JIBWIS condoles Sokoto govt over market inferno
The Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) on Sunday condoled the people and government of Sokoto State over the fire disaster that razed […]
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Ezekwesili joins Women Political Leaders’ board
Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili is now a member of the board of Women Political Leaders, where she will bring her experience in both the private and […]
Boko Haram: Troops eliminate 5, capture arms, ammunition in Borno
By Chimezie Godfrey Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango have eliminated 5 Boko Haram terrorists and captured arms and ammunition in Borno State. The Acting Director, […]
Facing 2021: Notes to the Nigerian Left, By Edwin Madunagu
The last paragraph of my last published article for the year 2020, titled “Study notes on state and state failure” (December 22) started with a […]
Buhari inaugurates oil and gas excellence centre
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday declared that Nigeria will strengthen its position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry, even as his administration will […]
All that Jazz about Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I have just been consulted to become the National Grand Patron of the newly formed Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria (SMAN). […]
CBN moves to crash price of maize
About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are soon to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of […]
Badaru tasks youths on critical thinking as Pantami hails Jigawa’s digital drive
The Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubukar, has urged Nigerian youths to key into the digital technologies and focus more on critical thinking in […]
Kalu condoles with Martin-Kuye Family
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the government and people of Ogun state over […]
FCMB Asset Management Limited assigned credit rating of BBB+(IM) by Agusto & Co
FCMB Asset Management Limited, the Asset Management arm of FCMB Group Plc, has been assigned an Investment Manager rating of BBB+(IM) by Agusto & Co., […]
Trans Atlantic Centre continues to set the pace, promises to get better
By Chimezie Godfrey The much awaited Annual Family Funfair and Friends Connect Day has come and gone with fun-fare and great expectations. The event which […]
Disappointing the skulking “vultures” (1)
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen, PhD Department of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria We will not give […]
Nutritional medicine and COVID-19, By John Tor-Agbidye
There is a dearth of knowledge on nutritional medicine and the immune system as the body’s major defense against disease in particular. While we know […]
N10.9bn fraud: Court jails ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, three others
Justice Lateefa A. Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former […]
2020: The Year That Was, By Reuben Abati
My favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe’s Things Falls Apart, a novel […]
Buhari approves redeployment of 9 Perm Secs
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the […]
Second wave of COVID-19, proving more dangerous, says Sanwo- Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gotten a clean bill of health; he has been certified free of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Governor, on Thursday afternoon, […]
100 die in latest surge of violence against ethnic minorities in Ethiopia
Amnesty International has condemned the killing of at least 100 people by armed assailants in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Region on Wednesday morning. In a statement, Netsanet […]
Buhari pledges world class healthcare system via comprehensive Health Sector Reform
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will embark on a comprehensive health sector reform aimed at providing a world class 21st century health care system, […]
NDDC: Has the microphone been turned off on national assembly’s N81bn probe? By Fredrick Nwabufo
Probe. This is another word for political manoeuvring, horse-trading, chicanery and blackmail – in the Nigerian milieu. Probes are launched here not for righteous ends […]
Balarabe Musa: Tribute to Audacity and Principles, By Issa Aremu
Yours comradely like other compatriots, received Wednesday morning November 11, the news of the death of Dr. Alh. Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the first democratically elected […]
PHOTO NEWS: Tambuwal swears in Mainasara Ahmad, other Commissioners, Special Advisers
See photos of swearing in of Mohammad Mainasara Ahmad, mni as member of the Sokoto State Executive Council and Commissioner today, the 28th of October, […]
UPDATE: Ooni hosts Obasanjo, begs #EndSARS protesters to retreat
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Monday, hosted former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, with an appeal to the #EndSARS protesters across […]
Police investigate alleged murder of teenager in Kano
The Police Command in Kano Stat, says it has constituted a committee to investigate the alleged murder of a 17-year-old man, Saifullahi Sani-Musa, in police […]
Photo News: Sylva visits Lee Engineering in Warri
Minister Of State Petroleum Resource Chief Timipre Sylva in a handshake With Executive Chairman Lee Engineering Group Dr Leemon Ikpea, during a […]