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Waste no time in repositioning Nigeria, Ooni tells Tinubu

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has charged the newly sworn-in President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to waste no time in repositioning the...

Metro

EFCC re-arrests Mompha over money laundering

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested the internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha over unresolved money laundering charges. EFCC confirmed...

Crime

Customs seize N2.8bn worth of contraband in Owerri, dock 13

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’, Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service seized contraband goods worth N2.8 billion between January 25 and March 25. The...

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Global

How much I charge for a feature – Davido

  Singer Davido has revealed how much he charges for an international feature. The artiste in an interview with Bootleg podcast said he doesn't do free...

Nigerian elected first black mayor in US

Colorado Springs, a community in the state of Colorado in the United States has elected a Nigerian man, Yemi Mobolade as its new mayor.   According...

Singer Ayra Starr makes billboard ’21 under 21′

  Fast rising singer, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, also known as Ayra Starr, has made it to this year's American music magazine Billboard '21 Under 21'...

Canada to invest in Ogun agriculture, technology, agriculture, others

The Canadian Government shown interest in investing in the agricultural and technological sectors of the Ogun State economy as a move towards strengthening over...

Israeli strikes kill top militants in Gaza

12 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday when Israel launched air strikes against the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, its military...

Tiwa Savage receives knock over choice of song at coronation

  While many are celebrating the queen of afrobeat over her coronation performance, she has also received some criticism over her choice of song, "Keys...

Africa

Rampaging militants burn down village in Sudan

Rampaging militants have burnt down entire villages in Sudan's West Darfur region with aid agencies now warning the region is on the brink of...

FG must focus on youth development for growth — AfDB president

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has tasked the Federal Government to pay special attention to youth empowerment towards nation building   Adesina...

Death toll from eastern DR Congo floods rises to nearly 400

About 394 bodies have been recovered after last week's floods in Dr Congo, said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory where the affected villages...

NEMA welcomes 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency has on Tuesday said it received 107 stranded Libya returnees at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja. Lagos State. The...

West Africa

Australia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak

Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could...

Herdsmen ultimatum: West Africa media lawyers knock NBC, harp on press freedom

The West Africa Media Lawyers Association (WAMELA) has frowned at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over its warning to media houses on the coverage...

Kano – Maradi rail to gulp $2 billion as FG signs MoU with contractor

  By Francis Ogwo The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of the Kano to Maradi (Niger Republic) Standard Guage raile line project has been...

ECOWAS, AU, UNOWAS commend Ghana for peaceful election

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commended Ghana for the conduct of a peaceful election on Monday, December 7. A joint statement...

Economy

Cash shortages crashed GDP to 2.3% in Q1 over cash shortage – NBS

The cash scarcity escalated by the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has influenced Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product growth below global...

4,355 vessels registered in Nigeria – NIMASA

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has disclosed  that 4,355 vessels were registered in Nigeria.   This was made public by the  agency, in a...

FG expends N13tn on subsidy, stipulates removal guidelines

On Monday, the Federal Government said it was developing a comprehensive guide for the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu, on handling the removal of...

Dangote Refinery kicks off operations as fuel crisis lingers

The Dangote Refinery, established by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 22. A presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, had tweeted...

Oil production lower by one million barrels daily – FG

The Federal Government announced on Wednesday that Nigeria’s oil production at the moment is lower than its technical allowable capacity by about one million...

Finance

Auditor-General of Federation tasks tax practitioners on knowledge acquisition

The Auditor-General for the Federation, Chief Adolphus Aghughu, has tasked tax practitioners on acquisition of new knowledge and capacity development to remain relevant in...

FG approves insolvency regulations

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, has approved the Insolvency Regulations (IR) 2022. This is...

FG earmarks N6.2b for training of youths on phone repair

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said on Wednesday the Federal Government would spend N6.2 billion on...

FG committed to bridging infrastructure deficit – DMO DG

Ms Patience Oniha, the Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), on Thursday reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to bridging the nation’s infrastructure deficit to attract...

PenCom reviews PRA 2014

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has reviewed the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014) as a prelude to advancing legislative action on the Bill. This...

Business

FG rejects bill to halt doctors’ migration

The Federal Government on Monday opposed the bill before the National Assembly which aims at controlling the migration of doctors for greener pastures abroad.   This...

Port reconstruction to gulp $800m – NPA

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has given reasons why the reconstruction of some of the country’s seaports may gulp...
ADIS23

ADIS23: African Diaspora Investment Symposium converge in Silicon Valley

African Diaspora Network (ADN) calls for Future Ready Africa  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - Over 300 investors, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals came together at the Computer...

FG moves to tackle brain drain in health sector

On Monday, the Federal Government said it had commenced work to address brain drain in the health sector. It said that exodus of health...

Equities market shoots up with 0.14% growth

Securities  trading in Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) rebounded to open the week with a gain of 0.14 per cent as blue chips made gains.   The...

Energy/Oil/Gas

FG expends N13tn on subsidy, stipulates removal guidelines

On Monday, the Federal Government said it was developing a comprehensive guide for the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu, on handling the removal of...

Dangote Refinery kicks off operations as fuel crisis lingers

The Dangote Refinery, established by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 22. A presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, had tweeted...

Oil production lower by one million barrels daily – FG

The Federal Government announced on Wednesday that Nigeria’s oil production at the moment is lower than its technical allowable capacity by about one million...

Petrol consumers may pay 250% higher over subsidy removal

Industry findings have indicated that petrol consumers may pay about N8.4tn for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, between July and December 2023 upon...

FG removes discos from national grid over debt

Darkness looms across the country in the coming weeks as the Federal Government through the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have...

Editorial

Service chiefs should resign and go home now!

Monday’s terrorists’ attack on Abuja-Kaduna rail travellers have further affirmed the incompetence of the nation’s service chiefs. Security breaches across the country have become...

COVID-19 Watch

Covid: Over 3,000 Nigerians killed in two years – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country confirmed an excess of 250,000 coronavirus cases and recorded over 3,000 deaths within the...

Columnists

Young, educated, and indebted: Inside America’s student loan crisis

ABUJA - Young adults in the United States of America will either skip formal training or chase their utopian American Dream by subscribing to...

Glocal Sports with Racheal Roberts

Sports cars and motorsports in West Africa

by Racheal Roberts Sports cars are a love for many people across the globe. The fiery horse engines, radiant gloss paintings, rugged body with sturdy...

Diaspora Despatch with LaBode Obanor

President Buhari’s philandering with Niger Republic: Why it is more than...

  by LaBode Obanor  Nigeria and Niger Republic are neighboring countries with deep cultural and economic ties. However, since coming into power, and even now President Muhammadu...

Medical Lines with Dr NG Johnson-Ogbuneke

Anti-Malarial vaccines and hypocrisy of drug companies

  Given the speed and global cooperation that urgently produced vaccines of reasonable efficacy to help combat the COVID-19 virus, one cannot help but see...

Opinion

For the sake of our country: An open advice to the...

By Umar Ardo, Ph.D Again, having won this hard earned victory against all odds, it is critical for the sake of the country that the regime...

Editors' Picks

ADIS23: African Diaspora Investment Symposium converge in Silicon Valley

ADIS23
African Diaspora Network (ADN) calls for Future Ready Africa  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - Over 300 investors, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals came together at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley to discuss and explore investment opportunities and strategies in celebration of a Future Ready Africa....

My cabinet members feared being jailed by Buhari – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says members of his cabinet feared they would be jailed when the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari won election in...

EFCC: Ortom has nothing to hide – Aide

The media aide to former governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Terver Akase, says his principal has nothing to hide, hence not afraid to...

Waste no time in repositioning Nigeria, Ooni tells Tinubu

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has charged the newly sworn-in President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to waste no time in repositioning the...

Singer Seun Kuti shades AY Makun over national honours

  Singer and saxophonist, Seun Kuti, has reacted to AY Makun's posts about his national honours. The singer took to his Instagram page to shade AY....

Comedian AY Makun breaks silence over national honours

  Comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, also known as AY Makun, has reacted to online trolls who attacked him over his national honours. The actor was...

Features/Interviews/Analysis

How Nigeria’s World Cup absence will affect business in Qatar

Nigerian football fans and business owners in Qatar are still reeling from their team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup 2022, which will...

Big Story

Man On The Move Jonah Ubanmhen Given Job of Sorting Out...

Jonah Ubanmhen has wasted no time in seeking out support of advisory council, which observers expect to be made up of top experts. The new...

Lagos Update

Nine rescued as rainfall sinks Lagos building

NINE persons have been rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos today, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The Lagos...

Many trapped as seven-storey building collapses in Lagos

A SEVEN-storey building under construction on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lagos State, has collapsed with about six persons trapped. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency...

We’ve not passed Sharia law – Lagos Assembly

THE Lagos State House of Assembly has refuted claims suggesting that its lawmakers secretly passed a Sharia law. In a communique by Chairman, Lagos State...

Supreme Court upholds use of hijab in Lagos schools

THE Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The apex court delivered the...

Sanwo-Olu returns to Lagos after campaign tour with Tinubu, asks residents to get PVCs

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, returned to the state after taking part in the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) special convention held to choose the...

FCT News

Three-storey building collapses in Abuja

A THREE-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja. According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the incident occurred in the early...

ISWAP terrorists didn’t invade FCT – Police

THE FCT Police Command has dismissed claims that the capital metropolis has been invaded by the terrorist group ISWAP. A statement today signed by the...

FCT shuts schools over security threat

THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Musa Bello, has ordered schools in the nation's capital to close over security threats. According to a circular...

FCT Police find missing teenager, Amira, debunk abduction reports

THE Federal Capital Territory Police Command has disclosed that it has found the missing 17-year-old Safiyanu Amira. This is as the security agency debunked reports...

FCT: No riot in Lugbe, viral video false – Police

THE FCT Police Command has dismissed reports alleging that a riot was ongoing and motorists and innocent citizens were being attacked at the Lugbe...

Politics

Education

Environment

Trends/ Social Media

Singer Seun Kuti shades AY Makun over national honours

  Singer and saxophonist, Seun Kuti, has reacted to AY Makun's posts about his national honours. The singer took to his Instagram page to shade AY....

Comedian AY Makun breaks silence over national honours

  Comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, also known as AY Makun, has reacted to online trolls who attacked him over his national honours. The actor was...

‘Prophet of laif’, Daddy Freeze mocks Bishop Feyi Daniels over rape allegations

  Media personality, Daddy Freeze, has shaded clergyman Feyi Daniels following his detainment. The clergyman was charged to court for rape. Reports stated that on Wednesday last...

Why I don’t mind a cheating partner – Don Jazzy

  Music producer and founder of Mavins records, Collins Michael Ajereh, also known as Don Jazzy, has revealed why he can stay with a cheating...

May we not have a Nigeria where Buhari will be missed – Actor Okon...

  Comedian Imeh Bishop also known as Okon Lagos, has prayed that the country never see reasons to miss the leadership of president Muhammadu Buhari. Okon...

Entertainment

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Law

Judiciary

Court nullifies Osun LG polls

A FDERAL High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Friday, nullified the last October 15 local government elections conducted by the Osun...

Customary Court

Court dissolves 3-yr-old marriage over father-in-law’s interference

A Customary Court, sitting in Ile-Tuntun, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday dissolved a three-year-old union between Ibukun Amuson and estranged husband, Babatunde, over interference...

Judge advises 27-year-old woman to work towards winning her parents’ love

A Grade I Area Court Judge in Kubwa, Abuja, Muhammad Adamu, on Tuesday advised a 27-year-old woman, Ifeoma Maduaka, who bit and threatened to...

Housewife seeks divorce over husband’s gambling addiction

A trader, Fisayo Akibu, on Tuesday approached a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her 19-year-old marriage to husband, Abiodun, over...

My husband forced me to have 15 abortions, divorce seeking woman tells court

A nurse, Shukurat Adewumi has prayed a Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan to dissolve her 17-year-old marriage to her husband, Adewale, on...

Save me from my husband, step-children – Woman begs court

A businesswoman, Morufat Giwa, on Friday prayed a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, to grant her request for divorce and save her from her...

Media

Books

Labour

NLC, TUC shelve proposed strike over cash scarcity

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their planned strike slated for Wednesday over the unavailability of naira...

Salary increment: Ngige was ‘quoted out of context’ — Ministry of Labour

The Minister of Labour and Employment says Minister Chris Ngige was quoted out of context on the claim of salary increment for federal government...

ASUU to forfeit 8 months pensionable period over recent strike – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Productivity Chris Ngige says members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may forfeit their eight months’ pension...

Why ASUU were paid half salary for October — FG

The Federal Government has explained that lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) got half salary for the month of October because...

Akwa Ibom teachers suspend strike

The Akwa Ibom chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Akwa Ibom has suspended its five-day-old strike. The union disclosed this in a...

Sports

NFF confirms Yusuf, Ugbade sack

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the sack of coaches Salisu Yusuf and Nduka Ugbade. “Their jobs are tied to the competition....

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