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MRA slams NBC with lawsuit over social media platforms regulation

  Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has challenged in court bthe authority of the broadcast regulatory body — the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) —...

Just in: Ex-Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, dies at 74

A one-time Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, has passed on, according to family sources. Aged 74, Mantu, who was in the Senate in...

Nigeria kicks off 2nd phase of COVID-19 vaccination

  …warned against hoarding the vaccines, especially now that the number of cases of infection are soaring The Federal Government on Monday kicked...

Reverse steady decline in active internet subscribers in Nigeria, MRA tells FG

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday called on the Federal Government and the relevant agencies to...

2023 polls: Nigeria’s President must be a Southerner with good constitution, credentials in political economy — Ogannah, THEWILL Publisher

  “Nigeria must elect someone, a hybrid personality that is a Southerner, a businessman or woman, who knows how to create jobs, create...

30 days after its passage, Pres. Buhari initials the Petroleum Industry Bill, scoring another first

  A month after the National Assembly passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 and sent a clean copy to the Executive, President...

NNPC, Shell Nigeria donate paediatric ward, lab to Bauchi community

    To improve child healthcare and cater for non-COVID-19 cases in hospitals in Bauchi State, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo),...

SERAP to Buhari: Respect your oath of office, 1999 Constitution, rechannel N4.8bn WhatsApp, messages intercept solution into striking resident doctors’ salaries

  “Redirecting the proposed spending of N4.8bn would also remove the threats to fundamental human rights of Nigerians, and ensure access to quality...

Ahmed Joda was an exceptional statesman, outstanding technocrat — Osinbajo

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has paid tribute to elder statesman and former federal “Super Permanent Secretary”, describing him as an bexceptional statesman,...

22 worshippers murdered in cold blood on Plateau highway

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh No fewer than 25 travellers have been reportedly killed and 14 others injured by gunmen along Rukuba road...

My visit to Tinubu in London not an endorsement of his presidential aspiration, says Buhari

  “It will be too risky to support Tinubu or any other person for Presidency before 2023” President Muhammadu Buhari says his visit...

Nigerians swipe Youth and Sports Minister, Sunday Dare over blanket disapproval of Nigerian youths as unemployable

    Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare’s blanket disapproval of Nigerian youths lacking in both digital and vocational skills...

Nigerian Food Delivery Driver, Njoku, Shot Dead On Duty in Mitchellville, U.S.

  …“I want to know who killed my husband,” heartbroken spouse said A man working as a delivery driver was shot and killed...

Nigeria ranks 4th best globally in COVID-19 response, says WHO

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Nigeria’s COVID-19 response has been ranked as the fourth-best in the world by the World Health Organisation (WHO)....

Breach of 1999 Constitution: Sack Yobe Governor Buni now, PDP urges court

“PDP insisted that the Constitution bars a sitting governor from holding two offices simultaneously” “The plaintiffs want the State Chief Judge to immediately...

COVID-19: 177,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines delivered to Nigeria, confirms Shuaib

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Barely seven days after Nigeria received about 4 million doses of Moderna vaccines, donated by the...