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Ailing septuagenarian dies aboard Abuja-bound Air Peace plane 

  The death of a septuagenarian onboard an Air Peace flight on Calabar to Abuja route has been announced. Just as the plane...

Breaking: 10 lives lost in Badagry-bound boat accident

  No fewer than 10 passengers lost their lives when the boat ferrying them from Lagos to Badagry capsized while three others are...

Sallah: Buhari says he wants security, prosperity for Nigerians – worries about banditry, terror in Northwest, Central

      President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday felicitated with Nigerians especially Muslims as they celebrate Eid-Kabir, describing the developments in the North-West...

AGF Abubakar Malami: Confronting challenging tasks, making positive impacts 

    By Ololade Ojajuni In his five-year stint as the nation’s 22nd Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, which kicked-off...

Non-high ranking lawyer, Akpata, beats SANs to emerge NBA President

  A dark horse and new entrant into the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) politics, Mr Olumide Akpata, has trounced two senior advocates of...

Alleged Stolen 48m Crude Oil Barrels, Whistleblower’s fee: NNPC’s Counsel, Afe Babalola (SAN) Heads To Court

    For the injury done to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its officials by the falsehoods peddled by SAMANO and...

Masked Pilgrims mark Arafat Day during Hajj 2020

    Pilgrims wearing face masks arrived at Mount Arafat on Thursday to pray and repent near Islam’s holiest site on the most...

COVID-19: NIRSAL, CBN lift farmers under Anchor Borrowers Programme with multi-sectoral support

            In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to help farmers cushion the effect of COVID-19, the Nigeria...

Former U.S Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from coronavirus

Former Republican presidential candidate and ex-CEO of Godfather’s Pizza Herman Cain, 74, has died almost a month after being hospitalized for coronavirus. He...

Covid-19 patient sentenced to 3 years in prison for deliberately coughing on doctors

    A man was jailed for three years after he tried to infect doctors with coronavirus, Bahrain’s state news agency reported on...

Ahead of APC elective convention: Who leads the ruling party

  People to watch out for — Victor Giadom,  Ndoma-Egba, Amosun, Yari, an unnamed ex-senator from the Delta     With the dust of...

Patriach of Afenifere family, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, dies at 94

  Nonagenarian Senator Ayo Fasanmi, one of the oldest loyalists of the sage, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and patriarch of Afenifere, the...

Muslim Pilgrims Perform Tawaf of Arrival in Makkah on First Day of Hajj 2020

    Pilgrims in white Ihram garments on Wednesday July 29 performing Tawaf Al-Qudum (Tawaf of Arrival) on the first day of Hajj...

Renewed Niger Delta agitation, protests: Osinbajo, Sylva, Otuaro in closed-door meeting 

    Amid fresh protests and agitation in the Niger Delta over alleged marginalisation and neglect, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday met with...