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Torn between terror and torture

Last week, the global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, released a report...
June 2, 2020 Akeem Nafiu 0

Court orders Kalu’s release from prison

Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos has...
June 2, 2020 Lawrence Olaoye 0

Churches, mosques now free to operate as Buhari lifts ban

A fter about two months of closure, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered...
June 2, 2020 Onwuka Nzeshi Abuja 0

FG cuts revenue projections, raises budget deficit to N4.563trn

T here are strong indications that Nigeria’s economy may have technically slipped...
June 2, 2020 Lawrence Olaoye 0

Obaseki: I’m ready to make peace with Oshiomhole

…presents APC nomination form to Buhari E do State...

Rising debt profile: CNPP warns against continued borrowing

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Reps approve Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request

Reps approve Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request

June 3, 2020 0

Court frees Dino Melaye of alleged false information charge

Court frees Dino Melaye of alleged false information charge

June 3, 2020 0

SMBLF asks Buhari to confirm Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court president

SMBLF asks Buhari to confirm Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court president

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June 3, 2020 Philip Nyam 0

Reps approve Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request

The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to obtain a $22.7 billion in foreign loans. The approval was given after consideration of the report of the House committee on aids, loans and debt management at yesterday’s plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. Recall that...

June 3, 2020 Tunde Oyesina 0

Court frees Dino Melaye of alleged false information charge

An Abuja High Court sitting Maitama yesterday discharged Senator Dino Melaye of criminal charges of giving...
June 3, 2020 Wale Elegbede 0

SMBLF asks Buhari to confirm Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court president

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to shame some...

June 3, 2020 Onyekachi Eze 0

PDP condemns FG’s fuel price reduction system

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Federal Government’s piecemeal reduction of pump price of...

June 3, 2020 Cajetan Mmuta and Emmanuel Onani 0

Murder in church: IG special team to probe Omozuwa’s murder

Police uncover decomposing body of missing lawyer Special investigators deployed by the Inspector...
June 3, 2020 Muritala Ayinla 0

Sanwo-Olu marks first year with 1,576 new homes

No fewer than 1,576 homes have been completed within the first year in office of the...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

NDDC finance director, Etang, died of coronavirus –Commission

Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said yesterday that its Executive Director, Finance and...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Majek Fashek: The Rainmaker goes home in the rain

Tony Okuyeme Entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of veteran Nigerian singer,...

June 3, 2020 Muritala Ayinla 0

Lagos confiscates houses used to defraud tenants

Lagos State government has confiscated two houses used to defraud prospective tenants. The Special Adviser (SA)...
June 3, 2020 Clement Ekong 0

Policeman kills tricycle operator over N100 bribe

Tension has enveloped Wuro-ba Adamu village in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State as a...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Rising debt profile: CNPP warns against continued borrowing

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show responsibility by improving on accountability and transparency level in the face of increasing Nigeria’s debt profile. In a statement issued in Abuja by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the umbrella body of all...

June 2, 2020 Cajetan Mmuta, 0

Edo 2020: Guber tussle shifts to Federal High Court

*As APC faction seeks exparte motion over primaries...

June 2, 2020 CAJETAN MMUTA writes 0

Edo guber: How Ize-Iyamu emerged as APC ‘consensus candidate’

CAJETAN MMUTA writes on the intrigues that threw...

June 2, 2020 KENNETH OFOMA brings the excerpts: 0

Buhari’s govt has borrowed more than any other administration in Nigeria’s history – Ekweremadu

Former Deputy Senate President and senator representing Enugu...

June 3, 2020 CHRIS UGWU 0

SEC: Evaluating Uduk’s tenure as regulator

CHRIS UGWU assesses the performance of the Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Mary Uduk, in the past two years, as she prepares to leave office following the nomination of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as the new DG The emergence of Ms. Mary...

June 3, 2020 Tony Chukwunyem 0

CBN: Striving to avoid COVID-19-induced recession

The surprise Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) cut announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary...
June 3, 2020 Tony Chukwunyem 0

‘Economy should recover quickly from anticipated recession’

Analysts at Cowry Asset Management Limited have said that they are expecting the Nigerian economy to...

June 3, 2020 Tony Chukwunyem 0

COVID-19: AfDB approves €88m for Senegal

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) last Friday approved a loan of...

June 3, 2020 Ajibade Olusesan 0

Rohr blows hot: Nobody can dictate to me players to invite

Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr has warned that he would not allow anyone to dictate to him on who to pick for national duty. The German, last week, signed a new contract that will keep him on his job for another two years after a seemingly protracted disagreement...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Minister condoles with Jalingo’s family

The death of the former Bendel Insurance of...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Ighalo happy to extend Man United dream

Odion Ighalo is determined to help Manchester United...

June 3, 2020 Adeolu Johnson 0

Nigeria Private League gets N200m sponsorship deal

No fewer than 10 Nigerian private clubs have...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Echoes of Fela’s Beast of No Nation, as Ezeigwe’s solo exhibition opens

Tony Okuyeme Avirtual solo exhibition of recent paintings by fast-rising contemporary artist, Ikechukwu Ezeigwe, opened last Friday. Aptly titled ‘Beast of No Nation’, the exhibition, Omenka Gallery, borrows its title from Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1986 song. But unlike the Afrobeat maestro, Ezeigwe takes us on an excursion through...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Towards propagation, preservation of our cultural heritage

Tongues of the Forecourt is Wale Obadeyi’s offering to a people whose rich cultural...
June 3, 2020 Tony Okuyeme 0

Theatre Centrik hosts first virtual festival in Lagos

The stage is set for the first virtual festival, the Green African Arts Festival 2020 (GAAF2020),...

June 2, 2020 Tony Okuyeme 0

Majek Fashek: Tributes as ‘the rainmaker’ passes on in season of rain

. Victor Uwaifor, Okoroji, others mourn Nigeria, especially the entertainment industry, has been thrown into mourning...

June 2, 2020 Sola Adeyemo, 0

IPPIS controversy: Ngige is now ‘Minister of Dispute Escalation and Disinformation’ – ASUU

Miffed by the recent statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was on strike because of the controversial IPPIS, thereby running away from the negotiation table, the Union has christened him as a ‘Minister of...

June 2, 2020 Correspondents 0

Northern governors’ moves to end Almajiri system

Kano unveils remodeling strategy for Almajiri system ...

June 2, 2020 Correspondents 0

Rector inaugurates ventilator, hand washing, sanitization machines

…as LASPOTECH gets acting Rector T he...

June 2, 2020 Correspondents 0

UK varsity to offer scholarship to Nigerian students

T he management of Aston University, Birmingham in...

June 3, 2020 Correspondents 0

Torn between terror and torture

Last week, the global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, released a report on the plight of...
June 2, 2020 Correspondents 0

Fresh challenges before NFF, Rohr

A fter many twists and exchange of correspondences between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)...

June 1, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on Stopping bogus payments to ex-state officials

Stopping bogus payments to ex-state officials

I mo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, last week, revoked the payment of pension...

May 29, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on Nigeria and the rush for football restart

Nigeria and the rush for football restart

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is getting anxious to join the ‘craze’ of football restart all...

May 28, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on Take Home Ration and its attendant flaws

Take Home Ration and its attendant flaws

The crises of transparency, corruption and poor implementation have often been associated with policies or programmes...
May 27, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on COVID-19, Nigeria and quality health facilities

COVID-19, Nigeria and quality health facilities

W ithin a space of less than two months, Nigeria has had more medical...

June 1, 2020 AKEEM NAFIU reports 0

In defence of Buhari’s Executive Order 10

‘Autonomy’ll guarantee judiciary’s independence’ Lawyers at the weekend hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing...
June 1, 2020 JOHN CHIKEZIE 0

‘Domestication of child’s right Act’ll fast track justice system’

Mirian Obioma Okoro attended Madonna University, Okija in Anambra State where she obtained her LL.B. She...

June 1, 2020 Akeem Nafiu 0

Court upholds CBN’s power to freeze account

J ustice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos has upheld the power...

May 25, 2020 AKEEM NAFIU and TUNDE OYESINA report Comments Off on Equipping judiciary for post-COVID-19

Equipping judiciary for post-COVID-19

Lawyers push for more reform in post-COVID-19 Lawyers are pushing for a dynamic reform...

May 25, 2020 Foluso Ogunmodede Comments Off on Lawyers mourn late Justice Karibi-Whyte

Lawyers mourn late Justice Karibi-Whyte

Barely 72hours after his death, encomiums have begun to pour in for the late former Justice...
May 25, 2020 with JOHN CHIKEZIE Comments Off on ‘How SMEs, employees, others’ll suffer post-COVID-19’

‘How SMEs, employees, others’ll suffer post-COVID-19’

She made a First Class in Law at the Nigerian Law School in 2017. Abimbola...

June 3, 2020 MURITALA AYINLA 0

COVID-19: Moving ahead with job creation, empowerment

As countries all over the world are making...
June 3, 2020 Ahmed Idris 0

A helping hand to 61-year-old beggar

Their joy knew no bound on a fateful...

June 3, 2020 Ali Garba 0

Saving orphans from hunger in Bauchi

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hayyin Foundation...

May 27, 2020 UCHENNA INYA reports from Abakaliki Comments Off on Coronavirus: The myth, doubts, facts in Ebonyi

Coronavirus: The myth, doubts, facts in Ebonyi

Despite the number of persons testing positive for...

May 27, 2020 ADEWALE MOMOH writes Comments Off on Ondo: Battling influx of unwanted guests

Ondo: Battling influx of unwanted guests

Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Nigeria...
May 20, 2020 KENNETH OFOMA Comments Off on Enugu’s mystery death

Enugu’s mystery death

Residents of Enugu capital city are yet to...

May 30, 2020 ISIOMA MADIKE Comments Off on COVID-19: Chloroquine: has serious side effects –Prof. Ezeibe

COVID-19: Chloroquine: has serious side effects –Prof. Ezeibe

Maduike Ezeibe, a professor of Veterinary Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University...
May 30, 2020 YEKEEN AKINWALE Comments Off on Coronavirus: From health crisis to food insecurity

Coronavirus: From health crisis to food insecurity

Nigeria’s imminent food crisis is inevitable unless urgent steps are taken to intervene. This is the...

May 23, 2020 YEKEEN AKINWALE Comments Off on How Anti-One Chance Squad police officers killed our father –Sons

How Anti-One Chance Squad police officers killed our father –Sons

It is gradually but steadily becoming a norm, the rate at which arbitrary executions are being...

May 9, 2020 ISIOMA MADIKE Comments Off on ‘ONE MILLION BOYS’: THE NEW TERROR IN TOWN

‘ONE MILLION BOYS’: THE NEW TERROR IN TOWN

There have been panic in some neighbourhoods of Lagos and Ogun states lately following an invasion...

May 9, 2020 ISIOMA MADIKE Comments Off on ‘One million boys’ menace increased due to hunger –Ejiofor

‘One million boys’ menace increased due to hunger –Ejiofor

Mike Ejiofor is a senior security specialist and former Director of the Department of State Security...
April 25, 2020 PODO SUNDAY Comments Off on COVID-19: Seme border communities and politics of palliatives measures

COVID-19: Seme border communities and politics of palliatives measures

Following the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the need to curtail the spread in the...

May 31, 2020 CHIJIOKE IREMEKA writes Comments Off on Covid-19: Our children’s online coaching stressful, expensive –Parents

Covid-19: Our children’s online coaching stressful, expensive –Parents

•Why online teaching is important, say proprietors Many parents in Nigeria are at...
May 31, 2020 Adeola Yusuf and Regina Otokpa Comments Off on Buhari, Sylva, Kyari mourn as Baru, immediate past NNPC’s GMD, dies at 60

Buhari, Sylva, Kyari mourn as Baru, immediate past NNPC’s GMD, dies at 60

•18th GMD died 3 years after losing son, sister, mother T he immediate-past Managing...

May 31, 2020 Juliet Bumah Comments Off on I’m going hubby shopping

I’m going hubby shopping

Juliet Bumah Dave’s heart flutters. He draws the papers towards...

May 31, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on I fall in love easily –Seyi Shay

I fall in love easily –Seyi Shay

Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua, professionally known as Seyi Shay has one of the most captivating stage performances....

May 31, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on Dapo Abiodun: Why Ogun is investing heavily in agriculture

Dapo Abiodun: Why Ogun is investing heavily in agriculture

As part of activities marking his first year in office, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State,...
May 31, 2020 Correspondents Comments Off on Reopening of churches: Primate Ayodele slams FG, CAN

Reopening of churches: Primate Ayodele slams FG, CAN

•Hails Trump T he Spiritual Leader of NRI Evangelical Church, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele,...