Abuja fans want back popular Wazobia FM radio host, “Mr Expensive”
Fans and radio listeners in the FCT have expressed divergent views over the recent transfer of multiple award-winning, Wazobia FM presenter, Mr James “Expensive”, urging […]
November
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Beyond Gender, By Issa Aremu
“I feel ready to go.” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala On the 1st of March, a good working Monday, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister and […]
Nurses declare 3 days warning strike in Ondo State
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM),Ondo State Chapter has directed its members to embark on a three-day warning strike from March […]
Anxiety as NECO withholds results of 70,000 Kano Students
By Mahmoud Ndagi, Kano No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat for the October/November 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Kano State, are […]
Businessman docked for allegedly receiving stolen inverter batteries
A 47-year-old businessman, Mustapha Ishiaka, on Wednesday, appeared in a Lugbe Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly receiving six stolen inverter batteries worth N900,000. […]
FG to meet with governors on petrol, electricity prices
Federal Government will meet with state governors and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday to find a solution to issue of right pricing […]
Anambra 2021: Soludo declares his governorship ambition
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra in the November […]
Polaris Bank rewards first millionaire, 60 winners in First ‘Save & Win’ Promo draw
Polaris Bank on Tuesday unveiled Mr. Lucky Okunzuwa, a customer with the Bank’s Akpakpava branch, Benin, Edo State, as the first millionaire at the […]
NNPC posts $108m for crude oil, gas export sales in November – Report
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it achieved a trading surplus of 108.84 million dollars (about N13.43billion) for the month of November […]
NNPC records 54% increase in trading surplus for November
…Posts Crude Oil, Gas Export Sales of $108.84m The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of ₦13.43billion for the month of […]
N525m Internet Fraud: Scales Opts For Plea Bargain, Ready to Forfeit N108m Properties- Witness
(EFCC press release)The trial-within-trial of Scales Ishola Olatunji, a suspected fraudster resumed on Friday, January 29, 2021 before Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal […]
COVID-19 Reloaded, By Dakuku Peterside
That Nigeria currently battles with a second, more deadly wave of Covid-19 is no longer in doubt. The numbers are dire. In the first […]
3G, 4G telecom towers in Nigeria rise to 53,460 – Danbatta
The third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has increased from 30,000 to 53,460 while Fibre Optic Transmission […]
#EndSARS: Oyo judicial panel concludes preliminary analysis of complaints
…to begin public sitting next week Tuesday The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to look into […]
Microsoft’s partnership plans thrill Osinbajo
Another international tech heavyweight, Microsoft Corporation, has disclosed plans to partner with the Federal Government for the benefit of the Nigerian people, especially the youth. […]
The ‘American Coup’ and Nigeria’s #Endsars protest: Two Ugly Twins
By Yakubu Shendam Oh how the mighty have fallen, is a phrase used to describe the failure or decline in status of a person, group, […]
In Praise of 2020, By Issa Aremu
Perhaps no year in our generation has been so smeared like 2020! It can be said that we are all living witnesses to a […]
Court remand Eze Brothers in prison for money laundering
Justice N. E. Maha of the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday December 24, remanded two brothers, Eze Olisaebuka Okwuchukwu and Eze Onyeka Nnadozie in prison […]
Malami receives, treats 13,772 mails in 2020 -Aide
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has received and acted on thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy two […]
Western Sahara: Nigerian group tasks UN on justice
By Chimezie Godfrey The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of the People of Western Sahara (NMLWS) has urged the United Nations (UN) to force Morocco […]
Average, price per litre, kerosene, increases, November, NBS
The average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N353.38 in November from N352.93 in October, the National Bureau of […]
Average price for cooking gas drops slightly in November – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price for refilling a five kilogram (5kg) cylinder of Cooking Gas decreased to N1,947.47 in November […]
Buhari appoints new Director General for NABDA
By Chimezie Godfrey President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Abdullahi Mustapha as the new Director General/CEO of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA). This was […]
Inflation rises by 0.66% in November -NBS
Following Nigeria’s slip into recession in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says inflation increased by 0.66 per cent to 14.89 per cent in […]
Naira devaluation as false economics, By Issa Aremu
After decades long of word counts and verbal exchanges on Naira devaluation and “oil subsidy removal”, yours sincerely is truly contestation weary on the […]