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Just in: Ministerial nominations: Senate clears Wike, Momoh

The Senate on Monday cleared the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and Mr Abubakar Momoh (Edo State) in the ongoing...

Just in: Two Justices of Supreme Court, Federal High Court die in one day 

Nigeria has lost two justices both in the Supreme Court and the Federal High Court. They are Justice Chima Centus Nweze of the...

Niger coup and geopolitics in ECOWAS region By Paul Ejime

A major decision of the July 30 emergency Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the seven-day ultimatum, which...

Niger: Trouble In The Neighborhood by Dakuku Peterside

Niger Republic is Nigeria’s next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Ni­geria would desire but, as a sovereign nation, we have no...

Aftermath of petrol subsidy removal-induced looting, Gov. Fintiri imposes 24-hour curfew on Adamawa State

Following massive looting of business premises and homes by hoodlums in protest against petrol subsidy removal, Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday imposed...

Car plunges into Lagos Lagoon

A Toyota Avalon saloon car on Saturday in Lagos plunged into the Lagoon, Persecondnews reports. The driver of the car marked CAL-466 GA,...

Pres. Tinubu appoints special investigator to probe CBN under Emefiele

A Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and related entities by President Bola Tinubu. In a letter dated July...

Niger Republic Coup: ECOWAS Gives Junta 7 Days To Reinstate Constitutional Democracy Or Be Flushed Out

Rising from an emergency meeting on Sunday in Abuja, Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS have called for the immediate release and...

In a springy leap, Transcorp records impressive revenue of N82.1bn in first half of 2023 up from N62.9bn in 2022

With an impressive revenue of N82.1 billion in first half of the year 2023, Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), Nigeria’s leading conglomerate with...

Can the Super Falcons make Nigerians smile again? An analysis by Samuel Akpan

Whatever you think of the Super Falcons, the team has battled Canada with an intentional defensive approach to curb the attacking threats of...

Tinubu govt.to revert to a CBN-controlled exchange rate system – EIU

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted in its latest report that the Bola Tinubu administration will soon revert to the regime where...

Russia writes off $23b African countries’ debts

Russia says it has written off $23 billion debts of African countries. President Vladimir Putin announced this during the plenary session of the...

DSS grills Ahmed Ododo, Kogi APC governorship candidate for Nov. poll

Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) on Saturday grilled the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 11...