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Stop comparing me with anyone, they can’t do what I can do with music — Adekunle Gold

Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold, has said he may have been a forgotten music artiste if he had not switched up his style of...

Petrol subsidy removal: World Bank releases $800m to FG for palliatives

The Federal Government says it has received an $800 million World Bank grant for petrol subsidy palliatives ahead of subsidy removal in June....

Nigerians query Joeboy’s source of wealth as singer buys 4th house in two years

Singer, Joeboy has been in the eye of the storm following the unveiling of his fourth house in Lagos within three years. The...

Nigeria’s 2060 net-zero emission target: NSIA, Vitol seal joint venture deal for carbon avoidance, carbon removal project

"I am particularly pleased that this initiative is a Joint Venture between two important players in their respective fields, targeting one common goal:...

How online loan sharks in Nigeria are cashing in, driving people into depression

Unemployment, inflation, and the cost of living have all risen sharply in Nigeria in recent times, and this is fuelling the rapid increase...

Benue State has been run aground, civil service in “intensive care unit”, Governor-elect, Alia

Benue State has been run aground with the current administration owing backlog of salaries, pensions and gratuities, Governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has...

Presidential election petitions can be resolved in seven days, says ex-NBA President, Agbakoba

As Nigeria prepares for presidential inauguration on May 29, 2023 amid unresolved election petitions, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),...

Save me from fake news, Prof. Soyinka cries out as he put $1000 bounty on authors

Worried by fake news and his misrepresentation in the media, elder statesman and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has announced a $1000 reward...

Sacked! NASENI boss, Prof. Haruna

Prof. Mohammed Haruna, the Executive Vice-Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has been given the boot. Haruna is to vacate...

‘Mr. Yakubu’ mirrors events that transpired in the 2023 general elections — Falz

Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has disclosed that his latest song ‘Mr. Yakubu’, mirrors the events that transpired in the...

NBC’s high-handedness, threat to democracy, says human rights lawyer, Frank Tietie

A human rights lawyer and the Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), Mr Frank Tietie, has accused the...

US ex-Pres. Trump placed under arrest, pleads not guilty to 34 charges slammed on him in court

Immediate past President of United States, Donald Trump, was on Tuesday arraigned in Manhattan criminal court, pleading innocence of the 34 felony criminal...

Longest serving senator from Southeast, Sen. Osita Izunaso, lobbies Pres. Buhari for 10th Senate Presidency

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, senators from the Southeast have intensified lobbying for the position of the Senate President....

FG to Peter Obi: You have committed treason

For allegedly inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 Presidential poll, the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai...