AFCON 2021: Nigeria clear favourites against less fancied Sudan
Table-toppers Nigeria will come into their second group game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) against Sudan as clear favourites and they are […]
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Group draws support for Oyinlola’s PDP chairmanship
A political group, Ayombo Movement for Good Governance, has canvased support for former Governor of Osun, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to be the next national chairman of […]
New Army chief, Attahiru visits Borno again
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, on Saturday hinted on Nigerian Army’s plans to launch the second phase of the ongoing counter-insurgency […]
33 years of Road safety Administration, Traffic Management in Nigeria: Journey so far
By Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM( Bisi Kazeem fsi The ugly narrative of Road Traffic crashes in the early 70s changed through Federal Government’s resilience […]
A New Era at World Trade Organization – Challenges and opportunities ahead, By Titus Olowokere
A new era has dawned at the World Trade Organization, as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes up the mantle of leadership as Director-General of the WTO, […]
Quit notice: Fulani leaders say only 107 herders relocated from Oyo to Kaduna, not 4000
Some Fulani leaders at Ladduga grazing reserve in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state, together with other stakeholders, have disputed the 4,000 figure […]
INEC and the Creation of New Polling Units, By Jibrin Ibrahim
One of the realities of Nigeria is that every administrative decision or process is read as and understood as being political. Currently, INEC is […]
NDLEA arrests businessman, other with cocaine at Lagos, Abuja airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continues to put the heat on drug traffickers with the latest arrest of a businessman at the […]
Anyone interested in performing pilgrimage from Ekiti should use personal savings, says Dep. Gov
The Ekiti State Government has advocated more private sponsorship of pilgrims to Mecca and Jerusalem, following government’s withdrawal from bankrolling the activity, according […]
NDLEA nets another cocaine trafficker at Lagos airport
…Busts cannabis warehouse in Nasarawa … Raids drug spots in Abuja Few days after at least three cocaine cartels were bursted at the Murtala Mohammed […]
7 things you need to know about FG’s N5,000 cash transfer to the poor
Much dance and song is being made about the Federal Government’s ongoing disbursement of N5,000 to the poor and indigent around the country. The decibel […]
Troops eliminate more terrorists in Yobe, Borno states
Chimezie Godfrey Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango have eliminated more terrorists and destroyed their enclaves in Yobe and Borno states. This was disclosed on Tuesday […]
Ebonyi records 130 fire incidents in 2020 – Official
Mr Raphael Ibiam, director of Ebonyi Fire Service, said on Tuesda in Abakaliki y that the state recorded 130 fire […]
No political party should cede 2023 presidency to south-east, by Fredrick Nwabufo
If the 2023 presidency is relieved of competition and minimised to an ethnic contest, then we are consciously backtracking to the mistakes of 2015. Ethnic […]
4 die, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying […]
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𝘉𝘺 𝘋𝘳. 𝘜𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘑𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘶 𝘎𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘶 Characterized by COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the year 2020 recorded low-key operations of many governmental, commercial and social activities. […]
SERAP drags FG to UN over arbitrary detention, torture of Sowore, others
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arbitrary detention, […]
Bishop Matthew Kukah: Can a partisan tell truth to power? By Jibrin Ibrahim
This week, the major controversy in the country has been Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message for 2020 which has divided the country right down the middle. […]
PRP blasts PDP, APC for ruling, ruining Nigeria
. . as Chairman Prof. Sule Bello sends Xmas, New Year Greetings The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has blasted the nation’s two dominant […]
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 […]
Everybody Knew Sam – A tribute to Nda Isaiah, By Ali M. Ali
This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year I wrote the most tributes-some long, some short to eulogize the departed, not to […]
Military neutralizes scores of bandits, arrests illegal miners in Zamfara
By Chimezie Godfrey The military has neutralized scores of bandits, arrested illegal miners and recovered arms and ammunition in the North-West zone of the country. […]
Lagos promises to clear pension arrears by 2022
The Lagos State Government on Thursday promised to clear arrears of all pension payments by the end of year 2022. Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, Lagos State […]