News
Turkish President says terrorists who tried to oust him are in Nigeria
By our reporter/ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Wednesday alleged that the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO), which he blamed for the July…
EndSARS: FG insists no protester shot at Lekki Tollgate, demands apology from CNN
By our reporter/ The Federal Government on Wednesday insisted that protesters were not shot at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. EndSARS…
Police blame IPOB militants Imo traditional rulers’ killing
By our reporter/ The Police in Imo State have blamed the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN),…
#EndSarsMemorial: Celebrities, youths hold procession at Lekki Toll gate
By our reporter/ Celebrities and youths on Wednesday held a memorial car procession at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State. The parade took place…
Politics
The unity of Nigeria is negotiable, says Kingibe
By our reporter/ The unity of Nigeria is negotiable, Babagana Kingibe, Nigeria’s envoy to Chad and Lake Chad basin has said. Kingibe, one the…
INEC: Anambra guber poll will be embarrassingly transparent
By our reporter/ The Anambra governorship election will be “embarrassingly transparent” , the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Saturday. Nwachukwu Orji, INEC’s…
Bakare meets Buhari, rejects rotation presidency
By our reporter/ The founder of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), pastor Tunde Bakare on Friday said that the zone where the next president…
Iyorchia Ayu emerges consensus chairmanship candidate of PDP
By our reporter/ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted Iyorchia Ayu, former senate president as the consensus candidate for the national chairmanship position…
Economy
FG inaugurates two regulatory agencies, scraps DPR, PEF, PPPRA
By our reporter/ The federal government on Tuesday announced the scrapping of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)…
Bitcoin surges above $64,000 as first crypto-linked ETF lists on NYSE – Report
The price of Bitcoin surged, near the all-time high after ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, the first bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the New…
Fidelity Bank to raise $500m from international debt capital market
By our reporter/ Fidelity Bank Plc on Monday announced plans to raise $500 million from the international debt capital market through the issuance of…
Osinbajo tasks states to think like sovereign entities to raise IGR
By our reporter/ Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has challenged states to think out of the box in raising their respective Internally Generated Revenues. Osinbajo…
Health
Drug dealer, manager, 3 workers bag 75 years imprisonment
–NDLEA appeals against N700,000 option of fine for convicts, others A major drug dealer, Mike Omoarukhe, his manager and three other workers in his…
Gov Emmanuel upgrades 117 year old Ikot ekpene general Hospital
Chidi Tony/ The dream of an improved healthcare delivery system for the people of Ikot Ekpene local government in Akwa Ibom State has finally…
Sports
Anthony Joshua loses titles to Ukrainian Usyk who attributes victory to Jesus Christ
By our reporter/ Nigerian-born British fighter, Anthony Joshua, on Saturday night lost his titles in a clash with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham, United…
Jay-Jay Okocha: The greatest showman
LAGOS – Ten minutes to three on a Saturday afternoon is a contentious time for football fans in Nigeria. Pubs – dressed in shirts…
Entertainment
Chiwetalu Agu freed by DSS after four days in custody
By our reporter/ Nollywood actor, Chinwetalu Agu was on Tuesday freed by the Department of State Service (DSS) after spending about four days in…
Life
61-year-old ‘pastor’ rapes, impregnates teenager in Ondo
By our reporter/ A 61-year-old “Pastor”, Famakinwa Ajayi, has been arrested by detectives attached to the Ondo State Police Command. Ajayi was arrested for…
Interviews
Buhari’s administration, most clueless Government ever in the history of Nigeria-Enoidem
Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem is the National legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A former Commissioner in Akwa ibom state executive council spanning…
In yet another interview Buhari explains why he asked Sanwo-Olu to let let Lagosins trek after #EndSARS protesters burnt BRT buses
For the second time in as many days, President Muhammadu on Friday spoke to Nigerians via an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority where…
Photo Diary
PHOTOS: NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa briefs President Buhari at State House
President Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday briefed by the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa…
PHOTOS: EFCC boss, Abdulrashid Bawa pay courtesy call to NDIC senior Mgt
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) during the week paid a courtesy visit to the senior management of Nigeria Deposit…
WebTV
Video: Gunshots in Imo assembly as Speaker removes chief whip, suspends six members
Law and order broke down on Thursday at the Imo State House of Assembly as sporadic gunshots were fired following the suspension of six…
Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay fight dirty in salon
Popular singers, Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay, have been involved in a fight in a salon in Lagos. In a video, which surfaced online,…
VIDEO: Army denies soldiers attacked #EndSars protesters at Lekki but Videos pin soldiers to the scene
By our reporter| Despite its continued denial that its soldiers were not involved in Tuesday’s shooting of unarmed #EndSars protesters at the Lekki tollgate…
VIDEO: Looters take over Oba of Lagos palace, seize staff of office
The palace of Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, was of the instutions vandalised by hoodlums on Wednesday. The hoodlums also seized the monarch’s…
Opinion | Editorial
What Emefiele’s ‘fight’ with abokiFX really means for the naira
By Mayowa Tijani On April 23, 2013, the verified Twitter handle of Associated Press (AP), one of the biggest news agencies in the world,…
Marwa: Birthday tribute to an enigma
By Femi Babafemi The danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious: the writer runs the risk…
Restructuring Nigeria with a cutlass – the Wike way
By Fredrick Nwabufo ‘’Restructuring Nigeria’’ is a quandary. There is no concord on the complexion or dimension which the re-engineering of Nigeria should take.…
Fidelity Bank: The Nneka I know
By Adebayo Adeyinka I had just been redeployed from our Apapa Branch to Ajose Adeogun Branch in Victoria Island and I wanted to take…