LOCAL NEWS
IPOB may not be responsible for Imo prison attack – HURIWA suggests
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has said members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, may not be responsible for the attacks…
Government competing with bandits in recruiting youths – Tinubu mocks Buhari
The National Leader of the Nigeria’s ruling party APC, Senator Ahmad Bola Tinubu, has tongue lashed the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National…
Buhari, Tinubu ‘rift’ over 2023,work of media mischief makers – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed the rumoured rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It described…
Two Months After Boko Haram Attack, Electricity Restored In Maiduguri
Residents of Nigeria’s North-East Borno state capital, Maiduguri were elated Wednesday evening when electricity was restored nearly two months after Boko Haram blew up power…
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Port Harcourt Refinery: House To Investigate $1.5bn Rehabilitation Cost
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream to organise an investigative hearing to ascertain the true state of the Port…
Monetary Policy Rate Stays At 11.5% – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to retain the monetary policy rate at 11.5 percent. The announcement was made…
Matawalle visits Tudun Wada Market fire victims, directs reconstruction of affected shops
by Abdul Gafar, Nigeria’s Northern Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has visited the Tudun Wada Market, which was engulfed by fire as a…
FG Won’t Borrow All $1.5bn,$800 Million Will Come From Appropriation, To Rehabilitate Port Harcourt Refinery, Sylva Tells Nigerians
by Baron Eloagu, The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva has said the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State…
SECURITY
At Last Reps Accept Controversial Mzough U Tiv Amerika Petition
A petition by a group of Tiv indigenes from Benue State in the diaspora which generated controversy last week has been accepted by the House…
2023 Polls Might Be Threatened If Insecurity Is Not Tackled, Akeredolu Warns FG
by Baron Eloagu, Nigeria’s South-Western Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has asked the Federal Government to tackle the deteriorating insecurity in the country or forget…
Gunmen kidnapped Comrade Ben Ukpekpi, Cross River NLC Chairman
by Uduak Effiong, The Cross River State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ben Ukpekpi has been kidnapped. Our Uyo Correspondent gathered that…
Insecurity:Obiano Bans Tinted Glasses, Touting In Anambra
by Amaka Odeh, Nigeria’s South-Eastern Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has ordered criminals to vacate the state following the recent attacks on police and naval…
IGP Orders Full Scale Investigations On Governor Ortom’s Attack
by Baron Eloagu, The Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered full-scale investigations into the circumstances surrounding the attack and reported attempt on…
CRIME Watch
Two Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms For Obtaining $1m From Three Foreign Airlines
Two fraudsters who obtained a cumulative sum of about $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars) from three foreign airlines through Business Email Compromise fraud have been convicted…
Ogun High Chief kidnapped on Saturday regains freedom
The Olori-Ilu of Imope, Chief Kolawole Omotayo, who was kidnapped on Saturday by unknown gunmen has been released. Our Reporter gathered that the community leader…
Court sentences Ocholi Edicha, killer of Kogi PDP women leader to 12 years in prison
A High Court 1 sitting in Kogi State has sentenced one Ocholi Edicha to 12 years and 6 months in prison for the gruesome murder…
Girl stabs brother to death for querying her absence from home
An 18 year-old-girl, Idowu Biletiri has allegedly stabbed her elder brother, Kehinde Biletiri, to death on Saturday. The incident happened at Igbokoda in Ilaje Local…
POLITICS
Government competing with bandits in recruiting youths – Tinubu mocks Buhari
The National Leader of the Nigeria’s ruling party APC, Senator Ahmad Bola Tinubu, has tongue lashed the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National…
Buhari, Tinubu ‘rift’ over 2023,work of media mischief makers – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed the rumoured rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It described…
Court declares Ararume winner of Imo North Senatorial election, orders INEC to issue C of R
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been directed to declare Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the December…
Job Creation: PDP Says NBS Report Shows APC Govt Is Lying To Nigerians
by Baron Eloagu, The Nigerian main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led the Federal Government of lying…
EDUCATION
WAEC to release results of Private candidates 2021 WASSCE examination Tuesday
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a date for the release of the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)…
FG flags-off program to reduce out of school children in Jigawa
by Jibril Bello, The APC led Federal Government has flagged-off better education service delivery BESDA to reduce the number of out of school children. The…
ASUP threatens strike, warns FG
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened to embark on a strike from April 6. The body issued the warning in a communique…
Uzodinma threatens to arrest teachers protesting over unpaid 12-month salary
Nigeria’s South-Eastern Governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma has threatened to arrest any protesting teacher, worker or pensioner in the state, insisting that his…
HEALTH
Index Case Of Strange Disease Drank Water Near A Cemetery – Kano Govt
by Abdul Gafar, The Northern Nigeria’s economic hub, Kano state has revealed that the index case of the strange disease that has claimed four lives…
Resident Doctors May Resume Strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to go on strike over the failure of the Federal Government to address their demands and…
COVID-19: Nigeria To Procure 140m Doses Of Vaccines In Two Years – Fayemi
The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to procure a total of 140 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine within the next two years. The…
COVID-19 Vaccine: Nigeria Acquirs Additional 41 Million Doses
Nigeria has acquired an additional 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday. Dr Ehanire said during an…
AFRICA
Landslide win for Congo’s President Sassou Ngueso
Congo-Brazzaville’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso has won re-election by a landslide, with 89% of the vote, the country’s interior minister has announced. The main opposition…
COVID-19 Vaccine: South Africa Places Fresh Order From Pfizer As She Sells Off AstraZeneca
South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African nations, the health minister announced Sunday. The…
Polls open in Congo as main opposition party boycotts election
Polls have opened in the Republic of Congo’s presidential election that is boycotted by the main opposition party and attacked by critics as tilted towards…
Worsening violence in western Ethiopia forcing civilians to flee
Tibebu Girma cannot risk it any longer. A farmer in the Qellem Wollega zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the 30-year-old makes a living by cultivating…
GLOBAL
US authorities name 10 victims, suspect in Colorado shooting
A 21-year-old man faces 10 counts of murder in connection with Monday’s mass shooting at a grocery store in the US city of Boulder, Colorado, local authorities…
Israel election: Netanyahu falls short of majority in exit polls
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to fall short of securing the seats needed to form a new government in Israel’s fourth election in two…
Anti-lockdown protests break out in Europe amid new COVID wave
Protesters in Germany clashed with police on Saturday over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannon, pepper spray and batons against people trying to break…
Pro-Kurdish MP holed up in Turkey’s parliament for days detained
Turkish police detained pro-Kurdish lawmaker Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu from his party’s headquarters in parliament, where he had been staying for four nights to protest against…
Cultural Heritage
Ondo monarchs back Akeredolu’s order to herders, urge Buhari to call his aides to order
by James Taiwo, Ondo state Traditional rulers have thrown their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s directive to unregistered herders to vacate government forest reserves. The monarchs…
Ganduje finally opens up, says main reason he sacked Sanusi
– The truth is finally out about what influenced the dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano – Governor Umaru Ganduja on Tuesday,…
Douye Diri Promises To Preserve Traditional Institution In Bayelsa
by Agnes James, Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, was at the weekend conferred with the title “Ebe-Ebidou Owei” by the Pere of Tarakiri Kingdom,…
Two killed as hoodlums attack traditional ruler of Isinigbo
Two persons have been confirmed killed in the attack on the traditional ruler of Isinigbo in Akure North local government area, Oba Samuel Fadahunsi. The persons,…
Ado Bayero Visits Lagos State
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero on Sunday paid an official visit to the Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Emir held a…
SPORTS
Manchester United star, Greenwood withdraws from the U21England squad
Manchester United youngster, Mason Greenwood, has withdrawn from the U21 team of England for their European Championship group stages. The Manchester United star was initially…
Man Utd Sign Shirt Sponsorship Deal With TeamViewer
Manchester United have agreed a five-year deal with technology company TeamViewer to become their principal shirt sponsor from next season in a reported £47 million-a-year…
Arsenal Beat Spurs As Lamela Goes From Hero To Zero
Arsenal recovered from Erik Lamela’s astonishing Rabona opener to beat 10-man Tottenham 2-1 in a dramatic north London derby despite the absence of exiled captain…
Ronaldo Scores ‘Perfect’ Hattrick In Juventus’ Victory
Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from Juventus’ Champions League humiliating elimination by Porto with a hattrick of goals, leading the Italian Champions to a 3-1 win over…
ENTERTAINMENT
Grammy Award Wins: Buhari Congratulates Burna Boy and Wizkid
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated stars, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy and Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid for winning the 2021…
Support Military in fight against insecurity, FG urges Nigerians
The Federal Government has again called for support for the armed forces in fighting insurgency, terrorism, and other forms of criminality in the country. The…
The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb: ‘There’s fame and there’s ultra-fame – it can destroy you’
The band’s last surviving member talks about falling out with his brothers before they died, how his wife saved him from drugs – and why…
Christmas singles flood UK top 40 chart
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas, with festive singles accounting for more than half of this week’s UK top 40 chart. Twenty-one seasonal…
