klain, has been appointed the Chief of...

Evacuate us NOW, embattled Nigerian traders in Ghana send SOS to FG

  Nigerian traders in Ghana under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) and the National Association of...

Months after Babalakin’s sack, Pres. Buhari reinstates Ogundipe as Unilag VC

  Several months after President Muhammadu Buhari sacked University of Lagos Governing Council Chair, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), he has reinstated Prof. Oluwatoyin...

PENGASSAN strike: NNPC cautions against panic buying by motorists

….dispute will be resolved amicably The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday ruled out petrol scarcity following ongoing disagreement between the Federal...

Northeast elders to Buhari: Sack Service Chiefs now

  The call for the sack of Nigeria’s service chiefs on Tuesday re-echoed as the Coalition of Northeast Elders for Peace and Development...

ASUU faction to VCs: Recall students to schools now

  … as varsity lecturers threaten to sue zonal ASUU   The Congress of Universities Academic (CONUA), a break-away faction of the Academic Staff...

#ENDSARS protests: Southwest monarchs, governors to Buhari: Open land borders, employ youths, restructure Nigeria

  The two-year land border closure by the Federal Government, mass youth unemployment and expeditious restructuring of the Nigerian state are some of...

Breaking: U.S. pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine is ready

Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech on Monday announced that the coronavirus vaccine was ready and that it has proven more than 90...

Ex-Gov. Ajimobi’s wife’s multi-million naira supermarket up in flames

  By Boye Ajayi Few months after Ex-Governor  Abiola Ajimobi died of COVID-19,  his wife, Florence, on Sunday lost her Grandex Supermarket and Stores...

Threat of fresh #EndSARS protests: IGP to police: Use legitimate force

  Amid threat of fresh wave of #EndSARS protests across the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has directed his officers and...