Alleged drug baron linked with Abba Kyari arrested by NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, described as the billionaire suspected drug baron behind the N3bn tramadol deal involving a Deputy Commissioner of Police and former leader of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. A statement on by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said he was arrested […]
Prof. Akinjide Osuntokun at 80: Celebrating an Intellectually Energetic Octogenarian
By Toyin Falola Positive and impactful energy is difficult to contain. It envelops everything within range like an aura, letting its positivity wash over them. In a world filled with gloom and uncertainty, it helps to surround oneself with positive energy. Thus, it is no surprise that people whose philosophy and interpersonal relations are […]
Compel Divesting IOCs To Honor MOUs, GMOUS with Communities, ERA Tells FG
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged federal government to compel divesting International Oil Companies (IOCs) to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Global Memorandum of Understandings (GMOUs) signed with host communities in the Niger Delta. The group made the call in a communique issued at the end of a […]
BREAKING: Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Is Dead
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwol Adeyemi, III is dead. The monarch died in the late hours of Friday after a brief illness at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria. His remains have since been brought to Oyo town in the early hours of […]
Boko Haram Attack Yobe Community, Kills Nine
Boko Haram has reportedly killed at least nine people in an attack on Gaidam LGA in Yobe State. The community was reportedly invaded on Wednesday around 9.30pm According to sources, the insurgents came on foot and moved straight to a drinking joint located at Kwari ward, and started shooting sporadically and killing the victims who […]
Rethink Your Subsidy Payment, It Does Not Favor The Poor, World Bank Tells Nigeria
World Bank has advised Nigeria to rethink its subsidy payment on premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol. The Bank president, David Malpass said this on Wednesday at the opening press conference of the 2022 IMF-World Bank spring meeting. The national assembly has approved President Muhammadu Buhari request to budget N4trilllion for subsidy in […]
Group to buy N100m nomination form for Tinubu
The Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023, a group in support of the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, has expressed its readiness to purchase the nomination form for the All Progressives Congress aspirant. The party has pegged the price at N100m. In a statement in Abuja by its National Director, Media […]
Nigeria Signs Hosting Agreement With Global Tourism Conference
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the 1st Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry, to be held in Lagos from 14-17 November 2022, will be a trailblazing event. The Minister gave the assurance in Madrid on Tuesday when he signed the hosting agreement for the event with […]
Disband EFCC, ICPC, If You Know You Are Not Ready To Fight Corruption- Wike Tells Buhari
Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike, says the presidential pardon granted to the former governors of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and Taraba Jolly Nyame by the federal government suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. Wike believes that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices […]
ASUU Cant Delay You If You Enroll With Us- Bowen Woos Rema
Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State has told singer Rema that Academic Staff Union University (ASUU) won’t delay his education if enrolls in the school. The private university was reacting to a comment put up on Twitter by the ‘Bouncer’ crooner “ASUU can’t delay you if you’re enrolled in Bowen University,” it wrote. ASUU can’t […]
