NDLEA boss warns against attempt to legalise cannabis
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, has warned against attempt to legalise cannabis in Nigeria.In a statement signed […]
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KDSG dismisses nurses below level 14 for joining strike
Kaduna State Government has announced the dismissal of nurses below Grade Level 14 , who joined the ongoing industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress […]
Kwara community gets electricity supply after 7-year-old blackout
Alhaji Oba Daudu-Sulaiman, the District Head of Aawe in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara, says electricity supply has been restored to the community after […]
La Liga/NPFL U-15: Kano Pillars pip Kwara united, Warri Wolves thrash Katsina united
Kano Pillars FC under 15 defeated its opponent, Kwara United of Ilorin, in the second group stage match of the ongoing Spanish La Liga/NPFL under […]
Family announces funeral rites for late Yinka Odumakin
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, wife of the late Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, has released the official funeral arrangements for the deceased. The rights activist, in an […]
20th NSF: Team Edo win again at cricket oval
Team Edo on Wednesday won their third gold medal out of the available six in the cricket event of the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival […]
Surgery in COVID-19 positive patients should be delayed to reduce death risk- Study
A new global study has revealed that surgery for other ailments in COVID-19 positive patients should be delayed by at least seven weeks to stave […]
‘Nigeria is not a mistake’, says Tambuwal
Amidst the intractable conflicts being witnessed across Nigeria, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has reaffirmed that the country is prominent and […]
With Adesina, Okonjo-Iweala and others, Nigeria attains human resource power house status under President Buhari
By Garba Shehu Professor Ibrahim Gambari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, international relations guru and bureaucrat does not think we should wait for historians […]
Sasha and the Shashasha Amongst Us, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Nigeria’s core problem is the license to kill at will without accountability, the license to kidnap for ransom and increasingly the kidnappers are paid […]
One life lost is one too many, By Majeed Dahiru
By Majeed Dahiru On Sunday morning, the 14th day of February 2021, a day that is annually celebrated as the day of love, I […]
Mbappe hat-trick helps PSG thrash FC Barcelona, Liverpool win at RB Leipzig
A hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) hammer FC Barcelona 4-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions […]
You are my father, I am not your father, By Dakuku Peterside
Over the past few months, Nigerians have been engrossed with salacious paternity stories. After many years, men suddenly realize that children from their wives regarded […]
Buhari vows to protect all religious, ethnic groups
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups, whether majority or minority in line with its responsibility […]
Ex-PENGASSAN chief faults association for announcing fuel price hike
A Former President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has faulted the Petroleum Retail Outlets Owners Association of […]
Nigerian bandits have their cake and eat it, By Azu Ishiekwene
The fight against terror in Nigeria has been a theatre of the absurd. What began as a tiny spark of itinerant fanatics taking a […]
Buhari offers automatic employment, scholarship to 110 ex-corps members
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies […]
Rann: Troops eliminate 19 fleeing Boko Haram fighters in 5 gun trucks
… Two Nigerian Customs Personnel Missing at Geidam Nigerian Troops on Tuesday foiled an attack in Rann, destroying 19 terrorists in five gun trucks, after […]
Senate: Lobby to clear ex service chiefs as ambassadors takes centre stage
By Haruna Salami Babajide Omoworare Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) said Monday that lobbying the legislature for former […]
CBN warns financial institutions against crypto currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned commercial banks and other financial institutions to desist from dealing in crypto currencies as it is illegal. […]
FG may withdraw approval to CPAPL over heedlessness – PCN Registrar
The Federal Government may withdraw approval given to the City Pharmaceutical and Allied Partners (CPAPL) over lack of commitment to its pharmaceutical project in […]
Sino-Nigerian Relations: The next 50 years, By Issa Aremu
As a student of alternative Development paradigm in a unipolar world (following deafening collapse of the old USSR in 1989), China as a stable and […]
Boko Haram: Irabor promises to boost fight as New Service Chiefs land in Borno
The new service chiefs have undertaken their first trip to Borno State, which has been at the centre of the war against Boko Haram, during […]
2020 TI-CPI rating not true reflection of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agenda – Lai
The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s low rating in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) does not truly reflect the great strides by […]
Buhari revalidates APC membership, tasks party leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of […]