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U.S. election: Owolewa elected first Nigerian-American congressman

    By Boye Ajayi   Nigerian national in U.S., Mr Oye Owolewa has emerged the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the...

Lekki shooting: South-west ministers submit report to FEC, want military’s role probed

Ministers from the Southwest who were directed to relocate to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the...

Oversight function: Oyo House of Assembly suspends 13 council bosses

    By Boye Ajayi For failing to submit their performance reports, the Oyo State House of Assembly, in exercise of their oversight...

Explosion hits OML 40 facility managed by NNPC partners

  The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has reported an explosion at a production...

NYSC Camp reopening: Corp members to undergo mandatory antigen-based test 

  As part of effort to ensure the safe reopening of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps across the country, all youth...

Nothern governors forum backs social media censorship in Nigeria

  Governors under the aegis of the Northern Governors’ Forum have thrown their weight behind the censorship of social media in the country. They spoke...

Biden sweeps all five votes in tiny town of Dixville Notch

For 60 years, Dixville Notch and Millsfield have been the first places to open thier polls in the United States. Two tiny New...

Energy efficiency post-COVID-19: Schneider Electric unveils new digital solutions for Africa

      Determined to improve energy efficiency and sustainability for its partners in post-COVID-19 Africa, the French energy management giant, Schneider Electric...

FG regrets delay in October salaries for work force, says payment will be effected this week

  The Federal Government has given reasons for the delay in the payment of October salaries to its work force, assuring that salaries will...

EITI lauds NNPC on 2019 NNPC audited account

    The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), a multi-stakeholder coalition that promotes extractives transparency and accountability in over 50 countries, has commended...

EFCC quizzes Fowler, ex-FIRS Chair, over N100bn Alpha Beta tax fraud

    The immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Babatunde Fowler, is now a guest of the Economic and...

Other candidates on the US presidential ballot

  Republican Donald Trump and his rival Democrat Joe Biden are not the only two candidates on the US presidential election ballot, although...

Digitalised assets declaration forms ready soon, says Code of Conduct Bureau

  As part of efforts to digitalise its operations, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says assets declaration forms will be available online...

Restructure now or we perish, say Govs. El-Rufai, Fayemi

      For Governors Kayode Fayemi and Nasir El-Rufai, anything short of restructuring of Nigeria to cement the unity of Nigeria and engender a...

#EndSARS coverage: SERAP, 261 others sue NBC, Minister over N9m Channels, AIT, Arise TV fines

  Following the imposition of N9 million fines on Channels TV, Arise TV and AIT, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 261 others...

Information Minister says attack on Nation newspaper, TVC an assault on free press, democracy

  Disturbed by the recent attack on The Nation newspaper and Television Continental (TVC) in Lagos during the EndSARS protest, the Minister of Information...