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Ex-beauty pageant and wife of popular Lagos pastor,  Ibidunni Ighodalo, dies

   . A former Miss Lux Beauty Pageant and wife of a popular Lagos Pastor, Ituah Ighodalo, has passed on. The CEO of Elizabeth R...

Buhari gets SERAP’s seven-day ultimatum to publish looters of N800bn, spending 

  Again, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to publish within seven days a comprehensive list of...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala vows to be a peacemaker in US-China trade war if elected WTO DG

    Nigeria’s nominee for the World Trade Organization(WTO) director general, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says she’ll play the role of peacemaker in the trade...

Nigeria’s crude oil reserve hits 36.89bn barrels, gas reserve 203.16trn cubic feet – NNPC GMD

    Nigeria’s crude oil reserve has hit 36.89 billion barrels while its natural gas reserve is 203.16 trillion cubic feet, placing the...

Aisha Buhari tells IG-P: Release my ADC, others in police custody 

     The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release her ADC and...

Edo guber primaries: Obaseki, two others disqualified 

      Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has been disqualified from contesting the July 22 governorship primaries of the All Progressives...

Buhari, on Democracy Day, lauds media as effective watchdog, promises free speech

  lists strings of sectoral achievements President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday chronicled his administration’s legion achievements in the nation’s tottering democratic journey with...

Govt hasn’t yet decided on resuming domestic air travel, says Task Force

  Nigeria is yet to decide on lifting months-long ban on air travel, Dr. Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, loses protocol officer

    After battling diabetes, Nigeria’s First Lady’s Protocol Officer, Mr Sani Yekini, has died. The wife of President Muhammadu, Buhari, announced in...

AfDB Vice-President, Blanke, resigns, lauds Adesina

    Dr Jennifer Blanke,  the Vice-President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, Dr Jennifer Blanke, has resigned....

FG engages Huawei for e-land border surveillance, says Aregbesola

The Federal Government has entered into a contact with with Huawei to develop a robust e-land border management system that will deal with...

FG to take decisive action against rapists

  The Federal Government has announced that it will take decisive action against rapists henceforth, describing the upsurge as embarrassing. This is even...

Overah, DESOPADEC Commissioner, died of “unnatural” causes – ex-Minister 

    Hon. Joyce Overah, a Commissioner in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) was eliminated through diabolical means, an...

Cold war between Tinubu, Aregbesola figment of imagination, groundless – Tinubu

    Our political family remains strong The purported cold war between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola,...

Lalong Urges Senate to Confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal

  Governor of Plateau State Lalong has pleaded with the Senate to confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, as President, Court of Appeal. This is...

Racism seeks to drive us apart but there are rays of hope by Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Sec-Gen

  Today I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19...