Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state Some communities in Sokoto State on Sunday organised special prayer sessions ahead of Monday Supreme Court judgment for the success of the state and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. The grand finale prayer session was led [...]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on Monday, upheld the election of governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-man panel of Justices that was led [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Ola Ajayi, Ibadan Six persons including two females were killed on Sunday in an auto-crash at Abuduka area of Suurulere North Local Council Development Area (LCDA.) The accident involved a new truck belonging to a business [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Abia PDP protesters By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Akwa Ibom state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Sunday joined its counterparts across the country to protest what it called unjust and unfair ruling of the Apex [...]
By Donu Kogbara Ihedioha-Uzodinma I’m now so wearily accustomed to Nigerian political tsunamis and legal dramas that I, as a general rule, barely bat an eyelid when something sensational happens. I usually just shrug and carry on. But I nearly [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Elizabeth Adegbesan FIDELITY Bank has improved the living standard of its customers with N50 million cash prizes and 93 consolation prizes through its Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) Season 4 Promo. Speaking at the third [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Nigerian Flag SINCE the Private/Public Partnership model of infrastructural development was introduced in Nigeria in the President Olusegun Obasanjo era, we have strongly and consistently advocated for the strengthening of this model as a means of [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Marcus Rashford is expected to be sidelined for two to three months, as he recovers from a stress fracture in his back and an underlying ankle injury. The United talisman missed Sunday’s trip to Liverpool after [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC By Perez Brisibe THE Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, has been asked by the Niger Delta Integrity Network, NDIN to be mindful of his utterances against [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Dirisu Yakubu Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to perish any thought of outlawing the newly launched South-West security outfit, Amotekun, saying it has come to stay to [...]
Kindly Share This Story: AC Milan secured their third successive win in all competitions on Sunday after Ante Rebic scored deep into injury time to secure a last-gasp 3-2 win over Udinese at San Siro. Franck Kessie and Zlatan Ibrahimovic [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya, where it is providing military support to the internationally-recognized government, if it wants to end the conflict there. Erdogan made his remarks [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Several properties gutted By Olasunkanmi Akoni There is a raging fire at one of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipelines at Ekoro, Abule -Egba area of Lagos State. Several properties were said to have been [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted there were “many positives” in Manchester United’s 2-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield, and admitted United could look for a “short term” deal to cover for the injured Marcus Rashford. Liverpool scored [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Lucien Favre called Erling Haaland “incredible” after the striker came off the bench to score a hat-trick against Augsburg on his Borussia Dortmund debut. Inspired by Haaland, Dortmund rallied from 3-1 down to record a 5-3 [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Dapo Akinrefon The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, Sunday, called on traditional rulers in the South-West of Nigeria, to throw their weight behind the Western Nigerian Security Network, known as “Operation Amotekun”, [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Kwara State has received a total of N3.6bn as net allocation for the month of January 2020, Finance Commissioner Olasumbo Florence Oyeyemi said in a statement on Sunday. The amount, according [...]
Say apex court’s action portends danger on Nigeria’s democracy By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke – Abuja As mixed reactions continue to trail last week’s judgment of the Supreme Court which removed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led governor of Imo [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Says its to forestall further loss of lives Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi The Anambra State, government weekend demolished unhabitable buildings gutted by tanker fire of October 16th, 2019 at Upper [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Junaid Mohammed Soni Daniel – Abuja Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has lambasted the protagonists of the security outfit Amotekun, describing it as nothing but a tribal militia to prosecute the region’s agenda of transforming [...]
Kindly Share This Story: …Says operating in residential area is illegal Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, Osun State, has sealed ten Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) skid stations for operating without valid licences in [...]
Kindly Share This Story: —Say South-South Must Complete Another 4-yrs— North Won’t Handover Power To South East, South WestBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru AHEAD of the 2023 Presidency, the South-South Elders have said that there will be a crisis that could tear [...]
Kindly Share This Story: Following recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the use of paracetamol tablets in food preparation, some Lagosians have expressed shock and disappointment. They told the News Agency [...]
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, talks with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan.17, 2020. PHOTO: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister’s offer to [...]
Kindly Share This Story: …Wants refund too By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to: “declare the life pension edict/law 2019, passed by the Abuja Municipal [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Jacob Ajom The WBO, IBF, WBF and WBA heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua has been advised not to bow to pressure and go ahead with a mandatory defence fight against Bulgarian heavyweight champion and IBF [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Dele Sobowale Mohammed, “Buhari has driven corruption under the table” – Lai Mohammed.—DAILY INDEPENDENT, January 2, 2020, p 13.Wonders never cease. Just as I thought that Lai Mohammed and I will never agree on anything, [...]
Kindly Share This Story: The announcement Saturday that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are to give up their titles and stop receiving public funds is only the latest instalment in a royal soap opera that has gripped Britain and [...]
Kindly Share This Story: By Femi Aribisala Roberts Liardon was a guest-minister at a church. Suddenly during the service, the Holy Spirit drew his attention to a woman. Then he told him something unusual. He told him to go and [...]
Kindly Share This Story: FINTECH By Victor ‘Tunde Oso Financial technology, (fintech) start-ups are helping a generation of young Nigerians to invest in American stocks and assets easier than ever before. These fintech platforms, according to a report by Quartz [...]