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Abuja court unfreezes accounts linked with promoters of EndSARS protests

  High Court in Abuja has unfrozen accounts linked with some promoters of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest that rocked the country to...

Fashola, Odegbami, Sylvanus Okpala, Ex-Nigeria Internationals Pay Tribute To Late Sofoluwe

  By Boye Ajayi Minister of Housing and Works, Babatunde Raji Fashola and former Nigeria’s captain, Segun Odegbami, have joined several notable ex...

Northern governors: Open grazing unsustainable, unfashionable

  A temporary headstart appears to have been achieved as the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) declared open grazing as unsustainable, unfashionable and...

Breaking: Nigeria’s ex-International, Yisa Sofoluwe, passes on

  Ex-Super Eagles defender, Yisa Sofoluwe, has exited the world. Sofoluwe was reported to be on life support at the Lagos University Teaching...

Pres. Buhari can’t talk on “every matter” including herders’ crisis, says Femi Adesina

Mr Femi Adesina, the Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity on Tuesday put up a stout defence for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reticence and...

Nigerians to pay more for petrol as crude oil price hits $60 per barrel, says Petroleum Minister

  Nigerians will have to pay more for petrol as the current N162 pump price may be raised as crude oil price rises...

Unity, Peace of Nigeria Imperative, says VP Osinbajo

Worried by divisive tendencies among Nigerians, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged Nigerians to shun threats to the country’s unity and peace. According...

Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, is overvalued, says IMF

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s currency, the Naira is overvalued at the official market by about 18.5 per cent, advising...

N7bn corruption charge: Reprieve as ex-Gov. Kalu’s retrial halted by Abuja court

  A former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu, on Monday got a reprieve as a Federal High Court in Abuja temporarily halted his re-trial...

Thieving pastor bolts with Winners’ Chapel’s $90,000 and N4.5m, bags 36 months in jail

  For snitching Winners’ Chapel’s $90,000 and N4.5 million, a pastor/accountant of the church at the headquarters, Ota in Ogun, Afolabi Samuel, is...

HIV-racked 70-year-old man arrested for raping 5-year-old toddler

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 70-year-old man has been apprehended by the police for serially raping a five-year-old girl in Gwer West...

U S. Pres. Biden’s endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala for WTO DG excites Buhari

    The United States endorsement of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General’s position...

Lagos Police Commissioner’s Special Squad smokes out cultists, bandits from hideouts, nabs five

    A special strike force of the Lagos State Police Command has whupped some criminals after a successful smoking of some black...

Nigeria receives 16m doses of COVID-19 vaccines

  Contrary to some media reports, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 16 million AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received...

So who is Babafemi Ojudu?

  By Fejiro Johnson   The pro democracy activist-journalist is not new   NOT many may know, though few can recall the battles...

Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s suit against Buhari administration

  The suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government for its failure to prevent, account for...