News
Police withdraw suit against judicial panels of inquiry
By our reporter| The Nigeria Police Force on Friday applied to withdraw the suit it filed against the judicial panels of inquiry set up…
Appeal Court upholds death sentence on Maryam Sanda for killing of husband
The Court of Appeal Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Maryam Sanda against the judgement by the FCT High Court which had…
Court remands Maina at Kuje prison pending outcome of trial
By our reporter| The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Maina at Kuje Correctional Centre until the conclusion…
Police parade three suspects who bombed Wike’s father’s church
By our reporter|The Rivers State Police Command on Friday paraded three suspects in connection with the recent attack on the Universal Christian Church in…
Politics
Buhari may have committed sins that are affecting Nigeria-Sule Lamido
Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians and needs to cry, and repent to Allah for…
Obasanjo denies reconciling with Gani Adams
By our reporter| Elder statesman and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to reports that he has reconciled with the OPC leader and Aaare…
Killer of murdered APC chairman in Nasarawa arrested
By our reporter| Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says The killer of Philip Shekwo, chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State…
Reps to invite British High Commissioner to Nigeria over comment on Gowon
By our reporter| The house of representatives on Tuesday resolved to invite the British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing over the recent comment…
Economy
NDIC rated the best parastatal under leadership of outgoing MD/CE UMARU IBRAHIM
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has been described as the best parastatal in the country under the leadership of the Corporation’s outgoing MD/CE…
Access Bank in talks to buy Atlas Mara assets
Access Bank, Nigeria’s biggest bank by customer base, is in talks to acquire some assets belonging to Atlas Mara Limited, a financial services group,…
Zenith Bank emerges bank of the year in Nigeria at 2020 The Banker awards
Zenith Bank has been named the bank of the year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020. The award, which…
FG reneges on earlier promise, says vehicle owners to pay N250,000 for gas conversion
By our reporter| The Federal Government on Wednesday said car owners will pay up to N250,000 to have their vehicles converted to run on…
Health
Medical experts concerned as Nigeria confirms 343 new #COVID-19 cases
Chidi Samuel| Medical experts have expressed concern over the rising number of the novel coronavirus in the country as the Nigeria Centre For Disease…
Nigeria confirms 122 new cases of #COVID19
Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 122 new cases of #COVID19 bringinging the country’s tally to 67,960. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control in…
Sports
Diego Maradona: Thousands bid farewell as Argentina grieves
Thousands of fans are paying their final respects to Argentine football legend Diego Maradona at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. Three days of…
Obituary: Diego Maradona – Argentina’s flawed football icon
Dazzling, infamous, extraordinary, genius, outrageous. Diego Maradona. A flawed football icon. One of the game’s most gifted players, the Argentine boasted a rare combination…
Entertainment
Zlatan Ibile: I worked as bricklayer and cleared grass at construction sites before fame
Zlatan Ibile, a Nigerian singer, has opened up on how he worked as a bricklayer before attaining fame. He was speaking of his career…
Life
3 men to die by hanging for 2016 kidnap of Reverend Sisters at Ore
Three men in a kidnap gang were on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for the 2016 kidnap of two reverend sisters by a…
Interviews
Mamman Daura Speaks on Relationship With Buhari, Power Shift
President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, reputed to be one of the most influential persons in the corridors of power, has spoken on his…
Interview: I don’t believe in youth empowerment – Adesina
In this interview with some Nigeria journalists on the sidelines of the just-ended World Bank/International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington DC, the President…
Photo Diary
PHOTOS: President Buhari observes Eid Prayers at home, wishes muslims happy and safe celebrations
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday wished all Muslims a happy and safe Eid as the country joins other Muslims across the world to mark…
PHOTOS: At last, President Buhari wears face mask in public
President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time since the outbreak of the high contagious coronavirus in Nigeria in February 2020, wore a face mask…
WebTV
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…
#EndSars: Three killed, car mart set ablaze as suspected hoodlums clash with protesters in Abuja
By our reporter| At least two people were killed and a car mart set ablaze when suspected hoodlums attacked #EndSars protesters on Monday evening…
VIDEO: Tony Unuode, stabbed at Abuja #EndSars protest dies
Anthony Onome Unuode, one of the leaders of the #EndSars protest allegedly stabbed multiple times on Saturday by suspected thugs who had come to…
Opinion | Editorial
The Structure of Nigeria
By Kingsley Omose “As soon as the 1914 Amalgamation came into force, the British Government enacted the Minerals Ordinance, 1914, investing all the minerals…
#EndSARS: Environment of Opportunity
By Kingsley Omose The violence and the impact, the emphasis of the thrust from the #EndSARS, and #Covid19PalliativesRedistribution is not the thing the government…
#EndSARS: Starting with a wrong premise
By Kingsley Omose| If your starting premise is wrong then even if you apply the right methodology of argument when writing a thesis or…
#EndSARS: PATHWAY TO A NEW NIGERIA OR SLIPPERY SLOPE TO DOOM?*
By Chuks N Nwagbara |The nearly 2-week long nationwide #EndSARS protests, which has morphed into a mass movement, apparently enjoying popular national following has…