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Considering the economic implications of the Amaechi-Hadiza feud

By Opeoluwa Lawal    Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has pulled the trigger on the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),...

Taiwo Awoniyi granted work permit six years after signing for Liverpool

Liverpool’s Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been granted a work permit to play in the UK – six years after signing for the...

Just in: Three days after, another gas explosion hits Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, two fatalities recorded

  Less than three days after gas explosion damaged ex-Ogun Gov. Gbenga Daniel’s Conference Hotel in Abeokuta, another gas disaster has crossed to...

Just in: Another PDP Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River joins APC

  After months of political horse trading, another PDP Governor, Prof.Ben Ayade of Cross River State has finally defected to the ruling All...

Breaking: Southeast not planning to secede, threat of war a hoax, says Ebonyi Gov.

  “Are there rightful agitations in the South-East. Yes. Has it turned violent? Yes. It has been hijacked” “We don’t want war, we...

Singapore Airline posts $4.3 billion loss after ‘toughest year in history’

Singapore Airlines racked up a whopping $4.27 billion net loss for the year after the worst crisis in its history sent passenger traffic...

Post-Covid 19 Pandemic, Nigeria and France Must Seize the Chance to Strengthen Military and Economic Ties By Muhammadu Buhari

  By Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.  Today, leaders from across Africa meet in Paris to discuss plans to recover from...

Oil block OML 17 acquisition targets tripling production, raising 27,000bpd to 100,000bpd – Tony Elumelu Group

  The oil block OML 17 acquisition of from Total and Shell by the Tony Elumelu Group will see the tripling of production...

Kaduna labour crisis: FG moves to broker truce, says lnformation Minister

A truce is being brokered between the Organized Labour and the hardliner Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai on the face-off between them over...

Again, 2 more INEC offices torched in Southeast

The spate of attacks and destruction of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in the Southeast continues unabated with two offices in...

The Day in Pictures: Pres Buhari, Kyari and others with CEO of Total Mr. Patrick Pouyanne In Paris.

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Paris at the sidelines of the Financing Africa Summit by The French President met with CEO of Total....

Gas explosion destroys ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel’s hotel in Abeokuta, two dead, others injured

A third gas explosion has hit Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, within one week and this time, it shattered Conference Hotel, owned by former...

Buhari lobbies Senate for N2.3trn fresh loan approval

Another request for a loan of about N2.3 trillion has been forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for approval. Persecondnews...

Ogun Government disowns, suspends Abidemi Rufai, governor’s aide, over theft of U.S. $650 million unemployment benefits

Following the arrest of Abidemi Rufai, a Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, in U.S. for alleged Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud,...

$650m unemployment fraud: Ogun Governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai apprehended in U.S.

Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s Senior Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, has been arrested at the New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport over alleged...

Lagos traffic four-man gang nabbed on motorcycle with dangerous weapons

By Best Orobosa Four suspected traffic marauders who have been terrorizing people especially commuters and pedestrians on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, are now cooling...