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Can the Super Falcons make Nigerians smile again? An analysis by Samuel Akpan

Whatever you think of the Super Falcons, the team has battled Canada with an intentional defensive approach to curb the attacking threats of...

FG not sincere, deceiving Nigerians, says NLC, as subsidy palliatives meeting fails to hold

Leaders of the organized labour on Friday left the Presidential Villa, Abuja, disappointed as the meeting on petrol subsidy palliatives failed to hold....

Just in: Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika In DSS Custody

Former Aviation Minister, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the recent “launch” of a national...

At last, Gbajabiamila presents 28 minister-nominees to Senate President, Akpabio

After a long wait by Nigerians, the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday afternoon, presented President Bola Tinubu’s...

Disbelief as Super Falcons of Nigeria break hosts Australia’s hearts in 3-2 defeat

First there was dismay, then disbelief, then horror. A shocked Australia watched one of the most spectacular collapses in Women World Cup history...

Alake, El-Rufai, Wike, Oyetola, Edun make Tinubu’s ministerial list

Immediate past Governors Nyesom Wike, Nasiru El-Rufai, and Presidential Advisers, Mr Dele Alake and Mr Olawale Edun are among the ministerial nominees forwarded...

Alake, El-Rufai, Wike, Oyetola, Edun make Tinubu’s ministerial list

Immediate past Governors Nyesom Wike, Nasiru El-Rufai, and Presidential Advisers, Mr Dele Alake and Mr Olawale Edun are among the ministerial nominees forwarded...

Tinubu to organized labour: Give me more time to address your demands, begs them to shelve strike

Inundated with strike notices, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged the various workers union to be patent with his administration as it is...

Army strike in Niger Republic, Tinubu describes it as an unpleasant development

A coup d’état has been reported in Niger Republic with President Bazoum Mohammed currently being held hostage by the National guards. A security...

Petrol subsidy: Restive NLC serves FG nationwide strike notice

With effect from August 2,2023, workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will go full blast on a nationwide strike....

Resident doctors ignore Reps Speaker, embark on Indefinite strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to meet its demands. Mr Tajudeen Abbas,...

Just in: Emefiele granted N20m bail

Suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos in the sum of N20 million....

Suspended CBN Gov. Emefiele, armed with Holy Bible, arraigned, enters “not-guilty” plea

Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Department of State Service (DSS) on a...

At last, Lagos Govt. finally admits killing of 103 persons in 2020 #EndSars protests

In spite of denials by the federal and the Lagos State Government, the truth has come to the fore as the Gov. Babajide...

Brainsick-man decapitates octogenarian, “neutralized” resisting arrest

Iperu community, the country home of Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was overcome with grief on Friday as 32-year-old man, David Shodola, severed an...

Tinubu to military: It’s time to retool, re-strategize to tackle terrorism

President Bola Tinubu on Friday threw the challenge to military authorities in Nigeria and the countries in the Lake Chad region to reform...